Who are we?

LIFT99 grew out of Garage48, the first startup co-working Hub in Estonia and the organizer of well-known hackathon event series with reach across Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Garage48 nonprofit foundation was founded in 2010 and Ragnar Sass (founder of LIFT99) was part of the founding team of Garage48. Many of the key members of the LIFT99 team have been building the local and international startup scene for years, some from within organizations, others as team members of the ecosystem’s “first generation” of startups.

LIFT99 is founded and supported by entrepreneurs with remarkable international successes such as Skype, Bolt, Pipedrive and GungHo and currently has 15 employees, mainly in Estonia and Ukraine.

What make us stand out?

We love people. We love connecting people. We love likeminded people, who give their all in order to challenge the existing norms and never stop asking questions. We believe in synergy and co-growing. That’s the reason to make LIFT99 your second home. We have seen several successful stories of startups who joined our community in early stage. They passionately developed their idea, got feedback from peer community members, learned from other founders’ experience, raised their first investment rounds, and built their team until it was time to fly out from our Hub to reach higher levels.

Tallinn Hub

The two locations of LIFT99 Tallinn Hub – Telliskivi Hub and RED Hub – are neatly located in the heart of Telliskivi Creative City, one of the hippest areas in Tallinn. We have everything you’d expect and more. LIFT99 is a fully functional workspace surrounded by our community-first network of startup founders, freelancers, nomads and other creatives.