Top 30 Big Data Startup Investors in Estonia in May 2026
Top 30 Big Data Startup Investors in Estonia in May 2026
| Investor | Big Data Estonia investments |
|---|---|
| Jaan Tallinn | 4 |
| Thorgate Ventures | 3 |
| Expansion Capital | 3 |
| Contrarian Ventures | 3 |
| Markku Jääskelainen | 2 |
| Icebreaker.vc | 2 |
| Inventure | 2 |
| SpeedUp Venture Capital Group | 2 |
| Specialist VC | 2 |
| Tera Ventures | 2 |
| Trind VC | 1 |
| HardGamma Ventures | 1 |
| Trind Ventures | 1 |
| Project A Ventures | 1 |
| BlackPine | 1 |
| Nomad Capital | 1 |
| Rockaway Capital | 1 |
| Metaplanet | 1 |
| Karma Ventures | 1 |
| Nick Handel | 1 |
| Virtue Capital Fund | 1 |
| Black Pearls VC | 1 |
| Chris Schagen | 1 |
| Timo Rein | 1 |
| Prototron | 1 |
| Spring Capital | 1 |
| Martin Tajur | 1 |
| GSF | 1 |
| Rubio Impact Ventures | 1 |
| Geoffrey Prentice | 1 |
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Find investors — It's Free!Jaan Tallinn is the Co-Founder of the Centre for Study of Existential Risk and Future of Life Institute.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Estonia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- LawZero — LawZero is committed to advancing research and creating technical solutions that enable safe-by-design AI systems.
- TENYX — Discover innovative solutions for digital transformation at Tenyx. Explore our cutting-edge technology services designed to drive business growth and elevate your digital presence.
- Lightyear — Lightyear is a simple and approachable way to invest your money globally without unnecessary barriers and fees.
We invest both capital and our know-how into startups. Join us and let's change the world
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- Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Estonia, United Kingdom, Norway
Portfolio highlights
- Coursy.io — Make employee development more effective with LMS powered by Learning Design
- Waybiller — Bulk TMS solution for end-to-end management: Waybiller transforms your logistics operations, allowing you to handle bulk shipments with precision and speed. The Best E-waybill Software & Bulk TMS Solution
- Bilance — Bilance is a personal finance management app that helps you to track, analyze and plan your finances.
Expansion Capital AIFP plans to participate in Latvian state-owned development finance institution ALTUM organized next generation fund manager tender, in order to continue to invest and finance mainly perspective Latvian ideas, projects, and companies.
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- Manufacturing, Logistics, Transportation
- Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
- Latvia, United States, Norway
Portfolio highlights
- Flirtu — Flirtu is an app for dating on Telegram that helps users find their perfect match.
- Willow Wealth — Willow Wealth is an alternative investment platform focused on generating income streams for investors. Get exclusive access to private market investments.
- FIS.solutions — Loan Management System | Loan Servicing Software | Lending Software. Instalment loans, mortgages, car leasing & rentals, credit line, business loans, factoring
We are a hands-on, community-focused and founders vetted early-stage sustainable energy transition focused VC in Europe & Israel
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- Software, Renewable Energy, Energy
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Lithuania, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
- Eliq — Energy data platform for utilities combining customer insights and operational intelligence to improve service, reduce churn and grow revenue.
- PVcase — From site selection and design to yield optimization; PVcase helps streamline your entire process.
- Urbio — Intuitive online software for urban energy planning and design. Urbio helps energy providers, utilities, consultants and real estate companies save time and money with generative design and digital twins.
Markku Jääskelainen.
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- Drones, Big Data, Software
- Seed, Series A
- Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- Hepta Insights — Hepta provides automated power grid management and analysis using autonomous drones and powerful analytics software. Visit our website to find out more!
Founded in 2016, Icebreaker has invested in over 50 fast-growing tech startups built by domain expert founders from companies like Rovio, Nordea, Pipedrive, Eniram, IBM and BCG. In addition to the fund, Icebreaker also runs a community of more than 1000 founders and pre-founders with 5+ years of relevant industry experience and the will to start,build or join strong tech companies.With the initial ticket sizes of €150k - 800K Icebreaker provides enough funding for companies to get to a position of strength and avoid post-accelerator limbo without having to resort to disreputable sources of capital and unfriendly deal terms.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Finland, Estonia, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Lutso — Empowering older adults to live independently, safely, and with dignity. Lutso is the smarter way to support aging at home.
