Top 35 Mobile Angel Investors in Estonia in December 2024
A list of 35 angel investors that invest in Mobile startups based in Estonia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Mobile companies from Estonia. We update this investor list every month.Top 35 Mobile Angel Investors in Estonia in December 2024
Investor | Mobile Estonia investments |
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Jaan Tallinn | 4 |
Kristjan Raude | 4 |
Ragnar Sass | 2 |
Märt Kelder | 2 |
Martin Tajur | 2 |
Priit Kasesalu | 2 |
Andrus Purde | 2 |
Madis Müür | 2 |
Jason Calacanis | 2 |
Ivo Remmelg | 1 |
Mikhail Lugovskiy | 1 |
Rain Lõhmus | 1 |
Kadri Ugand | 1 |
Sten Tamkivi | 1 |
Aaron Patzer | 1 |
Henry Joseph-Grant | 1 |
Raivo Kütt | 1 |
Toomas Bergmann | 1 |
Mikko Silventola | 1 |
Anton Gauffin | 1 |
Jens Ohr | 1 |
Kristjan Vilosius | 1 |
Akim Arhipov | 1 |
Taavi Madiberk | 1 |
Riccardo Zacconi | 1 |
Veljo Otsason | 1 |
Aare Järvan | 1 |
Kristian Segerstrale | 1 |
Oliver Ahlberg | 1 |
Erik Kaju | 1 |
Ergo Sooru | 1 |
Ahti Heinla | 1 |
Thomas Berman | 1 |
Johannes Jõgi | 1 |
Marko Virkebau | 1 |
Jaan Tallinn is the Co-Founder of the Centre for Study of Existential Risk and Future of Life Institute.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Estonia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Aerones — Robotic wind turbine service company offering maintenance, inspection and repairs worldwide. Reduce downtime and improve the efficiency of your wind park
- Anthropic — An AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
- TENYX — Discover innovative solutions for digital transformation at Tenyx. Explore our cutting-edge technology services designed to drive business growth and elevate your digital presence.
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.
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Investment focus
- Consumer Electronics, Internet of Things, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Estonia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Askly — Add multilingual chat to any site in 2 minutes. Providing multilingual customer support is easy and affordable. Start a 30-day free trial today.
- Snabb — Barking delights vehicle owners by enabling services such as parking, washing, charging, and fuelling from one user-friendly and convenient interface- the Barking App. Browse, book, navigate, start, pay, review and manage your vehicle services from one easy-to-use App.Founded in 2015, we've grown from a Tallinn-based private parking App toan international platform that serves over 50,000 users in 10 markets on a monthly basis.We are constantly working towards connecting all vehicle service providers to our platform and thus enabling the ultimate convenience and simplicity to vehicle owners.
- Promoty — Influencer marketing platform that helps you to find creators, manage influencer relationships, and save time on influencer marketing. Get started here!
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.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Estonia, United States, Ukraine
Portfolio highlights
- Alvin — Highly accurate, automated column-level lineage, powering your data workflows.
- BeTRITON — 100% electric recreational vehicle - revolution in sustainable travel. BeTRITON (formerly known as Z-Triton) offers extraordinary experience and freedom to travel both over land and water.
- Around — The largest network of workspaces on flexible terms. We are a savvy team from Latin America providing fast-growing companies with on-demand access to flexible office space. Everywhere.We believe work at its best is always creative and collaborative, expressed with freedom, autonomy, and purpose; and the space surrounding us should help us achieveit, anywhere & everywhere.We are shaping the future of work today by improving workspaces and the rules around them, and helping innovative teams find their ideal space to make their best work every day — our first step on a journey to change the way we work and think about work.Our best work. Anywhere. Everywhere. We are Around.
founder at Voog.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Public Transportation, Software
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Estonia, Pakistan, Bangladesh
Portfolio highlights
- BusCaro — Comfort, Reliability Consistency. Your one-stop solution for hassle-free commute. Commute Made Easier About BusCaro Innovative approach towards mobility for organizations across Pakistan. BusCaro is a tech-based startup providing solutions aimed at simplifying commute. Paired with a reliable technology stack, and the mission to drive a positive change in the mobility sector, BusCaro is a seamless
- Supersimple — Supersimple helps SaaS companies use customer behavior data to drive decisions in product & sales.
