Category: Interviews
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Interview: Anna Decroix of Demoboost
Anna Decroix is Demoboost‘s co-founder and CMO. Following their recent funding news, we reached out to her to talk about their next steps, their product, the fast-growing demo market, and the importance of the presales role in SaaS companies. We also discussed her experiences prior to joining Demoboost, and got her opinion, as a remote…
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Interview: Mariusz Adamski of ffVC
New York-headquartered ffVC is not just another American fund with a foot in Europe. It’s the first one to open its first European office not in London, but in Warsaw, due to its strong belief in the potential of CEE. So much the case, it recently announced the raise of a $50 million fund aimed…
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Interview: Andres Sampka of Parcelsea
Andres Sampka is the CEO and co-founder of Parcelsea, an Estonian last-mile delivery startup that develops smart mailboxes that help accept and deliver parcels securely and contact-free. We talk to Andres about Parcelsea’s current traction, the origins of the idea, as well as the Estonia and some of the reasons why its ecosystem has blossomed.…
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Interview: Audrius Milukas of Open Circle Capital
Audrius Milukas is Partner and CEO of Open Circle Capital. He also co-founded fintech lending business SME Finance. Before OCC, Audrius spent 15 years as a senior banking and corporate finance professional, including leading regional Baltic positions at Finland-based Nordea Bank. We reached out to him to chat about the Lithuanian and Baltic scene in…
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Interview: Rolands Mesters of Nordigen
In our first founder interview, we met up with Rolands Mesters, co-founder and CEO of Nordigen to talk about their recent acquisition, the company origins, open banking and more.
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Interview: Jone Vaituleviciute of FIRSTPICK
Jone Vaituleviciute is the Managing Partner at FIRSTPICK, an early stage venture capital fund based in Vilnius, Lithuania. Jone is one of the leading voices of the Lithuanian startup scene. During most of her career previous to startups, she advised tech companies on funding and scaling, mainly within Civitta and Startup Division. She managed her…
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Interview: Marek Unt on PR for startups
Meet Marek Unt – the PR guy with the unofficial record for working with the most Estonian tech unicorns.
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Interview: Alex Gibb of Katalista Ventures
We caught up with Alex Gibb, the Brit that moved to Lithuania to make waves in the Lithuanian startup scene.
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Interview: Egija Gailuma of OX Drive
Riga has become one the first cities in Europe to get a Tesla-only premium car sharing service, thanks to the new home-grown startup OX Drive.
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Interview: Elena Mazhuha of Flyer One Ventures
Elena Mazhuha, first employee at Flyer One Ventures, tells us about startups in Ukraine, the situation with the war, her story and advice from her time working with startups.