# Top 35 Energy Angel Investors in Estonia in June 2026

## Kristjan Raude
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Software, Automotive, Internet of Things

I am a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with 15+ years of international experience in sales & marketing, leading teams of 300+ with annual revenue of 10M+. Founder of 3 international companies and investor to 10+ startups. Member of the board at Estonian Business Angels Network.

## Kuldar Väärsi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Water, Battery, Fuel Cell

Kuldar Väärsi is the Founder and CEO at Milrem Robotics.

## Markku Jääskelainen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Drones, Big Data, Software

Markku Jääskelainen.

## Alvar Lumberg
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech

Alvar Lumberg

## Taavi Veskimägi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Focus: Water, Battery, Recycling

Taavi Veskimägi is a former member of the Estonian Parliament(2003-2009) and Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2005.

## Kair Käsper
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Financial Services

Kair Käsper

## Ragnar Sass
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, SaaS

Ragnar Sass is the Co-Founder of Darkstar Camp. He previously worked at LIFT99 as a Founder and CEO. Ragnar Sass attended Estonian Business School.

## Martin Villig
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Education

Martin is co-founder of Bolt.eu, Estonian Founders Society, Garage48.org, Good Deed Education Foundation and kood/Jõhvi coding school.
Read more from http://martinvillig.com

## Andrus Purde
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Internet

Experienced startup marketer. Co-founder and CEO of Outfunnel. Skype and Pipedrive alumni. Angel investor.

## Madis Müür
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Cycling, Security

Madis Müür

## Taavi Kotka
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Electronics, Battery, FinTech

Taavi Kotka, currently the Estonian Government CIO, has a strong background working in private sector. He started his career as a programmer, rapidly rising to be a Managing Director of the most successful software development company in the region – Nortal, former Webmedia. He is a founder of many innovative start-up companies likezeroturnaround.com, plumbr.eu etc. He has a Master of Science in Engineering from Tallinn University of Technology. Also, Taavi Kotka has many honors: he is the European CIO of the Year 2014 (by ICT Spring), he was the president of the Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications (ITL) and he was elected as an Entrepreneur of the year in 2011 (by Ernst&Young). Taavi is a board member in many ICT initiatives in Estonia and has been the brainpower behind many Estonian e-government innovative initiatives like e-residency, data embassy, no-legacy policy etc.

## Kaarel Kotkas
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Gaming, 3D Technology

Kaarel Kotkas is a Co-Founder and CEO at Veriff.

## Bryan Meehan
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Sustainability, Farming

Bryan Meehan is the Co-Founder of NUDE Skincare.

## Taavi Tamkivi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, AgTech

Taavi Tamkivi was Helping in Banks & FinTechs fight FinCrime. also a Founder & CEO at Salv .

## Priit Piilmann
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Power Grid, Building Material, Natural Resources

Priit Piilmann

## Martin Tajur
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Recruiting

Martin Tajur is the co-founder of Pipedrive.

## Margus Kohava
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Natural Resources, Environmental Consulting

Margus Kohava is the head of the Estonian Forest and Wood Industries Association.

## Janis Krums
- Type: Angel
- Location: Riga, Riga, Latvia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Big Data, SaaS, FinTech

Janis Krums is a Venture Partner at change ventures.

## Elar Nellis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, CAD, SaaS

Elar is a full-stack engineer with 12+ years of experience. He has worked for different start-ups during his whole professional career and wouldn't change start-up life for anything. Elar was also the first employee of Estonian flagship startup Pipedrive. If he's not working then he's probably playing piano, writing music or hikingin the endless forests of Estonia.

## Zem Joaquin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Waste Management, Packaging Services

Zem Joaquin

## Alejandro Jimenez
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Waste Management, Packaging Services

Alejandro Jimenez

## Karin Nemec
- Type: Angel
- Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, GreenTech, Health Care

Karin Nemec is the Founder and CEO.Karin Nemec attended IESE Business School.