- Detail — Record and edit videos with Detail for iOS and macOS. Everything you need to create videos and podcasts, fast. Download for free on the App Store.
Martin Tajur is the co-founder of Pipedrive.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Recruiting
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Estonia, Poland, Ukraine
Portfolio highlights
- YuMuuv — YuMuuv is an employee wellness platform that uses science-based formulas to capture data and keeps track of physical activity & leaderboard.
- Shen.AI @ MX Labs — Health monitoring with face-scanning technology. Clinically validated software for vital-signs measurements.
- SegmentStream — SegmentStream is a data intelligence platform which helps collect and unify from different data sources into own data warehouse for advanced analytics and attribution. Our solution is trusted by leading brands such as Benetton, Nespresso, New Balance, myToys, Eventim Group, and others.
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.
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Investment focus
- iOS, Apps, Email
- Seed
- Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- Fleep — Fleep is a web, Android, iOS, Mac and Windows app that wants to bridge the gap between ‘reply all’-style group email and enterprise messaging/IM services.Founded by ex-Skypers, Fleep is a messaging service that fills the gap between email and various IM/texting services. They take email’s ability to contact anyone and marry it withreal-time messaging.They are based in Estonia, with offices in Tallinn and Tartu. Their services are hosted on Amazon EC2 in Dublin, Ireland.
Experienced startup marketer. Co-founder and CEO of Outfunnel. Skype and Pipedrive alumni. Angel investor.
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Investment focus
- Software, Public Transportation, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Estonia, United Kingdom, Cyprus
Portfolio highlights
- Avrio — Capture and share data analysis, user research, and learnings directly in context, with your team.
- Klaus — Klaus is a conversation review tool that improves customer service quality by making internal feedback easy and systematic. It also integrates with your help desk, good for improving the quality of answers and on-boarding new agents. They also connect to your favorite help desk solution and saves time on fumbling around with spreadsheets and comingup with the review system.Klaus is based in Tallinn, Estonia.
- SegmentStream — SegmentStream is a data intelligence platform which helps collect and unify from different data sources into own data warehouse for advanced analytics and attribution. Our solution is trusted by leading brands such as Benetton, Nespresso, New Balance, myToys, Eventim Group, and others.
Madis Müür
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Investment focus
- Apps, Smart Building, Marketing Automation
- Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
- Estonia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Bikeep — Manufacturer of high quality commercial bike racks & bike parking systems. We also provide e-scooter stations, bike shelters, bike sheds & bicycle lockers.
- Promoty — Influencer marketing platform that helps you to find creators, manage influencer relationships, and save time on influencer marketing. Get started here!
- FleetFox — UpSteam is building the future of car care via disrupting both the user experience, and the business side of car the car care industry. With UpSteam you can get a car wash delivered to your doorstep. It works pretty much like ordering a food delivery from Bolt/Uber. While you’re having a business meeting, our operator cleans your carinside-and-out, right at your parking spot. Also, we’re helping our business users save time on fleet management via offering various car care services such as refueling trips, damage control, car relocating, etc.As of August 2021, we've serviced more than 40K cars in 3 countries. UpSteam is combining the key-strengths of its traditional competitors, as users get the comfort of a self-service wash, the quality of a stationary hand wash, at the price-point of an automatic car wash. UpSteam was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia.
Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- United States, Australia, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- TaxGPT — Looking for instant tax help? Meet TaxGPT, your AI-powered tax assistant. We simplify tax processes and maximize deductions. Try TaxGPT today!
- Melengo — The easiest way to create new fashion. We use AI to automate the custom manufacturing supply chain.
- Created by Humans — Created by Humans enables creators to sell licensing rights for AI training and be reimbursed by AI firms.
Ivo Remmelg is a Venture Partner at Superhero Capital and the Founding Partner of NestCap.
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Sports, Software
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Estonia, Norway
Portfolio highlights
- Sportlyzer — Sportlyzer is a player development and team management software for youth and amateur sports clubs. The platform connects coaches, managers, players and parents.
- Gearbox Biosciences — A biotechnology company that licenses novel antibiotic-free recombinant protein production technology in E. coli.
- Nordic Automation Systems — Full vertical LPWAN solution provider with flexible in-house R&D and production to enable fast roll out to the market.
