| Date | Title | Description |
| 05.09.2024 | The AI Revolution in Law: A Double-Edged Sword | The legal profession stands at a crossroads. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping how lawyers work, but it comes with hidden costs. As AI takes over mundane tasks, a vital question emerges: Are foundational skills being los... |
| 05.09.2024 | Baltic states continue to punch above their weight in startup funding | Today FIRSTPICK and Change Ventures teams published The Baltic Startup Funding Report, a semi-annual publication of detailed data about funding rounds for startups in the Baltics, including companies with HQs elsewhere but with a dominant b... |
| 17.06.2024 | Checking in with Latvia's buzzing startup scene | During the first half of 2024, Latvia’s startup scene has been abuzz with events and new initiatives, including the launch of the new Startup House and a first-of-its-kind-in-the-Baltics technology education programme – StartSchool. With Te... |
| 20.05.2024 | AM Craft to expand its aircraft interior 3D printing capabilities with new pre-seed funding | Riga-based aviation manufacturing firm AM Craft has raised €600,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Change Ventures, with participation from BadIdeas.Fund.
AM Craft leverages industrial polymer 3D printers, design expertise, airworthines... |
| 15.05.2024 | AM Craft raises 600k Euro and launches manufacturing partner location in Dubai | AM Craft
has announced the closing of their 600k Euro pre-seed funding round led by Change Ventures, with the participation of BadIdeas.Fund.
AM Craft is an EASA authorized Part 21G aviation supplier that leverages expertise in polymer addi... |
| 22.04.2024 | Tech companies open “StartSchool” - technology business education initiative | With this technology business education initiative students now will have the opportunity to study a 12-month full-time technical program, which has been completed by more than 10 thousand students on four continents who work at Apple, Goog... |
| 12.12.2023 | Estonian startup Inspectle Food raises €400k to streamline food inspections | Estonian startup Inspectle Food raises €400k to streamline food inspections
12 December, 2023, 12:58
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Tallinn-based startup I... |
| 25.10.2023 | Change Ventures invests in Drovo, a UK-based adtech startup | Change Ventures invests in Drovo, a UK-based adtech startup
25 October, 2023, 10:22
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Drovo, a London-based programmatic trans... |
| 31.08.2023 | USD 4M for Monetizr’s Increased Efficiency of In-Game Advertising | Atlanta-based mobile game adtech with Latvian roots Monetizr raised a USD 4M round The startups offers brands native in-game advertising by embedding brand stories into the gameplay The investment will be used to hire more talent for sales ... |
| 12.07.2023 | Algori cierra una ronda de €3,3M liderada por Shilling Capital y Change Ventures. Participan Flashpoint VC y business angels | 12/07/2023
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ALGORI CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €3,3M LIDERADA POR SHILLING CAPITAL Y CHANGE VENTURES. PARTICIPAN FLASHPOINT VC Y BUSINESS ANGELS
Algori, la startup de análisis de datos para el mercado de Gran Consumo que ha nacido ... |
| 11.07.2023 | Estonian Change Ventures co-leads €3.3M round for Algori, a data insights startup | Estonian Change Ventures co-leads €3.3M round for Algori, a data insights startup
11 July, 2023, 12:35
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Madrid-based Algori, a data ... |
| 05.07.2023 | Tallinn-based Formaloo raises €2 million to expand its no-code platform as it makes plans to tackle the UK and Canada | Tallinn-based no-code start-up Formaloo offers professional teams a collaboration platform for building business apps - like building something with lego except you are building forms, apps, and databases, not the Millennium Falcon.
The Ira... |
| 05.07.2023 | Latvian startup funding in H1 2023: feeling the effects of a global slowdown | In H1 of 2023, Latvian startups raised €13,550,000 across 10 rounds. This is a significant decrease compared to previous years, which signals that the Latvian startup scene is also feeling the effects of the global funding slowdown.
