# Top 50 Financial Services Angel Investors in Estonia in June 2026

## Alvar Lumberg
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech

Alvar Lumberg

## Triin Hertmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Andrew Prozes
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, FinTech, Software

Andrew (Andy) Prozes is a business executive with a track record of effective leadership. He has founded, grown and led small and large organizations to generate above market growth and profits.He has extensive experience in information technology and services and is recognized as an expert in the development of information-based workflowsolutions. He currently invests in and serves on the boards of directors of a variety of companies, primarily in the information technology industry, as well as nonprofits and think tanks.

## Ott Kaukver
- Type: Angel
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, SaaS

Ott Kaukver is Chief Technology Officer at Checkout.com. Attended Estonian Business School.

## Martin Sokk
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Rental, FinTech, Finance

Martin Sokk is a Co-Founder, CEO of Lightyear Company. He attended Estonian Information Technology College.

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

Kair Käsper

## Anatoly Yakovenko
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency

Anatoly is the creator of Solana. He led development of operating systems at Qualcomm, distributed systems at Mesosphere, and compression at Dropbox. He holds 2 patents for high performance Operating Systems protocols, was a core kernel developer for BREW which powered every CDMA flip phone (100m+ devices), and led development of tech that madeProject Tango (VR/AR) possible on Qualcomm phones.

## Rain Lõhmus
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Mobile Payments, SaaS, Mobile

Rain co-founded Livonia Partners. He has one of the most extensive investment and entrepreneurial track records in the Baltics across a wide range of industries. In 1991 Rain co-founded Hansabank, the largest pan-Baltic financial institution. The bank grew both organically and via acquisitions into the largest bank in the Baltics and was sold toSwedbank in 1998. In 1999 Rain created and later successfully exited a venture capital fund, New Economy Ventures, having invested in 7 technology companies, including Forticom and CV-Online. The fund returned to its investors more than 8 times the invested capital. In 1999 Rain also founded LHV Group, a pan-Baltic banking group, which held its IPO on Tallinn Stock Exchange in 2016. In 2005 he co-founded LHV Capital with Mindaugas Utkevičius and has invested into Veju Spektras, Archyvu Centras, Qvalitas Medical Centre and Baltic Ticket Holdings.

## Austin Federa
- Type: Angel
- Location: New City, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Web3, Cryptocurrency

Austin Federa is based out of New York, New York and is the Co-Founder of DoubleZero.  Austin previously worked at the Solana Foundation as a Head of Strategy. Austin Federa attended Lawrence University.

## Julien Bouteloup
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Finance

Julien Bouteloup is a Founder and CEO at Stake Capital Group. Julien previously worked at The British Blockchain Association as a Information Technology Advisor.Julien Bouteloup is a serial entrepreneur and inventor addicted to crazy innovative ideas. He has started his entrepreneurial career building websites and selling hardware technologies atage 14.  He holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Union Graduate College (USA) and a Master's degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from GEM (France), specializing in Artificial Intelligence.He started working in the research sector in USA and then went back to Europe where he started freelancing full-time and consulting in the IT sector for Security & Defence. After 2 years, he quit his freelance position to become a full-time entrepreneur and left to Asia. He has helped and started multiple tech startups in different locations: NYC, Paris, London, Hong-Kong, Brussels and Singapore.In 2017, he founded the Flyingcarpet Network.

## Kash Dhanda
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Web3, Cryptocurrency

Kash Dhanda

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

Markus Villig is founder and CEO of Taxify. He attended University of Tartu.

## Taavet Hinrikus
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Maximilian Tayenthal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Maximilian Tayenthal is co-founder and co-CEO of N26. Together with his business partner and friend Valentin Stalf, he built one of the first and now fastest-growing mobile banks in Europe. Their vision was to create a retail bank that's flexible, transparent and speaks to today's digital lifestyles. Previously, Max worked in a varietyof consulting and financial roles at leading professional services firms, including CMS and Booz & Company. Max holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics and business administration from the University of Vienna. He also has a master’s degree in economics from the Community of European Management Schools, as well as a law degree form the University of Vienna. Max is a CFA charterholder. While Max is based in Berlin, he always makes time for his passion outside of personal finance: skiing in the mountains of Austria and Switzerland.

## Taavi Kotka
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Kristjan Raude
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Marek Kiisa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Transportation

Marek Kiisa is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at NordicNinja VC.

## Mikko Silventola
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Transportation

Mikko is an active investor, with over 50 investments globally. Besides Europe, he is also active in Southeast Asia, Middle East, and Lat Am. He is the first investor of Bolt (Estonia), an investor of Rappi (Colombia), and of Hugo (El Salvador). He has founded 3 international media companies which in total have generated over €35M in sales overjust a few years. He has helped companies with internationalization, fundraising and M&As in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

## Johannes Jõgi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Mobile, Analytics

Johannes Jõgi

## Erik Kaju
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Fashion, Printing

Erik Kaju

## Fernando Palma
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Lending, Financial Services

International Business Consultant | Growth Hacker | IT Expert:Being part of a winning & creative organisation that seeks to build and provide unique technological solutions attending today's market needs; by automate processes, innovation, unique products & solutions.Technological Stack:
MEAN Stack: MongoDB, Express, Angular4,NodeJS and JavaScript (JS)
Other Tools: TotalJS, React Native, Rethinkdb, DB Files, SCRUM.