Advisor, financial specialist with Economics and Management background. Mikhail has 5+ years’ experience in financial industry, having worked for a number of large institutions and asset managers.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Legal, Software
- Pre-Seed
- Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- LEGID.app — LEGID is an AI-powered marketplace for on-demand, small in-app consultations from top legal experts across the world. LEGID is building a platform that brings quality legal services, at affordable prices to people across the world. Easy-to-use, intuitive and reliable. A quick and efficient way to get the right, trusted legal advice whetheryou're at home or abroad.It is people centric. Submit a question, get price offers from qualified lawyers around you and resolve your issue without headaches. Quick, affordable and trusted legal advice across the world that puts you in control. The platform allows clients to submit queries, get price offers from lawyers and communicate via a secure, built-in chat system.A platform unites independent lawyers and consultants, with an auction-style system, and team formation for complex jobs (tenders). LEGID allows lawyers to work virtually from anywhere, providing them with an alternative channel for practicing law and fostering a better work-life balance.We are a SaaS-enabled marketplace, a platform combining a marketplace component with SaaS and workflow features (CRM, KYC, Case Management etc.). So it is a SaaS product, but with a marketplace dynamic. We are a platform, which empowers people. We are not focusing only on disrupting the legal industry. We are thinking of how to help people in this industry to be more efficient and active.Currently LEGID App serves its clients in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Target market is the Europe. Products: Marketplace, AI, B2B SaaS, Web App, Mobile App Industry: Law Tech and Legal Tech
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.
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Investment focus
- Mobile Payments, SaaS, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Estonia, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Salv — Smart AML solutions. Detect and mitigate money laundering risks through advanced transaction monitoring, sanction screening, and KYC risk scoring.
- Wwwash — Download wwwash app. Car wash - hardware and software to connect every car wash to cloud. wwwash.
- Snabb — Barking delights vehicle owners by enabling services such as parking, washing, charging, and fuelling from one user-friendly and convenient interface- the Barking App. Browse, book, navigate, start, pay, review and manage your vehicle services from one easy-to-use App.Founded in 2015, we've grown from a Tallinn-based private parking App toan international platform that serves over 50,000 users in 10 markets on a monthly basis.We are constantly working towards connecting all vehicle service providers to our platform and thus enabling the ultimate convenience and simplicity to vehicle owners.
Estonian entrepreneur Kadri Ugand is a Co-Founder of Tallinn-based game accelerator GameFounders. Kadri expands the mentor network, partnership deals and connects the startups to suitable mentors.
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Investment focus
- mHealth, Health Care, Medical Device
- Seed
- Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- Shen.AI @ MX Labs — Health monitoring with face-scanning technology. Clinically validated software for vital-signs measurements.
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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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Estonia, United States, The Netherlands
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.
- Entrepreneur First — We are the best place for the world's most ambitious talent to come together and build game-changing technology startups from scratch.
In January, I started another company, Vital Software, with Dr. Justin Schrager of Emory University. Vital makes software for hospital emergency rooms. This includes a mobile patient check-in for patients, and the fastest, most usable electronic medical records you've seen for doctors and nurses. We use extensive machine learning and naturallanguage processing to determine patient severity and anticipated actions. Our longer term goal is to cut ER wait times in half, as they are often 4-5 hours long. You might not know it, but there are 140M ER visits in the US alone each year.Medical / sales are in the US, while development is all in Auckland New Zealand. My long-time partner Rebecca, an architect, is a Kiwi and I am now a resident of New Zealand as well.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Estonia, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Shen.AI @ MX Labs — Health monitoring with face-scanning technology. Clinically validated software for vital-signs measurements.
- Vital — Intuitive, user friendly, smart hospital software that leverages AI for an optimized patient and clinician experience.
- Carbon Health — Carbon Health Provides Smart, hassle-free Primary & Urgent Care. Book same day Adult & Pediatric appointments instantly.
Henry is a globally recognised entrepreneur and operator. He is currently CEO and Co-Founder of Send-Off, a startup based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.Previously, Henry was a key part of the team that built JUST EAT from a startup in the UK to $2.44Bn IPO. He joined the company before any venture capital had been invested and helping thecompany to achieve performance that then attracted investment from top tier VC's Index Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, 83 North and Vitruvian Partners investing substantially at Series A, B and C. Henry worked directly with JUST EAT's founder Jesper Buch and former CEO David Buttress.