Of the ... |
| 16.02.2023 | Baltic Startup Funding Report updated to cover H2 2022 | Change Ventures has just released the latest update to its semi-annual Baltic Startup Funding Report published since 2020. The report takes an in-depth look at funding data across Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, and outlines current trends. ... |
| 15.02.2023 | Change Ventures updates Baltic Startup Funding Report, region growing but slowing | Complimenting the Lithuania-specific data released today, Tallinn-based Change Ventures has released the February 2023 update of their semi-annual Baltic Startup Funding Report. The firm compiles data by tracking all venture funding round n... |
| 26.12.2022 | The Idyllic CEE Startup Ecosystem | SMOK Venures’ Borys Musielak’s posts – one AI-generated and one handwritten – have caused a discussion about certain practices in the CEE startup ecosystem Naturally, both VCs and founders may have unpleasant experiences from time to time a... |
| 26.12.2022 | Giraffe360 Presents a New Camera for Real Estate Agents and Lands USD 16M | UK-based proptech with Latvian founders Giraffe360 secured a USD 16M Series A round The startup is a subscription-based provider of cameras for real estate agents to create video content The new Giraffe Go Cam was introduced shortly prior a... |
| 01.12.2022 | Estonian fund Change Ventures backs Giraffe360 during ＄16M round | Estonian fund Change Ventures backs Giraffe360 during ＄16M round
01 December, 2022, 09:31
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London-based proptech startup Gira... |
| 30.11.2022 | Founders Fund backs $16 million raise as Giraffe360 launches new HDR camera for real estate | Giraffe360, a London-based 360 real estate camera startup, has raised $16 million in new funds led by the pan-European early-stage VC Founders Fund.
Founders Fund led the round with participation from existing Giraffe360 investors; LAUNCHub... |
| 24.11.2022 | Estonian creator partnerships platform Modash closes $2M round led by Change Ventures | Estonian creator partnerships platform Modash closes $2M round led by Change Ventures
24 November, 2022, 11:20
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The Tallinn-based in... |
| 23.11.2022 | Estonia's Modash sweeps up $2 million to connect influencer marketing to API plugins | Modash, an Estonia-headquartered influencer marketing software startup, is today announcing a $2 million seed raise.
In December Modash will be three years old. The Canadian CEO, Avery Schrader, arrived in Estonia on a special startup visa,... |
| 11.10.2022 | Estonian startup Cloud Factory raises €2M for jewelry 3D printing | Estonian startup Cloud Factory raises €2M for jewelry 3D printing
11 October, 2022, 15:27
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The Tallinn-based startup Cloud Fa... |
| 18.08.2022 | Estonian RecruitLab secures €1.9M from Change Ventures | Estonian RecruitLab secures €1.9M from Change Ventures
18 August, 2022, 10:57
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The Tallinn-based HRtech startup RecruitLab ha... |
| 17.08.2022 | Estonia-based RecruitLab picks up €1.9 million to boost video-recruitment platform | Tallinn-based startup RecruitLab has raised €1.9 million in a seed round to offer video-recruitment platform that helps streamline and automate recruitment processes. The funding was led by Baltic market specialist Change Ventures and backe... |
| 05.07.2022 | Estonian startup 99math raises $2.1M for its edtech platform | Estonian startup 99math raises $2.1M for its edtech platform
05 July, 2022, 12:23
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The Tallinn-based startup 99math has raise... |
| 10.06.2022 | Estonian Kwota Nabs EUR 1.5M to Reduce Carbon Emissions Through Web3 | Estonian startup Kwota employs web3 technology to tokenize carbon savings and turn them into tradable carbon credits This is meant to motivate companies to switch to increase the use of recycled materials (which is currently more expensive ... |
| 18.05.2022 | Estonian HRtech Werk raises $1.3M in pre-seed funding | Estonian HRtech Werk raises $1.3M in pre-seed funding
18 May, 2022, 20:51
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Werk, a Tallinn-based HRtech startup, has raised $... |
| 10.05.2022 | Estonian Change Ventures Cements Its Position as the Baltics’ Leading Regional VC | Tallinn-based Change Ventures closed its Fund II of EUR 49M The fund’s definitive feature is focusing exclusively on startups from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania The VC intends to keep focusing on Baltic Seed and Pre-Seed startups
One of E... |
| 06.05.2022 | Europe’s top investors will pitch to startups at next week’s EU-Startups Summit! | At this year’s EU-Startups Summit, taking place on May 12-13 in Barcelona, you will have the chance to meet plenty of exciting and innovative startups, inspiring speakers, influential investors and well-connected media reps. For us, startup... |
| 27.04.2022 | Estonia-based Eurora ships in $40 million to combat e-commerce shipping delays | In July last year, the EU ended the €22 import VAT exemption, and new trading regulations between the EU and the rest of the world gradually came into effect. This was intended to create a level playing field with local European manufacture... |
| 04.04.2022 | Kwota aims to establish global quota standards, lands €1.5 million | Tallinn-based cleantech startup Kwota has raised €1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round. The company aims to establish a global standard that will validate and trade carbon emissions savings from using recycled materials in production.
