Cofounder of GaltTec - world's smallest fuel cells / Customer and media relations
It has been a week since Latitude59 and all the other awesome things, so it's about time I did a little recap of my own 😅 On Wednesday GaltTec took part in the first NATO DIANA demo day. Alongside all the other DIANA companies in the Tehnopol cohort, we demonstrated our fuel cells to international defense experts, including the Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces, Martin Herem. We showcased fuel cell use on drones with one of our first clients, SKYCORP Technologies. Then there were two days of Latitude59 with the other wonderful DIANA companies and meeting new people. Among others, I really enjoyed the panel discussion moderated by Kadri Tammai, where the prime minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas, Gundbert Scherf from Helsing and Markus Villig from Bolt discussed the changing landscape of dual-use companies and how the government is starting to realise the importance of meeting startups half way to ensure we have the edge in our defence capabilities. As you might have heard, it all culminated on the main stage, where I was pitching among top 5 startups and ended up with 100 000€ prize from Estonian Business Angels Network (EstBAN), winner title of the Baltic Silicon Vikings New Nordics Pitch Competition and other cool prizes from Net Group Ltd, Google, Workland Offices and PRNEWS.IO. I also want to extend a special shoutout to the DIANA team by our side at Latitude: Goldilock, AVoptics-LightWorks, Anzen Engineering, Lobster Robotics, IceWind, Karen-Maria Toomiste, Marleen Rootamm, Kadri Tammai, Pirko Konsa (+ REVOBEAM, GIM Robotics and Dronetag who weren't there physically this time) and of course my colleages Glen Kelp and Tanel Tätte. Having such a support network means among other things, that the crowd is going wild any time your name is called. I heard some of you guys to the backstage and felt like a rockstar 😂 🤘 Thank you all so much for the recognition and support for GaltTec!