After JUST EAT, Henry went on to hold senior roles at Uber Rival Gett etc and founded the European arm of Abraaj Group's portfolio company The Entertainer. Over the past decade, Henry has worked with Startups, Venture Capital and PE fund across the world as an advisor and operator.Henry is an advisor to several startups and mentors CEO's for several accelerators, investment funds including the likes of Seedcamp, Pi Labs, ZincVC and Techstars and is a contributing writer at Irish Tech News, interviewing the likes of Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Careem co-founder Mudassir Sheikha, Huawei founder Mr Ren Zhengfei and Gary Vaynerchuck.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, SaaS, FinTech
- Seed, Angel, Equity Crowdfunding
- Estonia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Nada — Finance, Invest and Bank your real estate.
- Gigimot — With Gigimot, you can manage your existing and future customers from a single app. Schedule your online sessions with an easy booking option, set your price, livestream, accept payments, and promote your business online. Sign up for our exclusive pilot with 250 coaches and get early access to the early beta.
Raivo Kütt
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Investment focus
- Apps, Gaming, Mobile
- Angel
- Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- 3DC.io — The 3D Design App for Schools
Toomas Bergmann
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Investment focus
- Hardware, Mobile Apps, Construction
- Seed, Angel
- Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- GScan — Cosmic-ray based solutions for 3D imaging. GScan redefines the boundaries of 3D scanning with Muon Flux Technology (MFT) detectors. Unparalleled quality, safety, ease-of-use. Scan anything. Detect everything.
- 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.
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.
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Investment focus
- Transportation, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Estonia, United States, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Droppe — Order work equipment directly from manufacturers. Support small businesses and source more responsibly from local and European manufacturers. Order from several suppliers at the same time with one shopping cart. Test samples for free and order products for your workplaces without extra hassle. Find nitrile gloves, protective clothing, work gloves, work accessories, disposable gloves, disinfectants, sanitizers and other supplies in one place.
- Awesomic — Get matched with the best-fit designer on a fixed budget with no stress. Place a design task and see the first results on the next business day. Start today!
- Tab — Tab is the API-first company that enables smart receipts to arrive straight to your mobile bank app, all linked to your payment card. We help merchants deliver a seamless checkout experience and to unlock new avenues for post-sale engagement, banks to offer better user experiences & reducing customer support costs and consumers can wave goodbyeto lost receipts, tedious expense reporting processes and a more engaging banking experience.
Anton Gauffin is the Founder of Sumoing.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Mobile Apps, Video Games
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- United States, Finland, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Gotiva — Explore a universe of creativity with Gotiva apps! Discover Jigsaw Puzzle Universe and more.
- Odeeo — People play casual games to relax and have fun. So it’s no wonder the world’s 2.7bn free2play mobile gamers find aggressive full-screen ads annoying. Odeeo’s audio ad platform gets gamers. It’s built to amplify the in-game experience by overlaying contextual audio ads that players actually want to hear. For game developers, that meansmonetizing untapped in-game real estate and boosting incremental ad revenue—without hurting retention.For leading brands, it means cutting through the noise to target an attentive audience at ultra scale in an immersive brand-safe environment. And gamers? They can just play on!
- Benjamin — Start saving more money with our cash back app that automates the cash back earnings for people and businesses.
Jens Ohr is the Founder at Bridge Lake Capital
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Software, Mobile Payments
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Estonia, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- VisioLab — Instantly scan products for self-checkout, using the iPad camera - no barcodes needed. Designed for speed, simplicity and human centricity.
- Cino — Cino automatically deducts everyone's share from their bank accounts. Create groups with whom you want to share bills, set your ratio split & stop fronting costs!
Kristjan Vilosius - Co-Founder and CEO @ Katana
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Estonia, South Africa, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Yaga — Yaga is designed for everyone who wants to sell items online in a convenient and secure manner.
- Klaus — Klaus is a conversation review tool that improves customer service quality by making internal feedback easy and systematic. It also integrates with your help desk, good for improving the quality of answers and on-boarding new agents. They also connect to your favorite help desk solution and saves time on fumbling around with spreadsheets and comingup with the review system.Klaus is based in Tallinn, Estonia.
- Modash.io — High performing marketing teams use Modash to find, analyze and monitor influencers at scale all over the world. Join them today.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, iOS, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Estonia, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Modash.io — High performing marketing teams use Modash to find, analyze and monitor influencers at scale all over the world. Join them today.