“W... |
| 01.03.2022 | 0100 Conference CEE Welcomes Top Regional and International VCs and PEs | 0100 calls LPs and investment professionals, as well as service providers and other professionals, to 0100 Conference CEE 2022 The event will take place on April 5-6th at Hotel NH Collection Prague Carlo IV A set investment thought leaders ... |
| 10.02.2022 | Change Ventures closes €49M seed venture capital fund to support Baltic startups | Change Ventures closes €49M seed venture capital fund to support Baltic startups
10 February, 2022, 00:04
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The Tallinn-based VC firm Change Ventures has closed its second fund for startups in the Baltic region at €49 m... |
| 08.02.2022 | Biggest seed fund in the Baltic launches as region booms | Tallinn-based VC firm Change Ventures has announced the closing of a €49m fund today, the largest seed-stage fund raised in the Baltic to date and the latest sign of an accelerating boom in the region.
Baltic startups raised more than €1.5b... |
| 08.02.2022 | Tallinn-based VC firm Change Ventures closes €49M seed venture capital fund to help Baltic startups | Change Ventures, a Tallinn-based VC firm, announced that it has closed its Change Ventures Fund II for startups in the Baltic States at €49M. According to Change Ventures, it is the largest seed venture capital fund ever raised in the Balti... |
| 29.11.2021 | Gelatex Slashes Cost of Cultivated Meat Scaffolds, Raises €1.2M in Funding | Estonia’s Gelatex Technologies has raised €1.2 million to fuel its innovative approach to cultivated meat scaffolds. The startup’s technology has the potential to slash the cost of cultivated meat.
Gelatex’s seed funding round was led by Ch... |
| 07.09.2021 | Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub | There are plenty of reasons why Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital city, has an increasingly visible startup sector. The country’s startup-friendly regulatory environment, a beautiful medieval town center, over 20 business hubs and accelerators a... |
| 01.09.2021 | Edtech Startup Memby Gets $1M in Pre-Seed Funding Round to Make Affordable Online Tutoring the Norm | The pandemic has created a huge demand for online tuition programs.
Lithuanian edtech company Memby set up an affordable tuition service for high scholars with access to Internet.
The startup recently received $1m in funding from Change Ven... |
| 30.08.2021 | Greek edtech market for tutoring to grow with entry of Lithuanian startup Memby | Greece ~
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A new entrance in the Greek edtech market comes from Lithuanian startup Memby, following its closing of a €850K pre-seed round led by Change Ventures. Memby provides online tutorship services for high school students. Brig... |
| 27.08.2021 | Change Ventures Leads Eurora’s Seed Round of USD 3M | Estonian eCommerce harmonizer Eurora nabs USD 3M in Seed round from Change Ventures and several angel investors. The startup’s AI turns custom product descriptions into unified HS codes and fills out electronic declarations in 193 countries... |
| 03.08.2021 | Эстонский стартап 99math привлек $1 млн от Genesis Investment, Change Ventures и ряда ангелов | Genesis Investments не раскрывает точную сумму инвестиций в проект, но в среднем этот фонд инвестирует около $350 000. В раунде также участвовал эстонский Change Ventures (инвестирует от $400 000 до $2 млн) и пять ангельских инвесторов из с... |
| 13.07.2021 | Promos cierra una ronda de $1M (€840.000) liderada por Change Ventures. Acuden también BA internacionales | 13/07/2021
PROMOS CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $1 MILLÓN (€840.000) LIDERADA POR CHANGE VENTURES. ACUDEN TAMBIÉN BA INTERNACIONALES COMO MARTIN VILLIG Y ANDRIUS SLIMAS.