- Cytely — Transforms microscopy from image-driven to data-driven through AI-powered autonomous targeting that captures high-resolution data of critical cellular events, enabling researchers to solve complex biological problems in minutes instead of years.
- NROC Security — Prevent data leaks, govern shadow AI, prove compliance, and save 50% on GenAI subscriptions
Since 2005, Inventure has backed over 90 companies including Wolt, Swappie, Jobbatical, aiMotive, and more.
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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Finland, Sweden, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Abzu — Abzu's AI is built for the modern researcher, where explainability, small data, and new insights are at the core of innovative discoveries.
- Yeply — Yeply Mobile Bike Service is a start-up that specializes in bicycle maintenance. Yeply’s ideology is that bicycle maintenance should be an easy, quick, and effortless experience for the customer. It believes that every bike is worth caring for and they value every cyclist equally - cycling belongs to everyone.It was founded in 2016 and isheadquartered in Helsinki, Finland.
- Hopsworks — Hopsworks is an online platform for the development and operation of Machine Learning (ML) pipelines at scale, based around the industry's first Feature Store for ML.
We are a group of venture capital funds, investing in enterprises in an early stage of development. Areas of our interest include enterprises and entrepreneurs in Central and Eastern Europe, who want to conquer the global market by utilizing their self-developed solutions. Our cooperation with companies is based on a 3-8 years investment horizon.We're looking for innovations from areas such as: consumer internet, electromobility, energy, fintech, martech, adtech, medtech, IoT and hardware. We're interested in technologies like Machine Learning, Picture Recognition and Artificial Intelligence.
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- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Poland, United States, Czech Republic
Portfolio highlights
- PARTORY — PARTORY offers complete manufacturing solutions in engineering. PARTORY utilising AI and machine learning to streamline the procurement process for low-cost metal parts
- CYCLE — GetHenry is a rapidly growing subscription service for market-leading delivery companies. We make sure that thousands of couriers are on the move safely, quickly and comfortably every day. In this way, we not only create added value for delivery services, but also help to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions on the last mile.
- Patron GO — Patron GO is a fintech firm that uses AI to detect unnecessarily high costs on a customer's bank account and offers the best solutions.
United Angels VC is an early stage venture capital fund based in Estonia.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Estonia, United Kingdom, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Sera — Sera's AI streamlines prospecting with tailored lists and enriched profiles, including accurate emails and metrics.
- Copla — Simplify cybersecurity compliance with automated workflows, audits, and risk management. Our expert CISO team tailors solutions to your organization's needs.
- Vocal Image — Discover your accent & voice type. Free 30-second test. Join 4M+ users building clear, confident communication with daily AI coaching.
Tera Ventures is an international investment firm based in Estonia.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Estonia, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Supersimple — Supersimple helps SaaS companies use customer behavior data to drive decisions in product & sales.
- TWICE COMMERCE ® — Turn sustainability into revenue with Twice Commerce, the all-in-one resale and rental platform. Create your store for free!
- CARÁ Health — Suun combines a midwife-powered app with studios in Tallinn and Berlin to ease pregnancy and postpartum symptoms, build strength and support you every day.
Trind VC is a founder-first venture capital firm investing in early-stage consumer startups across Europe. We back ambitious teams, help them grow, and stay by their side through every stage of the journey.
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- Software, SaaS, Sports
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Estonia, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Taimer — Manage customers, sales, projects, resources, time tracking, invoicing, billing, expenses, reporting, and more in one unified PSA software.
- Scorestars — The official virtual basketball manager game trusted by over 27,000 basketball fans
- Vumonic Datalabs — The world's largest ecommerce companies, brands, and hedge funds trust Vumonic's data and Insights to understand trends & beat the competition.
