Business services and products including fintech are the key field for startups in the Baltics. Fighting fraud, data visualizations and effective work tools. Startups offering business services from the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, (combined population circa 6.2 million) now number the thousands. As well as fintech,
In our second deep dive into the Baltic tech business scene, CET looks at startups that take physical health and psychological well-being equally seriously, especially in the wake of the global pandemic outbreak in 2020. Finding a niche Modern health startups are increasingly tailor-made for different audiences and groups. While
In our first deep dive into the innovative Baltic startup scene, we look at companies with new approaches to recycling, reforestation, oil disposal and even nuclear energy . Fighting deforestation with satellites Estonia’s Single.Earth was founded two years ago based on a belief that it is possible to save
This week The Central European Times investigates the startup scenes of the three innovative but diminutive Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, whose small size makes companies open and internationally oriented from day one. Read our exclusive reports on environmental startups in the Baltics here, healthtech startups here and cutting-edge
Since Britain voted to leave the EU in 2016, hundreds of UK-linked entrepreneurs have taken up e-residency in Estonia. From the moment it became clear that the UK have voted to leave the EU, the small Baltic country has been enjoying this Brexit benefit. Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is only
It has been hailed in the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as their most ambitious shared project for a century. Rail Baltica – a EUR 5.8 billion high-speed railway between Helsinki and Warsaw – was originally planned for completion in 2026. However the north-east-Europe-spanning rail-link between the Finnish and
For the citizens of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, the signs are ominous. As the Baltic countries look ahead to rising Covid-19 rates in plummeting temperatures, they are meanwhile facing soaring energy bills. The only hope for manageable energy bills is mild weather in the months ahead, representatives of electricity firms