- imagi — Programming has never been this much fun! Learn to create with code, share your designs with friends on the imagiLabs app and customize your imagiCharm - a fun, easy-to-use, colorful, and educational toy for girls. Imagine it. Code it. Wear it.
- DriveX Technologies — Boost your windshield damage assessment accuracy with an AI inspection tool that provides instant repairability decisions.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- MarkeDroid — We enable homeowners to get the best of the energy market, reduce bills and earn back the renewable energy investments made, any time of the year.
- ProcurementFlow — Reduce time to market for new products! Simple procurement teamwork software for keeping the communication and procurement process in the flow. Requisition management, eSourcing, SRM.
- DriveX Technologies — Boost your windshield damage assessment accuracy with an AI inspection tool that provides instant repairability decisions.
Previously, Riccardo served as vice president of European Sales and Marketing at uDate.com Ltd., an online dating service, and was involved in driving market penetration and partnerships until the company was acquired by InterActive Corporation in 2002. Before that, he was managing director for Spray Network GmbH an online portal based inHamburg with a presence in Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. In this role, Riccardo demonstrated his understanding for developing solid company strategy, intelligent plans for sustainable growth and strategic partnerships, which supported the successful sale of Spray Network to Lycos for $764 million. In addition, Riccardo has been an entrepreneur-in-residence at Benchmark Capital Partners, a Qualified Case Leader at The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. and a consultant at LEK Consulting LLP. He holds a B.A. in Economics from LUISS University, Italy. Riccardo’s favourite King game used to be Jungle Bubble. He’s currently deciding on his new favourite King game.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Mobile, Online Games
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Estonia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Pahdo Labs — Pahdo Labs is building an Anime-style action MMORPG and game creation platform. The company's mission is to cultivate a virtual world built by players, an online place where people can have a meaningful role in something bigger than themselves, own and share the products of their ingenuity, and foster a sense of belonging for others.PahdoLabs was founded in 2020 and is based in New York, NY.
- Ready Player Me — The Ready Player Me platform leverages AI, ML , and a suite of developer-first tools to empower developers to integrate avatars into their games and apps to launch faster, improve user adoption, and grow revenue through asset monetization.
- Mainframe Industries — Mainframe Industries is a Reykjavik, Iceland and Helsinki, Finland-based startup working on the development of an open world, social sandbox MMO for cloud gaming.The company will will work on an open-world, social sandbox MMO specifically designed for cloud gaming, with cross-platform play across mobile, PC, and TV. Mainframe believes that thepromise of friction-free access from social networks and streaming platforms on the device of your choice will greatly expand the creative canvas for game developers.
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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Investment focus
- Film, Manufacturing, Electrical Distribution
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Estonia, United States, United Kingdom
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.
Aare Järvan
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Investment focus
- Apps, Gaming, Mobile
- Angel
- Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- 3DC.io — The 3D Design App for Schools
Kristian Segerstrale is the Co-founder of Initial Capital and Board member of Supercell, as well as the Co-founder and CEO of Playfish. Kristian has been at the forefront of the rapidly transforming game industry since 2001.He was a co-founder of mobile gaming pioneer Macrospace – today Glu Mobile (Nasdaq: GLUU) in 2001 through the successfulIPO in 2007. He left to co-found Playfish, the social gaming pioneer, where he served as CEO through the company’s rapid growth to 60 Million players and the subsequent acquisition by Electronic Arts for $400M in 2009. After a period as EVP Digital at Electronic Arts driving the aggressive transformation of the company from packaged goods to digital, Kristian left in March 2013 to focus on startups. Today Kristian leads seed stage investments with Initial Capital and serves on the board of Supercell, the #1 iOS game company.Kristian has previously served on the board of LOVEFiLM, the European streaming video pioneer until its acquisition by Amazon.com.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Online Games, PC Games
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Finland, India
Portfolio highlights
- Battlebound — Battlebound is on a mission to build memorable lifelong gaming communities that invite players into Heroic Stories, creating deep connections and positive life changes. Heroic stories are thrilling gameplay moments that bring players together and enrich players lives inside and outside the game. We believe blockchain technology will deepen these moments and enrich the player experience when paired with world-class gameplay.