HardGamma Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in startups that focuses on computing, internet, biotechnology, and more. Early stage VC fund focused on Polish and CEE startups.The Fund invests in projects such as seed and startups in the area of computing, Internet, mobile technologies, the biotechnology sector and physicochemicaltechnologies. HardGamma Ventures invests in strong teams developing projects with global potential - providing funding and support for business planning, marketing, product positioning and other business functions.The HardGamma team is constantly in contact and cooperation with leading competitions and incubator programs in Europe and USA - Seedcamp (UK), The Difference Engine (UK), Springboard (UK), Startup Bootcamp (Denmark), TechStars (United States), and the pan-European incubator program HackFwd (Germany), where the team is responsible for the assessment and certification program for start-ups, and the International Incubator of the University of Maryland (United States).The team of HardGamma is also building a network affiliation with other VC funds in the region to broaden the range of exploration and investment opportunities and to increase international support and business opportunities for the portfolio of projects.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Education
- Seed, Funding Round, Convertible Note
- United Kingdom, Poland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Silverback.ai — The ultimate business intelligence platform for e-commerce marketplaces
- Proxigroup — Solving the lack of visibility and transparency in asset management.
- Carv — Improve your skiing technique with real-time audio coaching. Carv uses pressure and motion analysis to score your technique and help you improve.
Trind VC is a founder-first venture capital firm investing in early-stage consumer startups across Europe. We back ambitious teams, help them grow, and stay by their side through every stage of the journey.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Estonia, Finland, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Webel — Webel is an on demand Home Services Marketplace (cleaning, nannies, tutors...) where clients can search, book, compare, pay and review these services. Thanks to a deep analysis of the current methods for hiring these services and the competition outlook, we have created a unique and revolutionary business model that will outperform the market.
- Jobilla — Reach and activate your target group with a powerful recruitment solution. Increase the amount of applications and get 7X more qualified candidates.
- Bahn Express — Bahn Express is a global car transportation company that supports independent contractors while offering quick and easy auto shipping throughout Europe.
Project A is an early-stage venture capital firm, combining financial and operational support for technology companies. In addition to $1bn in assets under management, Project A provides its portfolio companies with a wide range of operational support services. This includes more than 100 experts from key areas such as software engineering,business intelligence, marketing, and recruiting. The portfolio includes companies such as Trade Republic, sennder, KRY, Catawiki, WorldRemit, Spryker, and Voi.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Heyflow — Create better customer interactions with conversational flows. More personal. More conversions. Build your flow today! No coding required.
- Quix — A fully managed stream processing platform that helps teams transform data into products.
- Spryker — Spryker is an Enterprise B2B, B2C, and Marketplace solution recognized as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Digital Commerce
BlackPine is a private investment firm. Their firm provides financing solutions to companies and asset owners with presence in Greater China. They target opportunities where they can take an active role in the business and co-operate with management to help develop strategies both domestically and abroad. Their approach to investing enables them toleverage their long term relationships with strategic partners and portfolio companies to source and manage deals. These relationships, together with their strong intermediary network allow them to maintain a close pulse to business activities in the region.
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- Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series C
- Hong Kong, United States, China
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- Talon — Soar with Talon. Merchandise Shop Now. Embark on this journey with us.
- Gusto Collective — First brandtech group using the latest technology to help brands create content and experiences across the physical and virtual worlds.
- Aspen Digital — Aspen Digital is the gateway to Digital Asset allocation, an innovative technology-driven platform that empowers asset and wealth managers to offer / invest into digital asset products with confidence.
Nomad Capital is a seed stage fund that invests in emerging companies that are developing marketplaces and B2B software.
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- Software, Apps, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Canada, Estonia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Peggy — Peggy is a social marketplace that allows you to discover, buy, and sell investment-worthy art. A place for the art-curious and the art-expert, for the art gallery and artist. A new way forward for the art world.
- UserHub — The quickest way to add Billing & Seat Management features to your SaaS product. A User Based Billing Platform compatible with Stripe Billing, Auth0, Google Firebase, and more.
- Capitol AI — Capitol uses the power of AI & Design to make better, faster decisions with data.
We focus on investing and building Internet businesses not only in CEE. We believe in innovations and technologies. We create some added value. We are the next generation of entrepreneurs.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Fashion
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Czech Republic, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- DoDo — DoDo is the smart delivery service specializing in last-mile and same-day delivery of goods to the end customer. DoDo is currently the technological leader with its data-driven solution and agile processes. We already managed to ensure long-term contracts and pilot projects with multiple high-profile retail and gastro customers ensuring us asubstantial turnover growth and margins. In DoDo we plan to invest in its SW system architecture to further optimize the delivery process based on big data, AI and automatization. The goal is to be the prime provider with its scalable solution. Same-day-delivery is expected to be an important service for all retail players and DoDo plans to continue with the acquisition of these clients especially in the Central European region. The indisputable advantage is easy implementation into the existing solution. Our flexible procedures and processes are easily adaptable to meet exactly what partner´s business needs. DoDo is managing over 600+ cars, 1300+ couriers in 4 countries.
