Estonia’s autonomous delivery startup Starship Technologies announced that it has closed $40M in Series A funding.

The Financial Times listed 100 European leaders and influencers, both companies and individuals, both behind the scenes and in the public eye. Two digital leaders, one person and one company from Estonia made the list.

The Estonian-founded startup, Starship Technologies, that builds a fleet of autonomous robots…

Two years ago, two students from the University of Tartu came up with the idea of building the car of the future – something that has never been done before in Estonia. They asked for help from Alvo Aabloo, who is known as the Father of Robotics in the University of Tartu. He proposed that they build a solar-powered car and participate in the worldwide competition World Solar Challenge. Now, a future-oriented educational program supported by Estonian top leaders has developed out of it.

In January 2021, Estonia became the only country in the world with a female president and female prime minister. At the same time, Estonia’s startup sector continues to bloom, with soon-to-be unicorns predicted and the Startup Visa programme bringing extra companies to grow here.

Ex-Skyper and CPO at Topia, Sten Tamkivi reveals that Estonia’s startups to watch include Salv, Pactum, Xolo, Supervaisor, Veriff, Starship Technologies, and Skeleton Technologies.

We only have one planet and many investors are keen to help preserve it. Bolt cofounder Martin Villig believes Starship Technologies and Veriff have the potential to be Estonia’s unicorn startups.

TransferWise founder Taavet Hinrikus reveals why he thinks Starship Technologies and Veriff are the startups with the strongest potential to be Estonia’s next unicorn.

Business daily Ärileht writes that the arrival of Volkswagen’s software business to Estonia may represent a major breakthrough.

The Black Friday’s shopping fever drives e-stores (and their investors) to think how to further grow their sales. Here is a list of the world’s best e-Commerce, FinTech and Digital Logistics solutions created in Estonia, some of them used by e-Commerce giants like Amazon and Walmart.

Headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, CyberTech startup Sentinel is developing a multi-layered AI detection platform with the largest database of deepfakes in the wild. With closing a $1,35 million seed round, the company is executing towards a vision to become the trust layer for the Internet.