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…
It might seem like there are more and more women founders and investors in the startup world, and that there are more initiatives than ever to bring women into the tech scene. However, the numbers show only slight progress in…
This year has brought many changes, but not all of them have been terrible. Actually, this one might even be considered pretty great – we have just launched our first ever Wise Guys Sustainability startup accelerator program! United Nations has…
You might think that the global pandemic has hit startup funding very hard. While there for sure was some stalling in March and April, actually the first half of the year in 2019 saw less activity in startup investments than…
10 international SaaS startups are beginning their 5 month journey with us. This is the first time we’re running the Wise Guys Saas program in our new market – Italy! But that’s not the only unique thing about the batch….
We tried something different this year and asked for your input within a Startup Scene Survey about the impact of 2020 on startups, investors and ecosystem players and their outlook ahead. We have analyzed the data and are gearing up…
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…
Stereotypes, stereotypes. Who likes them? I personally have been struggling with stereotypes at some points of my life both in international contexts (being Italian and living abroad), but also back home (being from the south and having spent most of…
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…