## Priit Viru
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Music, Events, Sports

Priit Viru

## Sten Tamkivi
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing

Sten Tamkivi is the Chief Product Officer at Topia (formerly MOVE Guides). He was previously co-founder and CEO of Teleport (acquired by Topia), the place to scout for startup people. He co-founded the company as an EIR at Andreessen Horowitz.Sten has been a tech entrepreneur since 1996. After founding a few companies in Estonia, he joined Skypeas an early executive, ran the original R&D office, and held several global product leadership roles for 8+ years.He has an MS in Management from Stanford GSB.

## Toomas Kõuhkna
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Battery, Electronics, Manufacturing

Toomas Kõuhkna

## Justin Jenk
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Battery, Electronics, Manufacturing

Justin Jenk is the Senior Managing Partner of Raktas OU.

## Triin Hertmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Software, E-Commerce

Triin Hertmann is founder of Grünfin, a sustainable investment platform, angel investor (mostly in Estonia and Nordics region). She is a former COO at TransferWise and early employee of Skype.

## Martin Kõiva
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Audio

Martin Kõiva is the Co-Founder and CEO at Klaus.

## Kersti Kaljulaid
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallin, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Battery, Software

In 2016, Kersti Kaljulaid was elected President of the Republic of Estonia. Previously she served from 2004 to 2016 as a Member of the European Court of Auditors. Kersti Kaljulaid was the CFO and CEO of the Iru Power Plant of state-owned energy company Eesti Energia from 2002 to 2004. From 1999 to 2002, Kersti Kaljulaid was Prime Minister MartLaar's Economic Advisor.Kersti Kaljulaid was a member of the Supervisory Board of the Estonian Genome Center from 2001 to 2004. She was also a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Tartu from 2009 to 2011 and the Council Chair of the University from 2012 to 2016. Kersti Kaljulaid graduated from the University of Tartu in 1992 in the field of genetics in the Faculty of Natural Sciences and completed her master's studies in the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration in 2001.

## Taavet Hinrikus
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services

Taavet Hinrikus is based out of London, England and is the Partner of Plural Platform and Board Member of CoMind. Taavet previously worked at Wise as a Chairman and Co-founder. Taavet Hinrikus attended INSEAD.

## Janer Gorohhov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Waste Management, Packaging Services

Janer Gorohhov is based out of Tallinn, Harjumaa and is the CEO & Co-Founder of Roleo. Janer previously worked at Veriff as a CPO & Co-Founder. Janer Gorohhov attended the University of Tartu.

## Andrius Slimas
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Cooking, Jewelry

Andrius Slimas - CEO and co-founder @ Oberlo, formerly head of web agency Studio4, over ten years experience in ecommerce, dropshipping and software development.Oberlo is a dropshipping solution for ecommerce store-owners. It provides a number of dropshipping automation tools and instant access to millions of products available fordropshipping.

## Artis Kehris
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Information Services, Legal

Artis Kehris - Co-Founder @ Printify

## Taavi Madiberk
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Taavi Madiberk is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Skeleton Technologies. His business development, sales and marketing and company management skills have been instrumental in setting-up and driving growth. He has been the driving force for excellent customer traction, (the company counts as customers European Space Agency and severalTier 1 automotives), business strategy (leveraging the advantage in materials technology to energy storage cells and modules), product development and fundraising from venture capital, private equity and public sources in German, Estonian and EU level. Taavi Madiberk brings knowledge from the IT, locomotive and NGO sectors from his experience prior to Skeleton Technologies. Among other Board positions he has served as the youngest ever Chairman of the Supervisory Board in Estonian Railways Ltd (AS Eesti Raudtee) from 2012-2014 the national railway. He also served as a Member of the Supervisory Board of RKAS in 2014, an Estonian state-owned real estate company with over 400 M EUR of assets.

## Kairi Pauskar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Sustainability, Financial Services

Kairi Pauskar

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