## Kartik Varma
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Insurance, Marketplace

Kartik Varma

## Martin Cass
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Insurance, Marketplace

Martin Cass

## Oliver Ahlberg
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Oliver Ahlberg is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Skeleton Technologies. He has assured excellent operational capabilities and played a critical role in the development of internal procedures which have kept the company on the forefront of energy storage development. He has had an integral role in securing VC funding and settingup the company's R&D Center in Estonia. Additionally he plays a central role in the company's IT capabilities, production systems and processes and daily administration of the company. Leading the pilot production of the company, he also offers input in product development and has led production optimization efforts. Oliver Ahlberg has previously worked in the IT and law sector in San Fransisco, USA and Tallinn, Estonia. He has co-founded digital media company Vigvam Studio and a daily deals site acquired by the market leader in 2010. Oliver Ahlberg has earned a law degree from University of Tartu.

## John Tsioris
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Travel, Farming, Internet

John Tsioris is based out of Dubai and is the Founder and CEO of Re18. John previously worked at InstaShop as a Founder and CEO. John Tsioris attended the Technical University of Crete.

## Melisa İtmeç
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence

Melisa İtmec is a Coordinator of EGİAD Angels Investment Network.

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

Jüri Laur Expert in international online payment systems. 12 years of experience in high-volume merchant environments with globally known brands such as Skype and Full Tilt Poker.

## Kaido Kepp
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services

Kaido Kepp

## Ragnar Sass
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Richard Howard
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, Insurance

Richard Howard - Startup Business Development Manager (UK) @ Amazon Web Services

## Marko Virkebau
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Energy, Mobile

Marko Virkebau

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

Kairi Pauskar

## Manu Marín
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, FinTech, Mobile Apps

Manu Marín

## Johan Pietilä Holmner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Finance, Payments, Financial Services

Johan Pietila Holmner is the Investment Director of Summa Equity. He previously worked at HyTest as a Deputy Board Member. Johan Pietila Holmner attended Stockholm School of Economics.

## Barney Hussey
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Software, SaaS

Barney Hussey-Yeo, co-founder of Cleo.

## Alistair Owen
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Marketplace

Apostolos is a serial entrepreneur turned investor. He started his career at Boston Consulting Group where he spent 2 years consulting businesses. On his entrepreneurial path, he has co-founded e-shop.gr, Openfund, e-food, doctoranytime and was a key investor in Taxibeat. Since 2010 he has invested and supported a large number of startups with afocus on e-marketplaces and SaaS. He studied civil engineering at NTUA and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

## Apostolos Apostolakis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, FinTech

Diane leads the bank's credit department, providing guidance and leadership to help maintain the quality of the loan portfolio through credit information and loan policies and procedures.

## Sergei Anikin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Manufacturing

Sergei Anikin is the CEO of Tuum. He previously worked at Pipedrive as a Chief Technology Officer. Sergei Anikin attended TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology.

## Sameer Singh
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Software, Mobile

Network Effects Investor, Partner @ Speedinvest, Instructor @ Reforge

## Peter Sandberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Secondary Market
- Focus: Internet, SaaS, FinTech

Peter Sandberg is a Co-Founder of Nordic Secondary Fund, and a venture partner at Startup Wise Guys.

He has extensive experience as a Business Angel, Asset Management and Wealth Management

## Matteo Gamba
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Equity Crowdfunding, Convertible Note, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking

Matteo leads the product teams taking care of Payments & Fraud at Wayfair, one of the top e-commerce retailers selling furniture and home goods in North America and Europe. Before Wayfair, he led the product function for the growth teams at (Transfer)Wise.

## Moaffak Ahmed
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Music, Cryptocurrency, Video Conferencing

Serial entrepreneur and hands-on early stage investor with over 25 years of marketing and business development experience in Europe, North America and Asia.

## Kemal Tamer
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Software

Kemal Tamer is a Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board at Defimec.

## Jevgeni Kabanov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, E-Commerce, Apps

Jevgeni Kabanov is the President of Bolt. He previously worked at Sabbatical as a Wandering Musician. Jevgeni Kabanov attended the University of Tartu.

## Mihkel Karu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Financial Services

Mihkel Karu is an angel investor and veteran fintech executive. He is an experienced technology leader, business and product development expert with background in real-time communications and collaboration tools, digital banking and consumer finance, billing and transactional business systems. Ex-Skype. Mihkel is also an avid fan of offshoresailing, alpine ski and motorsports.

## Shola Akinlade
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Education, Financial Services

Shola Akinlade is the Co-founder and CEO at Paystack.

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

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

## Celil Öztürk
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence

Celil Öztürk is a Global Cryptocurrency Exchange Manager.

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

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.

## Jon Oringer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.

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