- Spotawheel — Spotawheel is a trusted high-tech used cars B2C platform that redesigns the whole buy-sell process from scratch, ensuring value, transparency and customer satisfaction at the highest levels throughout.
- FreewayCamper — FreewayCamper offers the new digital platform with a large selection of top campers and additional services, with a direct booking option. They have the latest models to rent - fully equipped, fully covered, directly available, and easy to book. They give it at fair price guarantee & all kilometers included. They have short-term and long-termrentals and, it is flexible and offers to rebook.
an early-stage investment firm making long-term bets on contrarians and leveraging the knowledge and network across sectors. We back mission-driven founders working on positively disruptive deep technologies.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- Vok Bikes — We build heavy-duty cargo bikes and rent them out to on-demand delivery companies and their couriers — no surprises, no extra fees. Currently active in Tallinn and Vilnius and expanding to London and Berlin Q4 2021.
- Zama — Secure data privacy of your application with the Zama Concrete framework and its fully homomorphic encryption library
- Lightyear — Lightyear is a simple and approachable way to invest your money globally without unnecessary barriers and fees.
karma.vc is an early stage venture capital fund focusing on seed and early stage technology companies in Europe.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Estonia, United States, Sweden
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- Swarmia — Build better software faster with insights that power your whole engineering organization. Get started with a demo or a free 14-day trial.
- Druid AI — DRUID is an AI platform that allows companies to automate processes by designing and deploying UiPath RPA integrated chatbot virtual assistants.
- Starship Technologies — The future of delivery - today!
Nick Handel is Head of Data Science at Branch International. Past: Product Manager for machine learning at Airbnb.
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- SaaS, Big Data, Data Integration
- Seed
- Estonia
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- Alvin — Highly accurate, automated column-level lineage, powering your data workflows.
Virtue Capital is a venture fund working with seed and early-stage startups focusing on #fintech, #wealthech and #pretech.
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- Big Data, E-Commerce, Advertising
- Series A, Debt Financing
- China, Estonia
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- PRNEWS.IO — PRNEWS.IO allows brands to publish in the top-tier media and publishers of news sites to receive rewards.
- T3 Mobile Travel Services — T3 Mobile Travel Services offers car-sharing services powered by renewable energy.T3 is purely market-driven, with a mission to build what it calls a “smart mobility ecosystem” by combining the data capability of its technology partners with the manufacturing know-how of its automakers.
Black Pearls VC is a venture capital firm focusing on Life Quality Technologies. We look for the best entrepreneurs in Poland and the Baltic Sea Region.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Poland, United States, United Kingdom
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- swotzy. — Swotzy offers a shipping platform to assist e-commerce retailers in streamlining their last-mile operations and reducing operating expenses by always using the best-suited carrier.
- Wordware — A collaborative prompt engineering IDE
- Certifier — Certifier is the leading software to create, issue, and verify certificates in bulk. An AI-powered platform for managing digital certificates, credentials, and badges.
I help developer tech entrepreneurs beginning from crazy idea, through MVP stage, product market fit, go-to-market fit, up to go-to-market scaling. Also I help you get your first 1000 leads. Before, I was the CMO at Contentful and helped it grow from $0m to $50m in ARR, and before that founded 3 companies, including Wooga (exit to Playtika),Linklift, and Mundwerk.I obsess about being customer-centric and customer-driven in building your organization. And I am the curmodgeon who tells you things you need to (but probably don't want to) hear.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Germany, United States, France
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- DGG — RapidCompact by DGG is the leading solution to make 3D content fit all target platforms, freeing up each creative team's' time by automating the creation of high-quality, optimized 3D assets for Web, mobile, AR and XR use. Customers include retailers, public institutions, tech companies, XR studios, and more.
- PartyKit — PartyKit is an open source deployment platform for AI agents.