Promos ha cerrado una ronda de $1 millón (€840.000) liderada por la firma de c... |
| 08.07.2021 | AI-powered, crowdsourced market research platform Promos raises $1 million | Madrid’s startup combining machine learning and crowdsourced market research data Promos has closed a $1 million financing round. The firm blends computer vision AI and crowdsourced shopping receipts to output real-time consumer purchasing ... |
| 25.05.2021 | Vilnius-based remote interpretation platform Interactio raises $30 million in Series A round | Lithuanian interpretation startup Interactio has raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Eight Roads Ventures and Storm Ventures. Practica Capital, Notion Capital, Change Ventures, and Angel Investors Jaan Tallinn and Young Sohn also ... |
| 21.05.2021 | This Week in European Tech: Used car marketplace Cinch clinches £1 billion+ in funding, “Europe’s Robinhood” raises $900 million, etc. | Happy Friday!
This week, our research team tracked more than 100 tech funding deals worth more than €3.6 billion, and about 18 exits, M&A transactions, and rumours, and related news stories across Europe, including Russia, Israel, and T... |
| 28.02.2021 | The 0100 Virtual Cee Conference Is Focused on Kickstarting the Post-COVID Economy | Who: 0100 Virtual CEE Conference
When: March 16th – 18th, 10:00 – 22:00 CET
Where: Online event REGISTER HERE
No one really wanted or expected the pandemic to happen, and with this being the second massive economic hit in the span of just ... |
| 28.02.2021 | 99math Is an App That Teaches Kids Math Through Social Gamification | 99math is an Estonian company developing a platform that allows kids to learn and practice math through social gamification.
The app’s co-founder, Timo Timmi, claims that there are over 200,000 kids playing the game each week.
The company e... |
| 12.02.2021 | Fyma Receives US$1.8mln to Develop AI that Makes CCTV Cameras Smarter | Estonian startup Fyma procured US$1.8mln in seed round.
They will use this investment to identify and test more commercial uses of big data procured from CCTV cameras.
Fyma and their investors place great value on privacy of individuals and... |
| 12.01.2021 | Latvia ranked as the most startup-friendly country in Europe | Following a legislative change to the country’s stock option policy, Latvia is now ranked as the most startup-friendly country in Europe, sharing the top spots with neighbouring Estonia and Lithuania. The new reforms in Latvia, and earlier ... |
| 05.01.2021 | Computer Vision AI Startup Fyma Secures $1.8 Million Seed Investment Led by Change Ventures | Estonian startup seeks to turn every urban camera into a GDPR compliant sensor and every piece of footage into actionable data
Computer vision startup Fyma has closed a $1.8 million seed round led by Change Ventures. 7 Percent, Decacorn, Le... |
| 26.11.2020 | 5 takeaways from the Baltic Startup Funding Report | Last week Change Ventures presented their first Baltic Funding Report
, an in-depth look at funding data across the Baltic countries. The presenter, Yrjö Ojasaar – investment partner at the fund, said it was a result of knowledge disparity,... |
| 16.11.2020 | Heart of the Baltic Tech – 10 Latvian Startups to Watch | 0 shares
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| 14.11.2020 | 10 Latvian startups to watch – Baltic Tech | A small nation of fewer than 2 million people, Latvia is one of Europe’s entrepreneurial hotspots. Latvian startups are in the Heart of the Baltic Tech.
There are several advantages that ensure that Latvia is a great place for startups sta... |
| 17.06.2020 | SA fintech Planet42 founded by Estonian duo raises $2.4m [Updated] | Planet42, a South Africa based fintech founded by two Estonian entrepreneurs has raised €2.2-million ($2.4-million) from a number of Estonian investors.
Planet42 partners with dealerships across South Africa to offer access to a personal ca... |
| 17.06.2020 | SA fintech, Planet42, founded by Estonian duo, raises $2.4m | This article is brought to you as part of a new partnership between two of Africa's foremost news and information platforms for African tech startups, Techpoint Africa and Ventureburn
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| 17.06.2020 | SA fintech Planet42 founded by Estonian duo raises $2.4m [Updated] | Planet42, a South Africa based fintech founded by two Estonian entrepreneurs has raised €2.2-million ($2.4-million) from a number of Estonian investors.
