Fintech Estonia

11/05/2023

VentureWave will take an active and strategic leadership role in scaling Funderbeam’s technology across venture assets.

- with Funderbeam

VentureWave and Funderbeam announced that they have agreed to enter into a transaction to create a leading global entity which will serve institutional and angel investors in venture deal ex*****on and secondaries.

11/05/2023

Estateguru was the first crowdfunding platform to be regulated in several markets, including Lithuania, Finland and the United Kingdom.

Estateguru has announced that the Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority (Finantsinspektsioon) has granted the platform its European Crowdfunding Service Providers for business (ECSPR) licence, allowing it to operate as a crowdfunding service provider across all European Union (EU)....

13/04/2023

Bolt is expanding into micro mobility and delivery; and taking on giants like Uber.

Markus Villig founded Bolt at 19. After tapping into underserved markets, Bolt is expanding into micro mobility and delivery; and taking on giants like Uber.

29/03/2023

Zero-Code was selected for the Fifth Batch of Its Blockchain Accelerator.

-with CV Labs

CV Labs, the heartbeat of Crypto Valley, today announced Batch_05 of its global blockchain business accelerator. Nine pioneering startups were selected from over sixty countries based on the impact and utility that their solution will bring.

21/03/2023

Estonia's 3Commas is one of the DeFi startups in Europe that are poised for growth in 2023

As interest in and usage of DeFi continue to grow, a number of young ventures are rising to fame on the back of strong customer growth and rising investors interest. Today, we look at eight up-and-coming DeFi startups in Europe that are poised for growth in 2023.

21/02/2023

Startup Wise Guys (SWG) aims to intensify its investment and expansion in underfunded markets and expand its presence in Europe and Africa.

Tallinn-based Startup Wise Guys, a startup accelerator and early-stage investor has closed the first €25M of a targeted €45M to strengthen its new strategy.

13/02/2023

Estonia to pilot new AML prototype to benefit 10,000 companies struggling with AML compliance.

The new prototype of the Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering (AML) tool, also known as the KYC service, will be presented to...

01/02/2023

Council of Europe report strongly criticizes Estonian e-residency program.

The Council of Europe's anti-money laundering committee, Moneyval, has expressed its objections to the Estonian e-residency program, ERR reports.

26/01/2023

The funds will allow Salv to further develop its modular regtech technology and support geographical expansion.

Salv closes a €4m seed round extension led by ffVC, with German G+D Ventures and existing investors also participating.

10/01/2023

29/11/2022

Kriptomat users will be able to make near-instant transfers to buy and sell crypto.

Kriptomat has partnered with Volt for real-time account-to-account payments to buy, sell and exchange cryptocurrencies.

22/11/2022

The company raised €1.2 million in pre-seed funding led by Opus11 VC.

Mifundo has raised €1.2 million in pre-seed funding led by Opus11 VC to enable people to apply for loans from banks across the EU.

15/11/2022

Lightyear is backed by investors such as Sir Richard Branson.

Lightyear has launched business accounts in Estonia to enable freelancers and small business owners to invest in the global stock market.

26/10/2022

Estonia is the second country Wise has launched its investment services in.

Estonia has granted Wise (TINV Europe AS) a license to provide investment and investment ancillary services in the country.

10/10/2022

Striga is the only company that has been able to meet Estonia's enhanced regulations so far.

Striga is the first company to be awarded a virtual asset service provider (VASP) license in Estonia under the amended regulations.

08/09/2022

The startups selected were largely focused on enhancing payments through smart solutions, loyalty, transaction monitoring and fraud prevention.

-with Huntli CrowdedHero Mastercard

15 companies were selected to participate in Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV's 2022 fall programme, with "smart payments" being the key theme.

07/09/2022

Fairown will manage product renewal cycles, Inbank will provide product financing, and Topo Centras will sell products to consumers.

Estonian circular economy company Fairown is expanding in Lithuania by partnering with Inbank and Topo Centras to launch TOPO FLEX.

25/08/2022

Doconomy is one of the first supporters of the programme.

-with F10 FinTech Incubator & Accelerator

F10 announces the world’s first dedicated Climate Fintech incubation program across the Nordics & Baltics – expanding its reach within Europe.