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Estonian Yolo Investments invests in American Meld

Estonian Yolo Investments has invested in the American crypto company Meld . The $7M funding round was led by Lightspeed Faction. Other investors include F-Prime, and Scytale Digital.

Estonian AI startup Flashka raises €1M

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Estonian AI startup Flashka has raised €1M in pre-seed round led by Outlast Fund with the participation of UCP and Vento Ventures .

Estonian Rollo Robotics raises €3.7M in pre-seed round

Estonian startup Rollo Robotics , developing an autonomous monowheel security robot, has raised €3.7M in pre-seed round to further mature its gyroscopic stabilisation technology. The investment round was led by Berlin-based FoodLabs and venture capital firm Prototype, with support from Enterprise Estonia ’s RUP programme.

Estonian SmartCap invests €25M in Taaleri SolarWind III Fund

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Estonian SmartCap has invested €25M in Taaleri SolarWind III Fund , managed by Taaleri Energia. The funds were taken from SmartCap Green Fund.

Tallinn-based Verge Motorcycles unveils world's first motorcycle with all-solid-state battery

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  Tallinn-based Verge Motorcycles unveiled the world's first motorcycle with an all-solid-state battery at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. This is a new variant of their TS Pro naked roadster featuring a world-first solid-state battery that is said to be able to give 180 miles of riding range in just 10 minutes.

Estonian home robot manufacturer Schbot Robotics enters the US market

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Estonian home robot manufacturer Schbot Robotics has entered the US market. According to company CEO Maarius Tiits, the first Schbot devices are already on their way to New York.

Netflix buys Estonian Ready Player Me

The American company Netflix has acquired the Estonian platform Ready Player Me , specializing in the creation of digital avatars for games and virtual worlds. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it is known that the Ready Player Me team, numbering about 20 employees, will completely transfer to the Netflix Games division.

Estonian startup Cara Health changes its name to Suun

The Estonian startup Cara Health , which provides support to women during pregnancy and the postpartum period, has announced its rebranding and renaming to Suun. The company plans to enter the UK market in the near future.

Estonian Trind Ventures invests in Finnish Bahn Express

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Estonian Trind Ventures has participated in a €5M round for the Finnish Bahn Express automotive logistics platform. The round was led by node.vc and supported by the existing investor Innovestor and the angel investors including Vincent Ho-Tin-Noé (CPO, Wolt), Tuomo Riekki (Co-Founder, Smartly, Zero) and Jiri Heinonen (Co-Founder, Swappie).

Estonian startup MyDello raises €3.1M

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Estonian logistics startup MyDello has raised €3.1M from Icelandic Frumtak Ventures and Finnish Superhero Capital . Frumtak Ventures General Partner Andri Heiðar Kristinsson and Jevgeni Kabanov, President of Bolt, joined the Board of Directors of MyDello.

Estonian fund SmartCap invests €3M in Nordic Science Investments I

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Estonian SmartCap has invested €3M in Finnish fund Nordic Science Investments I ( NSI ), which specializes in advanced technologies, healthcare technologies, and biomedical sciences.

Estonian Superangel participates in Sky Spy's $1.6M pre-seed round

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Estonian venture capital fund Superangel participated in a $1.6M pre-seed round for dual-use technology company Sky Spy . Other investors include Expeditions Fund, Freedom Fund, Sunfish Partners, Crosscourt Ventures, and Material Ventures.

Estonian-founded Starship Technologies launches robot deliveries in Leeds

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Estonian-founded Starship Technologies , in partnership with Uber Eats, has launched autonomous robot delivery in Leeds, UK. According to the companies, it will help to cope with the seasonal surge in orders, which traditionally increase during the holidays.

Main organizer of sTARTUp Day Jana Saastamoinen will become EstBAN's new CEO

Jana Saastamoinen has been appointed as the new CEO of the Estonian Business Angels Network (EstBAN). She has previously worked mainly in project management and marketing and was the main organizer of Estonia's largest business festival, sTARTUp Day, for more than two years.

Estonian Bolt has partnered with Pony AI

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Estonian unicorn Bolt has signed a partnership agreement with autonomous driving startup Pony.ai . This will allow Bolt to add driverless cars to its taxi service in Europe.

Estonian Vok Bikes announces partnership with French Renault Group

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Estonian electric cargo bike manufacturer Vok Bikes and Renault Group are entering into a strategic partnership with the aim of launching mass production of the latest generation of Vok four-wheel electric bikes. Production will begin in early 2026 at the Renault Refactory plant in Flins, France.

Estonian company Skeleton Technologies opens €220M factory in Germany

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Tallinn-based Skeleton Technologies has opened a factory in Leipzig, Germany, to manufacture supercapacitors. The €220M facility is Estonia's largest industrial investment in Germany in recent years.

New Director of Engineering joins Estonian company Bolt

Sergey Anikin, an investor and specialist with over 25 years of experience in senior management positions in the technology sector, has become the Director of Engineering at Estonian unicorn Bolt . Among other things, he will be responsible for pricing the company's products and implementing more automation.

Tallinn-based defense technology startup C2GRID closes pre-seed round

Tallinn-based defense technology startup C2GRID has closed a pre-seed  round led by Sunfish Partners . Other participants included BSV Ventures and angel investor Mike Oliinyk.

Estonian PowerUP Energy Technologies raises €10M in Series A round

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Estonian PowerUP Energy Technologies , which develops hydrogen fuel cell power generators, has raised €10M in a Series A round. The startup's investors include Mercaton , ScaleWolf , and SmartCap Green Fund , with participation from existing investors.