Barely 6 million inhabitants, but already 6 startup unicorns – that’s the story of Baltics, this small region by the Baltic sea with tech-savvy people, who like to build, grow and sell their ideas. Estonia is also the birthplace of…
1. I made it all happen by myself Good, now that I have your attention and you think Andrea Orlando is a big idiot with an ego problem, we can set the record straight. Although you could say that the…
This spring Baltic region proved the “power of small” in the face of crisis and became the origin of the global movement “Hack the crisis.” 6 months have passed since, but unfortunately COVID case count is in some countries higher…
With already 131,2K eur committed (and counting) from more than 14 investors, Startup Wise Guys (SWG) Italy is in full swing into equity crowdfunding on the CrowdFundMe platform and you can join too. The minimum investment ticket is 3K eur…
Wise Guys Fintech 4 program run in partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is welcoming additional knowledge partners. OP Bank and Findec are joining Google for Startups, Oracle for Startups, SEB bank, Sorainen and Swedbank as…
Few months ago I published a map of the Italian ecosystem on my LinkedIn profile. That map, as the result of months of networking and exploring opportunities in Italy, was an attempt to give some guidance to myself more than…
Second year in a row we are partnering with EIT Digital on their Venture Program aimed at supporting early stage tech founders. This year we were covering Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine as our target region. In total there were…
For almost a month now, we have been running our JUMP for Italy program online activating more than 45 startup teams and way more than 100 international mentors to support each other and thus helping build more economic activity and…
We are proud and excited to announce a partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on our upcoming fourth Fintech accelerator program starting in autumn 2020 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Applications are already open for startups from a…
As part of our mission to help techy founders become true entrepreneurs and through that helping over-looked startup ecosystems develop – we’ve been running a Tech Boost program in the Western Balkans together with EFSE Entrepreneurship Academy. This project has…