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8 early-stage startups launching their tech venture at EIT Digital Venture Program - Startup Wise Guys

Meet 8 early-stage startups who have recently started their journey at EIT Digital Venture Program. As the first step, these teams are taking part in our Pre-acceleration program to develop their MVP's and prepare for future growth. 🚀

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8 early-stage startups launching their tech venture at EIT Digital Venture Program - Startup Wise Guys Meet 8 early-stage startups from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine that have started their journey with EIT Digital Venture Program.

Startup Wise Guys launches first programme in Africa - Ventureburn

We have some exciting news to share - together with Key2investors we have launched our first program in Africa! 🎉

And that's not all - we plan to launch additional four programs in Africa by 2022 with a strong focus on East and West Africa. Read more 👇

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Startup Wise Guys launches first programme in Africa - Ventureburn One of Europe’s most experienced and well-known B2B startup accelerators Startup Wise Guys has launched its first programme in Africa. The programme is currently operating...

Looking for some #wednesdaymotivation? Dive into the first-ever report on Women in private equity and venture capital in the Baltics published by Lithuanian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and you'll for sure get inspired by the amazing women interviewed there. ✨

We are proud that 70% of our 35+ team members are women in various positions, leading the way and raising the bar every day. As our own Jone Vaitulevicitue shares in her interview: "We need to lead by example, avoid blaming history or certain behaviors; empower by creating, caring, and leading."

Enjoy the read 👉 https://www.womeninpevcinbaltics.com/

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Looking for some #wednesdaymotivation? Dive into the first-ever report on Women in private equity and venture capital in the Baltics published by Lithuanian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and you'll for sure get inspired by the amazing women interviewed there. ✨

We are proud that 70% of our 35+ team members are women in various positions, leading the way and raising the bar every day. As our own Jone Vaitulevicitue shares in her interview: "We need to lead by example, avoid blaming history or certain behaviors; empower by creating, caring, and leading."

Enjoy the read 👉 https://www.womeninpevcinbaltics.com/

#WomenEntrepreneurs, #womeninbusiness, #womenleadership, #privateequity #venturecapital, #Baltics

Baltic SaaS startups to watch - Startup Wise Guys

In 2020, B2B SaaS continued to grow beautifully, as expected. There are increasingly more large companies in this category, and B2B SaaS has become mainstream – almost all companies now use some kind of SaaS solution, and the vertical’s revenue share is growing.

Follow the link to find a list of Baltic SaaS startups to watch from the Baltic Startup Scene Report 2020 brought to you by us, Startup Wise Guys, and EIT Digital. This list is curated by the most reputable local investors and experts and calibrated with data from Crunchbase.

https://startupwiseguys.com/baltic-saas-startups-to-watch/

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Baltic SaaS startups to watch - Startup Wise Guys List of Baltic saas startups to watch from the Baltic Startup Scene Report 2020 brought to you by us, Startup Wise Guys, and EIT Digital.

SaaS - Milan accelerator - Startup Wise Guys

🚩 APPLICATIONS OPEN!

Passionate and solid B2B SaaS teams with at least MVP, initial traction, and ambitions to go global apply to the Wise Guys SaaS program starting in October 2021 in Milan, Italy to bring your startup to the next level!

Selected startups will receive access to:
💸 Initial investment up to 55K EUR + follow-on rounds
🧠 Up to 5 months long intensive full-time mentoring program
🤝 250+ mentors and 200+ investors

⏰ Apply until September 8, 2021! 👉 https://bit.ly/3bPUdsD

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SaaS - Milan accelerator - Startup Wise Guys Wise Guys SaaS is our flagship vertical we have been investing in and accelerating since 2012. Our portfolio has a success and survival rate above 77%.

Printful becomes Latvia's first unicorn - Labs of Latvia

Baltic startup unicorn count just went up and what is particularly special - it was Latvia that finally welcomed its first unicorn - print-on-demand dropshipping and fulfillment service Printful! 🎉

The company that grew out of Draugiem Group and till now was entirely bootstrapped, just announced $130M round thus gaining valuation above $1 billion.

Congrats to Davis Siksnans and the team, especially awesome marketing mentors that have for years been helping also our accelerator teams to top up their game in SEO, UX, and marketing campaigns. 🙌

Printful becomes Latvia's first unicorn - Labs of Latvia Following a $130 million investment, Printful gained a valuation of $1 billion, making it Latvia's first unicorn.

🤞 Keep your fingers crossed today at 15:25 PM EEST when our Portfolio company AVA with Andrew Quinn at the front will take the stage during TechChill Fifty Founders battle finals! 💥

Yesterday AVA won the status of the Best Fintech at TechChill 2021!

ℹ️ AVA assists small and medium business owners by visualizing their company data through a series of dashboards.

