Estonian startups hosted by Pipedrive & Revolgy

Hi, startup enthusiast!

We invite you to the Pipedrive & Revolgy Startups’ Meetup, at our lovely Prague office! Also, our heartfelt thanks go to the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tallinn for their invaluable support in bringing this exciting event to life.

Join us for an insightful evening of talks covering the journey from startup to mature company, the timing of advanced FinOps processes, building secure cloud infrastructure in Bolt, and the impact on Central Bank regulations aligning with our unique business model.

The meetup includes:

Up to 80 attendees 🎓
Expect tasty refreshments and drinks 🍻
Doors: 18:00 🚪
Keynote speakers: 18:30-20:30 🧑‍🏫
Networking: 20:30 onward 🗣️

Talks:

0️⃣ Growing from startup to mature company
A great idea is the cornerstone of innovation. A great sense of entrepreneurial mindset helps to build and scale successful business ventures. The formula of success for transforming startups into success stories? Recognizing and seizing the right opportunities and challenges at the right time. In this presentation, Agur Jõgi explores the DNA of early-stage startups, how to scale the company and what it takes to sustain and succeed in business.

Speaker: Agur Jõgi, CTO at Pipedrive
Agur Jõgi is the CTO at Pipedrive responsible for managing the development and infrastructure departments of the company, leading its next-generation technology vision and building a secure user experience for the customers. As an innovation leader and technology enthusiast, Jõgi loves complex challenges and creative solutions. His business philosophy is based on the belief that combining traditional practices and startup thinking is the most effective way to grow a company.

1️⃣ When should you start advanced FinOps processes
Dive deeper with us into the new world of FinOps. What is FinOps and who should be responsible for the fiscal optimisation in an organisation. How to save the most with optimal infrastructure without compromising on compliance, SLAs, security and reliability? Which of the 10,000 tools will help save money without breaking a sweat?

Speaker: Ott Salmar, Co-Founder at Hykell
Ott has over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, having worked in startups, scale-ups and also in Amazon Web Services as the first hire in the Estonian office, he has deep industry expertise and knowledge into how to get the maximum savings on your cloud infrastructure. At Hykell they help customers save 50%+ on their cloud spend using FinOps best practices, tips and tricks.

2️⃣ Building a Secure Cloud Infrastructure in Bolt
Operating and securing cloud environments without any maintenance windows and how we do it in Bolt.

Speaker 1: Tarmo Randel, Head of infosec at Bolt
Tarmo Randel has been in cybersecurity for more than 15 years. He has been head of the Estonian national CERT and contributed to cybersecurity research in Tallinn-based NATO CCDCO. Now he enjoys the challenges of building ISO and PCI-compliant information security functions in a hyper-growth company - Bolt.

Speaker 2: Guido Kõiv, SRE EM at Bolt
Guido Kõiv has kept the lights at Bolt for almost 6 years and has seen it grow from tens of engineers to hundreds. Previously ran and managed self-hosted datacenters hosting private and public systems on a large scale.

3️⃣ Impacting Central Bank regulations to bring them in line with our business model
Providing insights on how the global business can contribute to the changes implemented by the local Central Banks. We will explore the current state of financial operations flow in comparison to its previous form and examine the advantages it brings to our business.

Speaker: Aleksandra Goltsvart, Java Software Engineer at Wise
Aleksandra started her journey at Wise as intern, and working in emerging currency squad for 5 years. She appreciates the chance she has at Wise to significantly influence customers' lives. You can find Aleksandra on LinkedIn.

4️⃣ Leading in Fractions: The New Era of C-Level Roles
This talk navigates the evolution of leadership positions, distinctions between traditional and fractional roles, and real-world insights from the presenter's diverse experiences. Learn how startups and established businesses alike can benefit from this adaptive leadership approach. The session will conclude with a pitch for a non-profit organization aimed at enhancing C-Level collaborations.

5️⃣ Reimagine Cloud Interfaces. Cloud for large infrastructures By reflecting on the current state of the Cloud and taking a forward-looking perspective on its future, we explore how AI-driven knowledge management can democratize cloud utilization, increasing visibility, reducing costs and empowering decision-makers in the process.