- Harmony Games — Harmony Games is a developer of next-generation hybrid-casual games.
- Lightforge Games — Lightforge Games is a new, all-remote video game studio on a quest to change how the world plays RPGs.
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.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, SaaS
- Seed, Angel
- Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- ProcurementFlow — Reduce time to market for new products! Simple procurement teamwork software for keeping the communication and procurement process in the flow. Requisition management, eSourcing, SRM.
- DriveX Technologies — Boost your windshield damage assessment accuracy with an AI inspection tool that provides instant repairability decisions.
Erik Kaju
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Fashion, Printing
- Seed, Series A
- Estonia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Printify — Sell custom t-shirts, phone cases, and 800+ products with your designs printed on demand. We will handle printing and shipping to your customers.
- DriveX Technologies — Boost your windshield damage assessment accuracy with an AI inspection tool that provides instant repairability decisions.
Ergo Sooru
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- Apps, Gaming, Mobile
- Angel
- Estonia
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- 3DC.io — The 3D Design App for Schools
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.
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- Internet, Project Management, Software
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Estonia, United States
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- Fleep — Fleep is a web, Android, iOS, Mac and Windows app that wants to bridge the gap between ‘reply all’-style group email and enterprise messaging/IM services.Founded by ex-Skypers, Fleep is a messaging service that fills the gap between email and various IM/texting services. They take email’s ability to contact anyone and marry it withreal-time messaging.They are based in Estonia, with offices in Tallinn and Tartu. Their services are hosted on Amazon EC2 in Dublin, Ireland.
- LIFT99 — LIFT99 is a coworking hub and network of startup founders in Tallinn, Estonia, and Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2018, we launched our Skillsharing Platform for founders around the world.
- Swap.com — Swap is an online consignment and thrift store shop high-quality secondhand clothes. Shop the best brands at up to 90% off.
Thomas Berman
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Energy, Consumer
- Series C, Seed, Series D
- United States, Estonia
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.
- comScore — Comscore is a trusted currency for planning, transacting, and evaluating media across platforms.
- Luminary Micro — Luminary Micro, Inc. designs, markets, and sells ARM Cortex-M3-based microcontrollers for energy, security, and connectivity markets. It offers mixed-signal microcontrollers for motion control, industrial automation, medical, transportation, appliance, and security and access applications. The company also provides evaluation kits, developmentkits, and reference design kits. It offers stepper motor modules, AC induction motor modules, brushless DC motor modules, brushed DC motor controller modules, serial-to-Ethernet modules, intelligent display modules with PoE and Ethernet, intelligent display modules with landscape display, and 10-pin to 20-pin JTAG adapter modules. The company also provides Stellaris Peripheral Driver Library for controlling the peripherals found on the Stellaris family of ARM Cortex-M3 microcontrollers; Stellaris Graphics Library, a set of graphics primitives and a widget set for creating graphical user interfaces on Stellaris microcontroller-based boards that have a graphical display; Stellaris USB Library, a sub-set of USB functions simplify embedded USB control; Code Samples, a code to use ARM Cortex-M3 platform with a set of sample applications; Stellaris In-System Programming Support; and Stellaris IEC 60730 Support, a test library to support its customers in class B certification process. It offers its products through a network of representatives in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific Rim, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Austin, Texas. As of May 14, 2009, Luminary Micro, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Texas Instruments Inc.
Johannes Jõgi
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Mobile, Analytics
- Seed
- Estonia
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- Festivality — Festivality is a platform technology for festivals and events to build smarter next-generation mobile apps, gain new revenues and actionable event and fan analytics. Festivality digitizes live events and turns them into actionable data.
Marko Virkebau is co-founder of MeetFrank, a secret recruitment app. Marko is also a member of the board and chief financial officer at Up Invest OU.
Marko holds a PhD in economics and fiance and a MS in business information technology at Tallinn University of Technology (Tallinna Tehnikaülikool).
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Estonia, South Africa
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- Planet42 — Having your own car has never been easier. Planet42 is a vehicle rental company offering rent-to-own car service for private clients.
- MarkeDroid — We enable homeowners to get the best of the energy market, reduce bills and earn back the renewable energy investments made, any time of the year.
- DriveX Technologies — Boost your windshield damage assessment accuracy with an AI inspection tool that provides instant repairability decisions.
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