- Growblocks — Driving revenue growth is complicated. Teams need to collaborate, work with data and keep everyone on track in order to succeed.Growblocks strives to apply our winning formula to the B2B Scale-Up community helping our customers reach their revenue growth dreams - faster.We believe that when enough brains are applied, every problem is solvableand our team of brains is world class.Founded by a team of business leaders who have helped start, scale and exit some of the most successful SaaS companies in Europe. Funded by leading European VCs and Angel Investors.
Timo Rein - Co-Founder @ Pipedrive
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- Software, Recruiting, Human Resources
- Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Estonia, Finland, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Antegenes — What is your cancer risk? Let Antegenes have a look at your genetics. Use existing DNA data or have Antegens take a new sample.
- Bidrento — With Bidrento you can easily manage PRS, Built-to-rent, Student Housing, Co-Living, Mini-Storages, Commercial real estate in one single software. Save your time and grow your business with Bidrento. Try it already today!
- Teamscope — Understand what drives your team's performance, make exceptional hiring decisions, and unlock the full potential of your team.
Prototron is a start-up fund that gives money to teams for turning their great ideas into the first working prototype. Founded in 2012 by Swedbank, Tallinn Technical University and Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol. We finance teams with high growth potential in areas of Greentech, Electronics, Mechatronics and ICT. We run 3-4 rounds of financingevery year. During last 5 years we've funded 58 startups with over 470'000€ in cash + coaching/incubation services. Our protfolio has generated >4,5 M€ revenue and raised >17'000'000€ capital. These results make Prototron the most productive pre-seed fund in Estonia. Do you want to be part of the success? We seek for: *) New start-up teams who need money for building a prototype. Apply for funding: www.prototron.ee *) Additional partners who want to be part of Estonia's next success stories.
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- Software, Manufacturing, Internet of Things
- Pre-Seed, Grant, Seed
- Estonia, Finland, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Neurosalience — Neurosalience develops a tool for the early detection of dementia from structural MRI scans.
- RAIKU — RAIKU is a cleantech startup that produces 100% natural packaging material that has also great looks and shock absorption - most importantly, it gives 15-20 times more volume to its raw material making it one of the most resource efficient material uses in the world with high margins. Both the production is and products are clean making no harm tonature. RAIKU has raised over 1.2mln€ in the pre-seed stage, built a team of over 10 people, its own IP and clients are already using its packaging material. This material will up-end the 1 trillion € packaging sector.
- Jälle Technologies — Jälle Technologies create advanced recycling technologies that transform battery waste into high-value resources.
Investments in exceptional teams in the Baltics & Nordics.Our two main focuses include: 1. Startups with a technological edge. Seed stage. Our check size is from €50K up to €200K. With a vast experience in startup building, we typically get hands-on with our advice and help the founders achieve operational excellence. 2. Innovators oftraditional sectors. SMEs with a proven track and strong market position. Clear plans to accelerate the growth. Our investment ticket can be from €300K to €700K to support these aspirations. If you think we have a match, reach out through invest@springcapital.ee.
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- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Estonia, Finland, United Kingdom
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- Uniify — Uniify is a no-code customer onboarding software that makes it fast, easy and secure for financial companies to onboard their customers. Save your business time and money, and build onboarding flows for your customers in minutes instead of months.
- FoodDocs — Globally trusted Food Safety Management System to get and stay compliant. #1 Food Safety software for production, food service, and retail.
- EyeVi Technologies — EyeVi is a provider of road network intelligence with AI-powered on-demand mapping technologies.
Martin Tajur is the co-founder of Pipedrive.
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- Software, SaaS, Recruiting
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Estonia, Poland, Ukraine
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- MX Labs — Allow your user to comprehensively monitor their vital signs. Check wellbeing, prevent misdiagnosis, and motivate lifestyle changes thanks to Shen.AI.
- Teamscope — Understand what drives your team's performance, make exceptional hiring decisions, and unlock the full potential of your team.
- SegmentStream — SegmentStream is a data intelligence platform which helps collect and unify from different data sources into own data warehouse for advanced analytics and attribution. Our solution is trusted by leading brands such as Benetton, Nespresso, New Balance, myToys, Eventim Group, and others.
