Only ten years ago it seemed unfathomable to hail a taxi in just a few moves of a fingertip on your phone and pay less than 10 euros for a ride from one side of the city to another. Neither could anyone have predicted that the company to disrupt the taxi industry all over Europe would be built by a very persistent Estonian teenager.

Taxify, the ride-hailing company, is rebranding itself as Bolt with an intention to become more resolute on providing multiple transportation options beyond private cars.

Estonian ride-hailing company Taxify will launch its new brand of e-scooters, called Bolt, in Paris today.

Daimler, along with European venture fund Korelya Capital and TransferWise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus, joined a number of existing investors, including Didi Chuxing of China, in a round that brings Taxify’s (later renamed Bolt) valuation to $1 billion, the company said.

The Estonian-founded ridesharing startup, Taxify, has launched its service in Paris, France, with 5,000 drivers signed up to the platform.

Taxify, the Estonian-founded taxi booking startup, announced a strategic partnership with Didi Chuxing, a Beijing-based ride-sharing company.

While many European cities are reactionary when it comes to non-traditional taxi…

Estonia is a world leader in unicorns per capita. Here is a full list of 10 magnified unicorns born in Estonia or founded by Estonians.

10 unicorns founded by Estonians and / or in Estonia have taken the country to Europe’s (and probably the world’s – depending on the way of counting) top in the number of unicorns per capita. We explore how each unicorn that was born here or has Estonians among its founders, reached the billion-dollar valuation – and how Estonia’s e-society, agile business environment and supporting startup community influenced them on the way.

In order to reach to the desired unicorn status, you first must create a successful startup. Ragnar Sass, co-founder of Pipedrive, the latest unicorn from Estonian unicorn factory, tells us why there are so many successful startups growing out of the Estonian CRM company.

Ride-hailing unicorn company Bolt – a product of the ultimate unicorn factory, Estonia – raised 150 million euros in its biggest funding round ever.

Coming to Estonia as an accompanying spouse, you might lack a support network and information on your new environment – but Estonia offers a helping hand to those talents wanting to enter the labour market.