Startup Story: Aerefy x Sparkup Incubator
Aerefy – Smarter Ventilation, Better Indoor Air, Lower Energy Use Aerefy is an Estonian startup that makes ventilation intelligent by adapting it in real time to room usage and actual needs. Our solution increases building energy efficiency by up to 35% while also improving indoor air quality and overall comfort. The company was founded by […]
Meet Sparkup Incubator fall 2024 startups
Asvel About the team Asvel’s passion lies in combining technology and medicine to create something that truly improves people’s lives. We are developing a self-driving robot capable of automatically controlling an endoscope camera during minimally invasive surgery. The idea was born from our team member, orthopaedic surgeon Andres Šavel. After years of performing surgeries, he […]
Startup Story: Microamp x NATO DIANA Estonian Accelerator
Microamp provides high-performance mmWave* connectivity for robust, secure, and redundant streaming of massive volumes of data in real time. Their solution enables the rapid deployment of a flexible, uplink-heavy 5G mmWave private network—ideal for applications requiring the uplink of large data volumes, such as live video analytics from multiple mobile, high-resolution wireless cameras. The minds […]
8 years of ESA BIC Estonia
ESA BIC Estonia was launched on November 7, 2017 at a time when Estonia held the presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Space Week took place in Tallinn. How did we get here? To answer that, we need to go back in time. Estonia became an associate member of the […]
CDG Booster – mentoring program VR/AR/XR businesses and game developers
Are you a VR/AR/XR company or a game developer in Finland, Sweden or Estonia looking to accelerate your growth? The CDG-Booster program invites you to an inclusive community of peers and industry experts to help your company speed up growth, avoid business pitfalls, save resources, find your strengths and learn how to exploit them. Through […]
Right Step OÜ flies in Zero G to seek answers to Bone Health
Right Step OÜ is thrilled to announce its recent participation in the 85th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign and is proud to be the first Estonian company to have had this esteemed opportunity with support from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Estonian ESA Business Incubator. Right Step Health was founded to address degenerative bone […]
Sven Lilla: Who wouldn’t love space?
As the manager of the European Space Agency Estonian Business Incubator (ESA BIC Estonia), I have always been in the midst of the most recent and exciting ideas. When I joined the ESA BIC Estonia team in 2017, I didn’t know much about the whole space domain. My previous experience was mainly limited to watching […]
Registrations for the Open Innovation Academy Hackathon 2024 are open!
The Open Innovation Academy Hackathon 2024 is a long-term educational event designed to ignite entrepreneurial spirit and foster innovation. Participants will address real-world challenges provided by industrial partners, develop key skills, and share experiences globally. We’re looking for:– Individual students and teams to engage in the hackathon, complete educational modules, and collaborate to solve challenges.– […]
EstBAN Tartu x DeepTech Pub Health Edition
The Estonian Health Tech Week brought together health and biotech startups, investors, and community members. Sigvards Krongorns, an ex-health tech founder turned investor from Verge HealthTech Fund, mentioned in his keynote that healthcare is coming to a golden age. People are still getting older and lack access to quality healthcare and the only way forward is […]
Tartu has become a development center for drones
Last week, Sparkup Tartu Science Park, the aviation department of the Ministry of Climate, the Estonian Aviation Academy, and the City of Tartu met for a discussion. The focus was on unmanned aviation, as it is one of the key focus areas for Sparkup Tartu Science Park, and Tartu is a place where solutions in […]
