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Successfully building, but less exposed when no capital has been raised. UI Bakery is bootstrapped, profitable – helps companies build internal web apps. Kristel Kruustük started as a freelance tester and slowly-but-steadily built Testlio into a leading QA platform – 7-figure MRR. We keep tracking Greet work done by Greet, but GlobalTips also started in Vilnius, now at 1300 active restraurants.

The launch of our new brand and web! Also, how AI product hypes create new opportunities, the rise of Vinted brand, return of Tadas Burgaila and more.

Dunes x AI x e-commerce x Kilo Health (kopa.ai). Edtech challengers w/ Unive AI, Edu Challenger another batch, and Kris+Lukas are back with new ventures. Also keen to see BURGA becoming top fashion brand, Brite new "Liquid Death" or bigger, Traxlo shaping new gig economy in retail.

New, useful, performing. Paulius Gervė: find where the closest parcel locker is. Simas Klioštoraitis - finds and comments on Reddit for Callsy AI. Kris Darzins builds cool web with Ordinary.page

Wealth tops, Estonia. Building culture, building moats.

Bolt valuation and possibility to buy shares. Founder linkedin content - is it ghostwriter or AI helping Guoga? Growth of Turing College.

Latvian entrepreneurs connecting hardware+software for impressive ventures: HackMotion - Aerones - Giraffe360 - NATRIX UGV - drones From humble beginnings at Tech Zity, basedspace_ are about to move to a larger, 750 sqm premises at this emerging campus. More builders are getting a roof!

Creators & scale · Mishkay Biotech says creativity is a choice, Crafty Panda reminds us what 19M YouTube subscribers look like, Kenislovas to be watched.

Betting on decentralisation. Rizon launches with seasoned founding team building a new global neobank on stablecoin rails. Axiology explains why tokenization is here to stay, and they are pushing hard a licensed player now.

Science and research driven tech - such as Handwave with strong seed, also KELI Therapeutics (2.5M grant from EIC), Litilit with 1.87M grant to develop new laser, COVA Green charging tech, and space innovators Blackswan Space and Astrolight. Flying cars not here yet, but getting closer with Rhino racing. MBito is one to watch, OBDeleven also growing.

Forbes-30’s Modestas Mankus, Tesonet’s arena takeover, padel by Tournated, €4M+ rounds for Cariqa & Jälle, standout EdTech, DefTech & AI nutrition apps, a new hackathon and a hiring blitz. Ask ChatGPT

AI hardware heats up, Lightyear scores $23M, Zen.com surges to €93M, Greï grows, Shopify apps boom, Mishkay Biotech hits €1M, Astrolight wins big at CASSINI, Moldova emerges, and why you need a vibe marketer now.

Baltic startups debut AI health, fertility & art apps as Sentante nails a 1,600 km robotic stroke thrombectomy and InSoil & Oxylabs seal seven-figure carbon-farming and ScrapingBee deals.

Amid the AI rush, the Baltics buzz with indie projects, fitness & health apps, and FinOps launches - driven by industrial design flair and London-linked founders.

Bolt rockets to €1.99B revenue as Estonia’s tech scene surges with AI, supply-chain innovations, e-commerce ventures and unicorn-hungry leadership moves.

Walk15 hits 1 M users as Baltic founders shatter AI, e-commerce, fintech & health records—powered by bold pivots and trailblazing women.