# Top 50 Hardware Angel Investors in Estonia in June 2026 ## Jaan Tallinn - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Jaan Tallinn is the Co-Founder of the Centre for Study of Existential Risk and Future of Life Institute. ## Priit Kasesalu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: iOS, Apps, Email Priit is heavily involved in assessing all of ASI's new technology investments.Before ASI, Priit played an integral role in developing Kazaa and later Skype; indeed, he continues to work at Skype as a core library developer.While cryptography and data communication are his areas of expertise, his other passion is computer gamedevelopment. Together with Ahti and Jaan, he wrote the first Estonian commercial computer game, Kosmonaut.When he isn't using his innate ability to solve complex technical problems, Priit enjoys good company, gourmet restaurants and biking.He holds a degree in automation and system technology from Tallinn University of Technology. ## Mike Oliinyk - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Robotics, Navigation, Indoor Positioning Mike Oliinyk is a VP of Product at Montonio ## Aydın Mizrahi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, InsurTech, Logistics Aydın Mizrahi ## 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. ## 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. ## Yiğit Barış Şemin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Crowdsourcing, Computer Vision Yiğit Barış Şemin ## Emre Kozlu - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, InsurTech Emre Kozlu is a Director Strategy & Program Delivery at Philip Morris International. ## Markku Jääskelainen - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Drones, Big Data, Software Markku Jääskelainen. ## Engin Gürsöz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Crowdsourcing, Computer Vision Engin Gürsöz ## Batuhan Gültakan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Crowdsourcing, Computer Vision Batuhan Gültakan ## Sten Tamkivi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## 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. ## Kaarel Kotkas - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Gaming, 3D Technology Kaarel Kotkas is a Co-Founder and CEO at Veriff. ## Kuido Lepik - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, GPS, Pet Kuido Lepik - Owner & CEO @ Signiti ## Joachim Hedenius - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, 3D Technology, Virtual Reality Joachim Hedenius is the VPE and Co-Founder of KRY. ## Sebastien Borget - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Sebastien Borget is based out of Paris, Île-de-France and serves as the Global Ambassador of The Sandbox. Sebastien attended The Chinese University of Hong Kong. ## Artur Sychov - Type: Angel - Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Gaming, 3D Technology, Virtual Reality Artur Sychov - Founder & CEO @ Somnium Space ## Taavi Veskimägi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Water, Battery, Recycling Taavi Veskimägi is a former member of the Estonian Parliament(2003-2009) and Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2005. ## Alvar Lumberg - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Alvar Lumberg - CTO, co-founder @ Grünfin ## Ergo Sooru - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Apps, Gaming, Mobile Ergo Sooru ## 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. ## James B Gambrell - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B - Focus: Sports, Fashion, E-Commerce James B Gambrell - CEO @ Supponor ## Artur Dianov - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Drones, Manufacturing Artur Dianov is a angel investor. ## Indrek Kasela - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Hardware, Software, Insurance Indrek Kasela - investor @ Luup Culture ## Norberts Erts - Type: Angel - Location: Riga, Riga, Latvia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Rental, Retail, Leasing Norberts Erts is the Product Marketing Manager at Sage. ## Toomas Hendrik Ilves - Type: Angel - Location: Stanford, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Search Engine Toomas Hendrik Ilves is the CEO of Ilves Consulting Group. He attended the University of Pennsylvania. ## Anand Agarawala - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Health Care, SaaS Anand Agarawala is the creator of BumpTop, an irresistible new desktop interface with a satisfyingly three-dimensional physicality and a fresh approach to interactivity.Anand completed his Master thesis in 2006 which pioneered a novel physically based desktop interface leveraging expressive power and casual nature of real desks. His Masters ofComputer Science was completed at the University of Toronto. He completed his undergraduate thesis in 2004 at the University of Calgary. In his free time, Anand enjoys competitive team sports such as hockey and basketball. He often travels to India and across Europe and North America. ## Stefano Corazza - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Gaming, Social Media, 3D Technology Currently Fellow&VP at Adobe Systems, Stefano heads Adobe's Augmented Reality effort. The mastermind behind Mixamo's advanced technology, Stefano Corazza applied his experience from the University of Padua Human Movement Lab and the Stanford University Biomotion Lab to develop the effective mathematical and machine learning solutionsthat support Mixamo.Prior to Mixamo, Corazza was a research associate at the Stanford University Biomotion Lab until 2008 where he developed markerless motion capture technology and won the Stanford-Caltech-Berkeley Innovators' Challenge in 2005. He additionally is the CTO and co-founder of dublit.com, a Web 2.0 site for short-form literature based in San Francisco; and co-founded and served on the board for Memory SRL, an enterprise software company based in Italy.A true Renaissance