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Day 2 of the TechChill 2021 Main event has come. Get ready for impressive speakers and notable content about
🔵 Digital transformation by TWINO:
👉 Digital Transformation: Smart growth is a future necessity (Anastasija Oleinika, Twino, Maria Krajewska-Olkkonen, GrowthTribe, Tomas Larsson, Decipher Analytics)

🔵 Green New World by Swedbank Latvia
👉 How to become a better plant parent? by Alexi Coffey, Steward USA
🔵 Knowledge for Growth by Printify:
👉 Marketing as a global growth accelerator (Arthur Burnin, ATOM Mobility, Erikas Plotkinas, Kilo Health, Petr Antropov, Lokalise, Kristjan Raude, Estonian Business Angels Network EstBAN, Moderated by Maris Naglis, Httpool)

🚀 The stakes are high in Fifty Founders Battle Finale! Only one startup will pitch their way to 10 000 EUR! 50 startups started the week and now have left only 5. Who will be the winner? Gelatex (EE), AVA-Systems (AU), Cellbox Labs (LV), Longenesis (LV/HK) or Algomo (UK)?

And after the days full of hot keynotes, events and networking, there is a place of Chill part of TechChill. You really deserve it! ❄️❄️❄️ We offer a special performance from Ķemeri moor sunrise by Reinis Ramans.

If you failed to apply for the virtual masterclass with real whiskey 🥃, you can still get your 4 special TechChill beers 🍺 today 12-18 at TechHub Riga!

SaaS-Vilnius - Startup Wise Guys

Apply today if you want to be a part of the upcoming Wise Guys SaaS - Vilnius acceleration program! It's the last day to do so!

Selected startups will receive access to:
💰 Initial investment up to 50K EUR + follow-on rounds
🧠 Up to 5 months long intensive full-time mentoring program
🤝 250+ mentors and 200+ investors

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SaaS-Vilnius - Startup Wise Guys Wise Guys SaaS is our flagship vertical we have been investing in and accelerating since 2012. Our portfolio has a success and survival rate above 77%.

SaaS-Vilnius - Startup Wise Guys

3 days left to get a chance to compete with more than 100 strong companies for the part in our next Wise Guys SaaS acceleration program! 🚀

10 to 12 selected startups get access to:

💰 Initial investment up to 50K EUR + follow-on rounds
🧠 Up to 5 months long intensive full-time mentoring program
🤝 250+ mentors and 200+ investors

❗️ May 21 - the last day to apply ❗️

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SaaS-Vilnius - Startup Wise Guys Wise Guys SaaS is our flagship vertical we have been investing in and accelerating since 2012. Our portfolio has a success and survival rate above 77%.

SaaS-Vilnius - Startup Wise Guys

🚨 Last week to apply to the Wise Guys SaaS Vilnius acceleration program!

Passionate and solid B2B SaaS teams with at least MVP, initial traction, and ambitions to go global apply and bring your startup to the next level!

Selected startups will receive access to:
💰 Initial investment up to 50K EUR + follow-on rounds
🧠 Up to 5 months long intensive full-time mentoring program
🤝 250+ mentors and 200+ investors

⏰ Apply until May 21, 2021!

#SaaS, #softwareasaservice, #B2B, #tech, #startup, #entrepreneur, #investment, #StartupWiseGuys

SaaS-Vilnius - Startup Wise Guys Wise Guys SaaS is our flagship vertical we have been investing in and accelerating since 2012. Our portfolio has a success and survival rate above 77%.

Accelerator Experience: from Founders to Entrepreneurs

Join us on May 13 at 4 PM EEST to find out, how can an accelerator program help you with building your startup? Why should you consider joining one? What are the takeaways for these founders from the acceleration program they took part in? How they have been doing after the program?

These and many other questions will be answered by:
👉 Jevgenij Polonis (GoRamp, SaaS batch from 2018)
👉 Laimonas Noreika (Heavy Finance, Fintech batch from 2020)
👉 Ernesto Cueto (Xpass, Fintech batch from 2020)

Don't hesitate to join us and ask your questions to these founders!

Best practices to help your startup get into a dreamed acceleration program shared by Startup Wise Guys

Accelerators are not for everyone, but if you have decided that it is for you, here are a few tips from our CEO Cristobal Alonso to help you find what you are looking for:

🌍 Accelerating at home or abroad is your choice
📝 Dedicate proper time for filling the application form
🤝 Check if there are any relationship warm-up opportunities

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Best practices to help your startup get into a dreamed acceleration program shared by Startup Wise Guys How to get your startup into a dreamed acceleration program? Check out best tips shared by Startup Wise Guys leading tech accelerator supporting the CEE region.

10 seats to fill, 100 strong applications in the pipeline, and less than 2 weeks left to apply to the Wise Guys SaaS - Vilnius acceleration program! Do you have what it takes to become the next Startup Wise Guys portfolio company?

