Posts Tagged ‘Trade with Estonia’
Estonian startup MarkeDroid expands to Sweden’s energy market
Estonian energy startup MarkeDroid has entered the Swedish flexibility market through a partnership with Flower — giving solar and battery owners new opportunities.
Estonian smart energy management company MarkeDroid has entered the Swedish market through a new partnership with Flower, a Stockholm-based provider of flexibility services, says the official press-release. Previously, the company has already added North America to its coverage through a partnership, and also scored among Latitude59 Pitch Competition 2025 winners, securing €175K from Estonian Business Angels Network (EstBAN).
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Originally published on 28 Apr
Read MoreSeven Estonian DeepTech startups win €3.4M in EU funding
Another outsized win is scored by the Estonian ecosystem. Seven local DeepTech startups have secured a combined €3.37M in funding through the European Innovation Council’s Pre-Accelerator programme (EIC Pre-Accelerator), a competitive EU initiative designed to help early-stage companies develop their technology, sharpen their competitiveness, and prepare for larger international funding rounds.
Each successful applicant receives up to €500,000. The programme also acts as a stepping stone towards the EIC Accelerator — the main EIC funding instrument, where grants and investments run into the millions.
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Originally published on 28 Apr
Read MoreFrom retrofit support to port electrification: Estonia brings a full-chain maritime transition approach to Seatrade Cruise Global 2026
As cruise and other maritime operators face growing pressure to cut emissions, modernize vessels, and upgrade port infrastructure, Estonia is bringing a practical maritime transition approach to Seatrade Cruise Global 2026. The Northern European country presents a connected ecosystem spanning €25 million state-backed retrofit support, port electrification, digital systems, and companies across the whole maritime value chain.
Across shipping, the green transition is increasingly being shaped by implementation. Decarbonization is no longer only about newbuilds, but also about how existing vessels can be modernized in a practical way – improving efficiency, upgrading passenger areas, and preparing ships for new fuels within real refit windows and operational limits.
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Originally published on 10 Apr
Read MoreEU Cyber Resilience Act: market access at stake – an Estonian IT specialist shows manufacturers the way forward
From December 2027, the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) will be fully applicable, forcing manufacturers of connected products to guarantee cybersecurity throughout the entire lifecycle or lose access to the EU market. For German SMEs, this means urgent upgrades to existing products without halting production. Estonian software engineering company Proekspert specialises in exactly this task—bringing legacy products up to CRA standards without redesigning hardware.
“For many manufacturers, the Cyber Resilience Act is not a future problem. It is already embedded in products currently on the market. Industrial drives and configuration tools are a good example: almost every product with digital elements is now a potential point of attack. Security can no longer be treated as an add-on,” says Marco Spielmann, CEO of Proekspert.
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Originally published on 31 Mar
Read MorePowerUP Energy Technologies expands into Sweden, Denmark, and Norway with landmark partnership
Estonian company PowerUP Energy Technologies, a leading European developer of hydrogen fuel cell solutions, announced its expansion in Scandinavia through a strategic distribution agreement with Greener InfoTech Systems Sweden AB.
Under this agreement, Greener InfoTech Systems AB (GITSAB) will serve as the authorised distributor for PowerUP’s hydrogen-based energy generation products across Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. This partnership is designed to meet the surging demand for portable, zero-emission power in a region that leads the world in the transition toward a hydrogen economy.
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Originally published on 25 Mar
Read MoreBolt partners with NVIDIA to build Europe’s autonomous vehicle foundation
Estonia is no longer just a land of humble startups, as its premier companies are scaling ambitions. This week, Tallinn-based mobility giant Bolt announced that it will partner with NVIDIA to develop an AI-powered platform for autonomous vehicles tailored specifically to European roads.
The collaboration pairs Bolt’s vast amounts of real-world driving data — collected daily across its ride-hailing, carsharing, micromobility and delivery operations in 50+ countries and 850+ cities — with NVIDIA’s latest autonomous driving stack.
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Originally published on 17 Mar
Read MoreRAIKU Packaging selected for L’Oréal’s €100 million Sustainable Innovation Accelerator
Global beauty company L’Oréal announced the launch of its new Sustainable Innovation Accelerator, a new program aimed at investing €100 million over 5 years to find, develop, pilot and scale breakthrough technologies addressing the company’s and industry’s sustainability-focused challenges. Out of more than 1000 applicants worldwide, Estonian company RAIKU Packaging has been selected as one of just 13 companies to join the L’Oréal Sustainable Innovation Accelerator, with an acceptance rate of 1%.
RAIKU has developed a 100% natural packaging material that offers luxurious aesthetics and excellent shock absorption. The material is one of the lowest carbon footprint materials in the world as the company has brought to the market a radically more efficient production process than traditional industries reporting over 90% resource reduction.
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Originally published on 19 Jan
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