Planet42 partners with dealerships across South Africa to offer access to a personal c... |
| 16.06.2020 | Planet42 Reports Raising $2.4 Million in Funding Round led by Change Ventures | Planet42, a company based in Estonia but operating in Africa, has reported raising $2.4 million in a seed round led by Change Ventures with support from private investors including Martin Villig (Bolt), Ragnar Sass (Pipedrive), Marko Virkeb... |
| 05.12.2019 | Tallinn-based MeetFrank, the ‘secret job agent’ for job seekers, raises €1.5 million, to launch new features | Today the career app MeetFrank announces snapping up €1.5 million, in a round led by investors Karma.vc, Enern VC, Change Ventures, and Hummingbird. MeetFrank will use the capital to launch its new “relocation without location” feature that... |
| 05.11.2019 | Andris Bērziņš: Announcing Change Ventures Fund II | Backing ambitious Baltic founders. Not a tagline we invented lightly. All three Change Ventures investment partners have been founders and operators in startups from the USA to Europe. We have seen the grit, ambition and “walk through walls... |
| 05.11.2019 | Baltic investor Change Ventures makes first close of its Fund II at €21 million and invests in Qoorio | Change Ventures is a pre-seed and seed venture capital fund with boots on the ground in all three Baltic states. The VC has just announced the first close of its Fund II, amounting to €21 million, and made an investment in Qoorio (formerly ... |
| 05.11.2019 | Change Ventures announces second fund for Baltic startups and pre-seed investment in Qoorio | Tallinn-based Change Ventures has announced a second fund of over €30 million, which will funnel into the Baltic startup ecosystem. The firm also announced a leading pre-seed investment in Qoorio, a new venture by Justas Janauska, the Lithu... |
| 26.11.2018 | Pitching in Georgia – a hidden market for tech travel startups? | Estonian travel startup Guide.me recently competed in the Welcome Challenge, a tourism-focused pitching competition in the country of Georgia. The rapid growth in tourism activities in Georgia is a major reason why investors sees Georgia as... |
| - | Vilnius-based remote interpretation platform Interactio raises $30 million in Series A round | Lithuanian interpretation startup Interactio has raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Eight Roads Ventures and Storm Ventures. Practica Capital, Notion Capital, Change Ventures, and Angel Investors Jaan Tallinn and Young Sohn also ... |
| - | Estonia-based Eurora ships in $40 million to combat e-commerce shipping delays | In July last year, the EU ended the €22 import VAT exemption, and new trading regulations between the EU and the rest of the world gradually came into effect. This was intended to create a level playing field with local European manufacture... |
| - | Dogo, a Canine Training App, Earns Editor’s Choice in The Google Play Store After Closing $3 Million Funding Round
| Lithuanian startup Dogo, the number one dog training app in the world, is growing in popularity with dog parents and investors. On November 19, 2021 this dog-loving company closed a $3 million funding round led by Change Ventures. Other new... |
| - | This Week in European Tech: Used car marketplace Cinch clinches £1 billion+ in funding, "Europe's Robinhood" raises $900 million, etc. | Happy Friday!
This week, our research team tracked more than 100 tech funding deals worth more than €3.6 billion, and about 18 exits, M&A transactions, and rumours, and related news stories across Europe, including Russia, Israel, and T... |
| - | Lithuanian EdTech Startup Memby Raises $1M Pre-seed, Launches in Greece and Poland
| Memby, the Lithuania-based EdTech startup that brings affordable online tutorship to high schoolers, has closed a $1 million financing round led by Change Ventures. The funds will be used to further develop Memby’s platform and expand its s... |
| - | “Startup Fair. Recharge 2021”: Meet Featured Investors
| We dedicated this year‘s “Startup Fair” to RECHARGE for a reason. Not only to share lessons learned but also to recharge and strengthen the disrupted connections. Networking makes a huge part of our event and one of the aims is to bring tog... |
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| - | Where engagement is just as important as content, Lithuanian edtech Memby raises $1 million | Imagine a world where educators are actively encouraged to ensure student engagement is just as, if not more important, than the content itself. This is exactly the scenario Vilnius-based Memby is creating, and in doing so, has raised $1 mi... |
| - | AI-powered, crowdsourced market research platform Promos raises $1 million | Madrid’s startup combining machine learning and crowdsourced market research data Promos has closed a $1 million financing round. The firm blends computer vision AI and crowdsourced shopping receipts to output real-time consumer purchasing ... |
| - | Kwota aims to establish global quota standards, lands €1.5 million | Tallinn-based cleantech startup Kwota has raised €1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round. The company aims to establish a global standard that will validate and trade carbon emissions savings from using recycled materials in production.
“W... |
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