We are looking for passionate and solid B2B SaaS teams with at least MVP, initial traction, and ambitions to go global. 🚀

⏰ Apply until May 21 👉 https://bit.ly/3cwr4n5

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Wise Guys Sustainability acceleration program recap

Yesterday we celebrated our first-ever Wise Guys Sustainability Demo Day and it was a blast! 💥

It has been an amazing journey together with these ten teams Dillali Tech (Lithuania, Nigeria), effa (Ukraine), Growberry (Hungary), Pagerr (Estonia), Plutoview (USA), Разговор.мк (North Macedonia), Ringy (Estonia, Romania), Sorwe (Turkey, UK), Taut (Latvia, Estonia), Video CV (Estonia) and our amazing wise girls Alexandra Balkova and Liis Linn! 🚀

See it for yourself!

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Istanbul/London-based hrtech Sorwe closes seed round, sees $3.2 million valuation - Tech.eu

🎯 Wise Guys Sustainability batch team Sorwe has raised $500,000 in investments and is now looking at a valuation of $3.2 million. It's now in use by more than 60,000 individuals in 7 countries.

“We have completed a strategic investment process that will support the growth of our company in the European market, which we established with a global vision from day one to create a happier, connected and inclusive work atmosphere. Sorwe will lead the HR sector globally with its end-to-end approach and create a new category in this field,” shared Sorwe's CEO Emrah Ertürk.

ℹ️ Sorwe is a gamified employee experience app for companies to offer personalized career development and peer-to-peer engagement.

Join us this Thursday for the Wise Guys Sustainability Demo day and connect with Sorwe and the other nine amazing startups of this batch! Check out our events section.

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Istanbul/London-based hrtech Sorwe closes seed round, sees $3.2 million valuation - Tech.eu Gamified employee experience platform Sorwe has raised $500,000 in investments and is now looking at a valuation of $3.2 million. The round was led by TechOne Venture Capital and saw participation from Startup Wise Guys and angel investor Selahattin Zoralioğlu, co-founder and managing partner at Ta...

Wise Guys SaaS Milan acceleration program recap

🚀 10 startups: Agrovisio, BotSpace, HeyBooster, iDEAL, Kaiku, Ocoya, Calton, Scan & Eggs, UTrigg, and Roundabout
🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️ with 23 founders
🌎 from 7 countries
went through an intense 5 months long acceleration program
🤝 meeting 80+ mentors
🧠 and boosting their knowledge through 240 office hours and 140 workshop hours.

It has been an exciting journey that would not have happened without our awesome mentors and investors! Thank you for being a part of this batch! ❤️

And thank you to Andrea Orlando, Giovanni Khoury, Andrea Chiavari, and Lauma Gailite for being with the teams on daily basis and making this program a success!

Best of luck to these ten startups to reach the goals they strive for! We will be watching. 👀

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Press release: Funderbeam partners with Startup Wise Guys to bring startups to secondary marketplace

Thanks to the partnership with Funderbeam there are now more opportunities for our Portfolio companies! 🙌

“A vibrant, liquid secondary market was one of the missing ingredients in New Europe’s startup ecosystem. Our partnership with Funderbeam is an excellent opportunity for our current and future portfolio founders to access liquidity on their entrepreneurial journey,” shared Herty Tammo, Co-founder of Startup Wise Guys.

Looking forward to this journey together, Funderbeam! 🚀

Press release: Funderbeam partners with Startup Wise Guys to bring startups to secondary marketplace news Press release: Funderbeam partners with Startup Wise Guys to bring startups to secondary marketplace Global funding and trading platform Funderbeam and Europe’s top B2B startup accelerator Startup Wise Guys (SWG) partnered to enable liquidity for the portfolio companies of SWG. All present an...

Baltic cybersecurity startups to watch - Startup Wise Guys

Follow the link to find a list of 8 hidden treasures of Baltic cybersecurity startups to watch from the Baltic Startup Scene Report 2020 brought to you by us, Startup Wise Guys, and EIT Digital. This list is curated by the most reputable local investors and experts and calibrated with data from Crunchbase. 🦄

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Baltic cybersecurity startups to watch - Startup Wise Guys List of Baltic cybersecurity startups to watch from the Baltic Startup Scene Report 2020 brought to you by us, Startup Wise Guys, and EIT Digital.

Unrevealed Angel Backs Ukrainian Effa with USD 500K to Spread Its Wings - ITKeyMedia

🎯 effa, another team from our Wise Guys Sustainability batch, closed a $ 500K seed round and will use the new investment to expand the team and develop new products.

As Dag Ainsoo shared: "Effa was an ideal match for Startup Wise Guys’ first Sustainability accelerator as solving global plastic pollution is very close to our hearts."

Btw, you can connect with Effa yourself and find out more about their journey in a week during the Wise Guys Sustainability Demo day on May 6. Find out more about it in our events section.

ℹ️ Effa’s mission is to supply all sorts of eco-friendly disposable products, and they have begun with toothbrushes made out of paper.
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Unrevealed Angel Backs Ukrainian Effa with USD 500K to Spread Its Wings - ITKeyMedia Ukrainian sustainability startup Effa announced the closing of their Seed round this April. They have raised USD 500K from an unrevealed Ukrainian angel investor