sTARTUpDay Deep Tech Lounge: From Tallinn to Term Sheets: Early Signals Nordic VCs Care About
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sTARTUpDay Deep Tech Lounge: From Tallinn to Term Sheets: Early Signals Nordic VCs Care About Moderator: Lisanna Smilarski (Investment Advisor at Invest Estonia)Speaker: Soo Min (Associate at node.vc) Lisanna and Soo Min will explore why Estonia keeps showing up on Nordic VCs radar and the patterns they get excited about when backing teams. They’ll share practical signals investors look for at pre-seed/seed and what makes early traction stand out. Expect a candid, founder-first conversation with concrete takeaways. Lisanna Semilarski is an Investment Advisor at Invest Estonia, where she works with global VC funds to connect them with high-potential Estonian startups. Previously, she worked in the startup ecosystem in Estonia and Sweden, including at Klaus (exited to Zendesk) and Doconomy. She’s driven by a curiosity for how ideas become companies and how ecosystems help them scale. Soo Min is an Associate at node.vc and co-founder of pluto house. Before her time in VC, she was a Co-founder in EdTech and HealthTech startups. She was also an operator for the Ministry of SMEs and Startups in South Korea, focusing on scaling up startups from Seed to Series A in HardTech, DeepTech, and Consumer. Most recently she worked on investments at the Malmö-based fund Pale blue dot