GSF is a tech-focused early stage venture capital firm, providing the first cheque to founders from incubation to seed.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- AuraML — AuraML's synthetic data platform helps computer vision teams generate high quality labelled datasets that are better than real data. Users can create datasets that are highly varied and cover all edge cases improving the accuracy of their ML models.
- MiClient — Miclient are deal closure platform which was founded by experienced sales leaders who recognized the need for a new generation of complicated quote configuration, contract signing, renewal & payment collection at one place for SMEs, Lead Management System, B2B SaaS, CRM software, CPQ (Configure- Price- Quote)
- Holiday Tribe — Holiday Tribe provides customizable holiday experiences across various destinations, catering to various groups including families, couples, honeymooners, adventure-seekers, and those seeking new or unexplored destinations.
Rubio Impact Ventures is a venture fund focused on early and growth stage enterprises with a positive impact on society and the environment.
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- Software, Education, Energy
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- The Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Vytal — Start the Packaging Revolution! We are offering smart & reusable To-Go Packaging-as-a-Service to gastronomy clients & consumers.In Germany the consumption of take-away, convenience and delivery food & drinks is responsible for about 281 kilotons of single-use packaging waste for immediate consumption and is growing at double digitrates. Most of the time, To-Go food containers, snack boxes or coffee cups have a very short life-span of only 30 minutes after which they are tossed into trash (or litter parks, beaches & the ocean). This is not only a giant waste of economic resources as each single use costs between 15 and up to 0,60€ for a stable bowl/box with a lid. It is a horrendous waste of environmental resources (wood, water, crude oil, metals & energy) that are used to produce this packaging. Therefore, a single use packaging not weighing more than 30 grams can easily come with an ecological backpack of more than 8 kilograms when taking into account all the resources used in production (material intensities taken from Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy). Looking at GHG emissions, the picture is similarly bleak: Using CO2 emission factors and the detailed material mix of the single-use packaging waste analyzed by NABU (German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union), the 281 thousand tons waste from To-Go consumption generated around 556 thousand tons of CO2 or the equivalent of 195k passenger cars per year (assuming an average distance travelled of 15,000km). With the expected rise of take-away, convenience and delivery food, the related emissions are expected to increase at double digit rates as waste volume is expected to increase and as we saw a shift to plastics relative to cardboard or other materials. While there is a growing awareness of the problem, especially in Germany, there is no scalable solution yet and the commonly used alternative of nature-based & ‘biodegradable’ materials like bagasse or PLA also require many resources for production & transport, and have to be incinerated or go to landfill after use as there is currently no way to compost them.
- Sympower — Empower your business with Sympower's AI-powered solutions, optimising efficiency and maximising revenue through demand response, battery storage, and grid balancing.
- Chapter — Chapter provides purpose-built AI solutions that streamline workflows and increase efficiency for renewable energy enterprises.
As cofounder of Oriente, Geoffrey Prentice is responsible for global business strategy, strategic partnerships, brand, and investments. He has nearly 20 years of experience founding, scaling and investing in technology companies across international markets.Before this, Geoffrey spent seven years as a founding Partner at Atomico, a leadingglobal VC firm with over US$2 billion in assets under management where he focused on sourcing new investments and working with portfolio companies on their global business development and expansion initiatives.In 2002, Geoffrey co-founded Skype, where he also served as Chief Strategy Officer. At Skype, he worked with a small team to build a leading global telecommunications platform company and oversaw its expansion into Asia and Latin America in addition to driving its initial business plan development and fundraising activities. He also played an instrumental role in the $3.1 billion exit to eBay Inc in 2005.Geoffrey holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan.
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- Apps, News, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- United States, India, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- Pepo — Buy the domain name Pepo.com and launch your business with a premium domain and a high quality logo.
- Fab — Join Fab's new marketplace to create, share, and sell digital content. Get 88% revenue share and 100% until the end of 2024. Build your creative business now!
- Lingvist — Lingvist is language learning software based on mathematical optimization and statistical analysis. It is designed to help users learn new languages within 200 hours. Its smart algorithm tracks the progress and mistakes of users, and adapts lessons in real time to match their levels and memory patterns.Lingvist is available for iOS and Androiddevices.Lingvist was launched by Ott Jalakas, Mait Muntel, Andres Koern, and Tanel Hiir in 2013 and is operated from Tallinn, Estonia.
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