Top 5 Film Startup Investors in Estonia (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Veljo Otsason
Angel
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2 | Estonia, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Identity Management, Information Technology, Film | $540k–$1.5M |
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Rain Rannu
Angel
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1 | United States, Estonia, Lithuania | Seed | Software, CRM, Film | $346k–$4.4M |
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Sten Tamkivi
Angel
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1 | Estonia, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, Manufacturing | $120k–$35M |
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Jaan Tallinn
Angel
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1 | United States, Estonia, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $531k–$124M |
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Prototron
VC Fund
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1 | Estonia, Finland, Germany | Pre-Seed, Grant, Seed | Software, Manufacturing, Energy | $4k–$59k |
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Veljo Otsason is Estonian entrepreneur and investor. In 2007 he co-founded mobile payments company Fortumo and served as its CTO. Since 2013 he has been active angel investor and early backer of Bolt (formerly Taxify), Monese, Veriff, Pipedrive & 30+ others. In 2018 he co-founded Superangel, early-stage seed fund and company builder.
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- Industry: Identity Management, Information Technology, Film
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Estonia, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $540k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bolt — The smartest way to move around in cities. Forget expensive taxi rides or slow public transport. Get a ride in minutes. Download the Bolt app for iOS and Android.
- Veriff — Highly automated identity verification software from Veriff. We help you build trust and transparency online.
- Digital Sputnik — Making Hollywood level virtual production simple, fast and budget-friendly. Without big screens and teams. Show anything real on any virtual background and let the AI lights sync with the background. For film makers, influencers, streamers and live event organizers.
Rain Rannu has been a long-time serial entrepreneur in the mobile payments space ever since founding his first company back in 2000. In 2007 he founded Fortumo, the fast-growing mobile payments service for digital and virtual content now available in more than 80 countries. They have recently raised funding from Intel Capital and GreycroftPartners, and are employing more than 60 people in Estonia, Beijing and San Francisco. Rain Rannu has also been an active member in the Estonian startup scene as a founder of Garage48, among other things.
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- Industry: Software, CRM, Film
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States, Estonia, Lithuania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $346k–$4.4M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bolt — The smartest way to move around in cities. Forget expensive taxi rides or slow public transport. Get a ride in minutes. Download the Bolt app for iOS and Android.
- Teleport — Teleport builds software to move individuals to the best place to live and work. It enables users to explore the best cities based on their personal preferences, and lend them a hand with preparing and executing the move. The company aims to make physically rearranging the human population just as easy.
- Digital Sputnik — Making Hollywood level virtual production simple, fast and budget-friendly. Without big screens and teams. Show anything real on any virtual background and let the AI lights sync with the background. For film makers, influencers, streamers and live event organizers.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Estonia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 49
- Round size: Seed $540k–$20M; Pre-Seed $120k–$2.5M; Series A $7.4M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Salv — Smart AML solutions. Detect and mitigate money laundering risks through advanced transaction monitoring, sanction screening, and KYC risk scoring.
- Katana — Katana gives thousands of manufacturers a live look at their business with visual, intuitive, and easy-to-use ERP software.
- Entrepreneurs First — We turn exceptional individuals into funded founders. We back you first, then give you a bridge to Silicon Valley.
Jaan Tallinn is the Co-Founder of the Centre for Study of Existential Risk and Future of Life Institute.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Estonia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 66
- Round size: Seed $531k–$15M; Pre-Seed $799k–$2.1M; Series A $3.3M–$124M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ZaiNar — ZaiNar leverages patented digital signal processing techniques to locate radio devices in 3D with meter-level accuracy.
- Lightyear — Lightyear is a simple and approachable way to invest your money globally without unnecessary barriers and fees.
- Blueprint Bryan Johnson — On the surface, Blueprint may seem something about health, wellness and aging. It's really a system to make tomorrow better for you, me, the planet and our shared future with AI.
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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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Energy
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Grant, Seed
- Geography: Estonia, Finland, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $4k–$13k; Grant $5k–$24k; Pre-Seed $6k–$59k
- Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Solaride — Solaride is a bunch of progressive pioneers of the future who are building Estonia's first solar car to face the ultimate challenge to prove how successfully students can create innovation.
- 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.
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