# Top 45 Internet Angel Investors in Estonia in June 2026

## Kristjan Vilosius
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Kristjan Vilosius - Co-Founder and CEO @ Katana

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

## 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

## 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.

## Elias Aalto
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, News, Video

Elias Aalto is Wolt's Advisor and a Co-Founder before that.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## Thomas Wolf
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology

Thomas Wolf is the Chief Science Officer at Hugging Face. He previously worked at Cabinet Plasseraud as a European Patent Attorney. Thomas Wolf studied at 
Pierre and Marie Curie University studying Statistical / Quantum Physics.

## Joris Van Der Gucht
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet

Joris Van Der Gucht - Co-founder @ Silverfin

## Akim Arhipov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, iOS, Apps

Akim is an Estonian entrepreneur who has cofounded BASIS ID– all-in-one identity verification (KYC) platform for financial institutions and governmental agencies in Southeast Asia. Akim’s team was participated in creation of electronic ID system and eGovernment portals for Estonian government.Previously a co-founder of successful companies in ITand transportation sectors – OnniBus.com and SuperBus.com. The first one is the most successful commercial bus operator in Finland: 20 lines, 200+ daily departures, 6+ million passengers served annually.

## R*****n J.
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Marketing, Advertising, Social Media

R*****n J.

## Paul Melin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Content

Paul Melin is the Chairman Of The Board at Silcube Software.

## Tomas Slimas
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Advertising, B2B, SaaS

Tomas Slimas - Co-Founder and CMO @ Oberlo

## Toivo Annus
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech

Active individual investor in flying drones, also looking at payments and ecommerce.

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

Kartik Varma

## 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.

## Anton Borzov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Medical

Anton Borzov is the Product Designer at Neeva.

## Matthias Geeroms
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Web Development

Matthias Geeroms is based out of Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, and is the Co-Founder and Head of Corporate Development of Lighthouse. Matthias Geeroms attended Ghent University.

## SEVERINE NIJS
- Type: Angel
- Location: Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, Photography

SEVERINE NIJS is a managing director & founder of Jackie Lee. She has done her Bachelor's degree, Communication and Media Studies from Thomas More University of Applied Sciences.

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

Louis Jonckheere is the Co-Founder and Board member at In The Pocket. Louis Jonckheere attended Vlerick Business School.

## 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.

## K*****r P.
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Marketing, Advertising, Social Media

K*****r P.

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

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.

## T*****s R.
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Marketing, Advertising, Social Media

T*****s R.

## Matt Clifford
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence

Matt co-founded EF after being a consultant at McKinsey & Co. Prior to EF Matt spent his time studying at MIT fuelled by an obsession with R, Python and unusual datasets. EF is the best place for Europe’s top technical individuals to meet and build world-changing startups in London.They select purely on the basis of technical talent, so youcan apply before you have a team or an idea. The intensive 6-month programme is designed to give you the best possible support in the first 200 days of your startup’s life.They have created over 40 startups now worth over $300 million. The startups are funded by some prestigious investors including Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Octopus Investments and Y Combinator.

## 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.

## 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.

## M*****s V.
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Marketing, Advertising, Social Media

M*****s V.

## 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.

## 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

## 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.

## Chris Adelsbach
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures

## K*****v E.
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Marketing, Advertising, Social Media

K*****v E.

## 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.

## 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.

## Chris Schagen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

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.

## 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

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

Martin Cass

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

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.

## 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.

## Nick Handel
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Big Data, Data Integration

Nick Handel is Head of Data Science at Branch International. Past: Product Manager for machine learning at Airbnb.

## Jalal Najjar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Privacy, Internet

Jalal Najjar

## Marc Lamik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Search Engine

Marc Lamik is the Chief Product and Technology Officer of Moonfare. He previously worked at Cloudflare as a Director of Product. Marc Lamik attended the University of Düsseldorf.

## Märt Kelder
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Transportation

founder at Voog.