man active within the domain of large scale kinetic and new media art and with a past as paragliding test-pilot, Corazza holds a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from University of Padua, a master of design from University of Florence, a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and a Ph.D. in bioengineering and computer vision from University of Padua, part of which was completed at Stanford University. ## Emrah Gultekin - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Image Recognition Emrah Gultekin ## Kuldar Väärsi - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Water, Battery, Recycling Kuldar Väärsi is the Founder and CEO at Milrem Robotics. ## Toomas Bergmann - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Hardware, Mobile Apps, Construction Toomas Bergmann ## Siret Unsal - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, FinTech, GreenTech Siret Unsal serves as Executive Director, Turkey Investment Banking at UBS Investment Bank. ## 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. ## 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. ## Mada Arslan - Type: Angel - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Convertible Note, Series A - Focus: Apps, Sports, Consumer Goods Prior to Id4 ventures Mada was Head of Financial Control & Compliance at Leap Ventures and consultant at Lebanese central bank Banque Du Liban. Before that, she spent 3 years as an auditor at PwC. Mada holds a BBA with an emphasis in accounting & an MBA from the American University of Beirut and is a Certified Public Accountant licenseefrom the State of New Hampshire USA. ## Ahti Heinla - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Apps, Internet, Software Ahti is the CEO, CTO and co-founder in Starship Technologies, a startup that intends to disrupt last-mile delivery by introducing self-driving local delivery robots. He is also a co-owner in Ambient Sound Investments, a private investment vehicle launched by Estonian Skype co-founders.Ahti conducts technical reviews of all ASI's potentialinvestments. His experience and knowledge as a system architect is invaluable in assessing and managing ASI's portfolio companies.Ahti picked up programming at the early age of ten, his fascination with all things technical resulting in him being the lead technical architect at Skype. Ahti has also worked on artificial intelligence, 3D graphics engines, signal processing, and building mobile phones.Out of the office, Ahti dons his running gear to enjoy orienteering and adventure racing events, where navigation is his strong-point. ## Gautam Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C, Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Video Games, Cryptocurrency Gautam Shah ## Raigo Õunapuu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: GPS, Pet, Apps Raigo Õunapuu CEO and Co-founder at FOB Solutions ## 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. ## 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. ## Gmoney eth - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: 3D Technology, Apps, Gaming Gmoney eth ## Martin Villig - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 - 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 ## Linnar Viik - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Security, Software Linnar Viik is the Founder of poco. He previously worked at Pocopay as a Co Founder and Member of the Board. ## Hubert Thieblot - Type: Angel - Location: Huntsville, Alabama, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, Artificial Intelligence, Video Games Hubert Thieblot is the General Partner of Founders. He founded Curse, Inc. in 2005 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. ## Tom Preston-Werner - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Developer Tools Steve Jang is an individual investor. ## Marvin Liao - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Messaging Marvin works with awesome startups across the globe and at the SF/SV accelerator programs – that is, when he's not practicing his signature song (Backstreet Boys ``I Want it That Way`` btw) & dealing with his book buying addiction, A recovering exec from Yahoo! he's very happy to be part of the Revolution! He invests in digitalmedia, adtech, marketing cloud, e-commerce and mobile startups across the globe. Formerly of Yahoo! Inc. (10.5 years), Marvin has worked in various departments – sales, business development, ad operations and marketing. Most of his positions have been regional or global management roles, giving him extensive experience across Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States. He presently serves on the boards and advisory boards of several internet advertising and ad technology companies across the globe. In addition, he is a mentor for several startup accelerator programs in Europe, Israel and the US, helping guide startup teams with their sales, marketing and partner development efforts.I'm an experienced client-facing senior executive in the media and technology space in both large and start up growth companies, managing large multifunctional teams across multiple countries while based in the Silicon Valley.A longtime fan, participant, and an observer of the digital technology revolution occurring for the last 14 years across the world, i am presently on the advisory boards of several internet advertising and ad technology companies across the globe. ## 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. ## 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. ## Brian Corrigan - Type: Angel - Location: Saratoga Springs, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Gaming, Internet, SaaS Brian Corrigan is the VP and Head of Americas at PUBG Corporation. He attended Clarkson University and the University at Albany, SUNY. (This website is horribly out of date, probably best to hit my website or LinkedIn)