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Garage48 is an early stage startup bootcamp and hackathon style event series to build new web and mobile services/prototypes in just 48 hours. Garage48 started in Estonia and now does events in 10+ countries in Eastern & Central Europe, Central Asia and Africa. Garage48 partners with global brands (Google, Skype, Nokia, Blackberry, Yandex etc) and startup accelerators (Seedcamp, Startup Sauna, Startup Wyse Guys, etc) to promote entrepreneurship and startup culture. See http://garage48.org/events for upcoming and past events.
We are also powering our co-working space LIFT99 in Tallinn that has just moved to a great new location. It is an exciting space for startups, creative, tech and entrepreneurial people not just from Tallinn, but all around Estonia, Europe and beyond. More at lift99.co
We are also powering our co-working space LIFT99 in Tallinn that has just moved to a great new location. It is an exciting space for startups, creative, tech and entrepreneurial people not just from Tallinn, but all around Estonia, Europe and beyond. More at lift99.co
Overview
Location
Estonia, Tallinn
Employees
1-10
Phone
+372 5667 7510
Total raised
$319.34K
Founded date
2010
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 35
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| Jun 11, 2025 | From Garage to Global: How Sintra is Revolutionizing Small Business with AI | In the heart of Vilnius, Lithuania, a revolution is brewing. Sintra, an AI startup, is redefining how small businesses operate. With a recent funding round of €14.9 million, the company is set to expand its reach and enhance its innovative ... |
| Jun 10, 2025 | Global impact from a garage: How Lithuanian AI startup raised €14.9 million to help SMEs with AI teammates | Vilnius-based Sintra, an AI startup, announced today a €14.9 million Seed round to double down on its mission of empowering small businesses with simple-to-use AI helpers – the funding will also help expand the product and engineering teams... |
| Mar 4, 2021 | Superangel and Garage48 are giving a crash course on how to impress investors in just 72-hours | Supernagel and Garage48 are carefully choosing up to 30 startups to compete at the 72-hour virtual product-focused Base Camp hackathon from the 18th to the 21st of March. Base Camp hackathon is meant for early-stage startups, who are fast l... |
| Oct 26, 2020 | Estonian virtual Cyber Security hackathon unified participants from 14 countries to bring usable solutions to burning topics in just 48h | On the 23rd to 25th of October Garage48, Startup Estonia, the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Tartu with several cyber security-related startups and organizations came together and poured their heart and soul into organiz... |
| Oct 15, 2020 | #HacktheCrisis solutions: Where are they now? 3 companies still going strong | #HacktheCrisis was a hackathon initiated by Garage48 in Estonia in March 2019, where teams built solutions for the Covid-19 crisis over a long weekend. The event went global, with hacks held in over 68 countries. In some cases, the hacks we... |
| Apr 9, 2020 | Covid-19 crisis will “create the next Googles and Amazons” | If you want to hang out with the luminaries of the tech world — and help beat Covid-19 — there is just one place to be for the next 48 hours: The Global Hack, the world’s largest hackathon, which begins today. The event will bring together ... |
| Apr 6, 2020 | “Hack for Italy” team hosts Work track in global online hackathon “The Global Hack” | Nearly half of humanity is on coronavirus lockdown, so we need to take action now! So how can we deal with this shift in human relationships, a whole new economy, and a struggling healthcare and tourism system? Hack for Italy team joined T... |
| Apr 4, 2020 | Latvian creative force will co-organize the online hackathon “The Global Hack” | Acknowledging the situation in the world and the consequences of the coronavirus, communities all over the world are merging together to find solutions with the help of hackathons. Online hackathon The Global Hack will be held on April 9-12... |
| Apr 2, 2020 | International hackathon aims to fight pandemic and build more resilient societies (April 9-20) | As three billion people are locked down across the world, an international hackathon is calling innovators to “hack the future so we never go through this again.” Designed as an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Global Hack also ... |
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FAQ about Garage48
When was Garage48 founded?
Garage48 was founded in 2010.
How much funding has Garage48 raised?
Garage48 has raised $319.34K in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Garage48?
Parsers VC has collected 35 articles mentioning Garage48, among them “From Garage to Global: How Sintra is Revolutionizing Small Business with AI” (Jun 11, 2025) and “Global impact from a garage: How Lithuanian AI startup raised €14.9 million to help SMEs with AI teammates” (Jun 10, 2025).
Is Garage48 still active?
Yes, Garage48 is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 14, 2025.