# Ambient Sound Investments

> Ambient Sound Investments is a VC fund backing Internet and Software. See 31 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tallinn, Estonia
- Total investments: 31
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 23%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/307550
- Website: http://asi.ee

Ambient Sound Investments is a VC fund in Tallinn focused on Internet and Software. Ambient Sound Investments (ASI) was established in 2003 as an equal partnership by four founding engineers at Skype to hold a minority stake in Skype. At the end of 2005 ASI sold its Skype shares to eBay and now operates as a private investment vehicle.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $200k–$3.7M |
| Series A | $527k–$3.7M |
| Series B | $5.2M–$6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 7 | 23% |
| Software | 5 | 16% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 10% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 10% |
| Gaming | 2 | 6% |

69 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 32% |
| Series A | 9 | 29% |
| Series B | 3 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 10% |
| Angel | 2 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Estonia | 8 | 26% |
| United States | 5 | 16% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 13% |
| Finland | 2 | 6% |
| France | 1 | 3% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Heleri Hinno | Management Assistant | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heleri-hinno |
| Kaspar Daljajev | Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaspar-daljajev |
| Keiu Heinpalu | Lawyer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keiu-heinpalu |
| Priit Kasesalu | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/priit-kasesalu |
| Tauno Tats | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tauno-tats |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KappaZeta | KappaZeta provides services for interpreting radar satellite data to assist farmers in increasing profitability and improving the quality of agricultural products. | $517.8K | Seed | Sep 01, 2023 |  |
| Ampler Bikes | Ampler is a light electric bike for everyone who seeks freedom and adventure in their daily routines and commutes. No heavy batteries, bulky screens or other clutter. We combine modern technology with a traditional bicycle design to make pedalling easier, lighter and faster. Our vision is to offer emotive zero-emission commuting for everyone.Since 2016, Ampler has grown from a small bicycle startup into a committed e-bike company with a large international team and showrooms in Berlin, Cologne, Amsterdam, Zurich and Tallinn. Our lightweight e-bike models Curt, Stout and Stellar have won multiple awards and are being used every day by over 10,000 happy riders all over Europe.Our team spirit, mission, values and production principles are still the same as on the early days of Ampler. All our bikes are designed with the highest attention to details and are hand-assembled in our factory in Tallinn, Estonia. | $8.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| Pomelo Fashion | A leading international online fashion company based in Bangkok. Products are proudly designed and produced in Asia for today’s global consumer.Pomelo is a modern fashion brand born in Asia with a global mindset: on-trend, online, on-the-go. With an undisputable sense of style at an unparalleled price, Pomelo aims to offer women everywhere theirbest look to become their best selves. | $52M | Series C | Sep 11, 2019 |  |
| Cgates | Cgates is largest independent pay TV and internet service provider. It provides digital and interactive television, fibre-optic broadband internet and fixed telephony to subscribers across the country. The company was founded in 1991 and has developed into a leading telecom operator via numerous acquisitions and organic growth. Investor consortiumled by Livonia Partners acquired a significant minority stake in September 2017 to support growth of the company and further network and technology upgrades. |  | Private Equity | Jun 27, 2017 |  |
| Senseg | Senseg is the company behind E-Sense, the tactile interface technology which generates the feel of virtual buttons on smooth surfaces like cell phone or computer screens and gives tactile feedback to the user.The difference between E-Sense and the other haptic, or tactile, technologies is that Senseg’s technology is not powered by mechanicalmotors but is based on virtual touch technology.Instead of using vibrating motors, the devices are completely motionless. Instead, the E-Sense system stimulates your fingers or hand with an electrical field to simulate the feeling of friction or texture. | $6M | Series B | Apr 09, 2014 |  |
| Frenzoo | Frenzoo is a mobile game startup creating a new class of 3D lifestyle games for girls and women. The company’s offerings include the hit Me Girl™ series, enjoyed by millions around the world. The company's app is based on a flexible and innovative avatar technology platform that brings characters to life. | $1M |  | May 10, 2012 |  |
| Blaast | Blaast is for the next billion people to come online. Believing that these people will mainly log on through their mobile phones, this app is designed to make mobile online usage much more user-friendly and efficient. In order to enhance the experience, Blaast attempts to create a faster, smoother overall online experience on mobile phones.Through a series of unique distribution partnerships, Blaast is working together with mobile network operators. In effect, this creates a unique subscription based app store offering, one which offers developers recurring revenues in addition to huge subscriber bases.Blaast is funded by the founding engineers of Skype, Veturi Venture Accelerator and top European and Asian angels. Even in stealth-mode Blaast has garnered significant interest across the globe with articles published on GigaOM, The New York Times and Arctic Startup amongst others. | $3.7M | Seed | Dec 31, 2010 |  |
| Modesat | Modesat Communications is a rapidly growing privately held technology company specializing in the design, development and commercialization of high throughput FPGA or ASIC based digital modems for microwave, millimeter wave and satellite communications applications. Products developed by the company incorporate Modesat’s patented PilotSyncTMsynchronization technology, which enables higher throughput, lower bill of materials cost and increased operational reliablity. | $2.1M | Series A | Oct 27, 2010 |  |
| Progeniq | Progeniq provides hardware accelerators that speed up computationally intensive applications by up to 5x over standard multi-core CPUs.Progeniq is reinventing the way computing is done by creating small, low-power hardware cards that can be retrofitted into existing servers. At 25W power consumption per accelerator, these offer a significantadvantage in performance-per-watt and performance-per-dollar over increasing the size of a serverfarm with more standard rack-servers.Progeniq's RenderBoost product line targets the Visual Effects / animations industry, cutting down full-quality rendertimes per frame from hours to minutes. Progeniq is working with leading rendering software providers and is backed by the Singapore investment funds BAF Spectrum Pte Ltd (www.bafspectrum.com) and SPRING SEEDS Capital Pte Ltd (www.spring.gov.sg) as well as Estonia-based Ambient Sound Investments (ASI) (www.asi.ee). The company is headquartered in Singapore and additional information is available at www.progeniq.com |  | Series A | Apr 13, 2010 |  |
| Armorize Technologies | Armorize Technologies delivers end-to-end security solutions safeguarding enterprises from hackers seeking to exploit vulnerable Web applications.Armorize is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, with its R&D center in the Nankang Software Park in Taipei, Taiwan.The Armorize Appsec Suite builds on the WAVES and WebSSARI projects whichgarnered best paper nominations at the prestigious 2003 and 2004 World Wide Web Conferences. These publications have received over 150 SCI citations from organizations such as Google, Microsoft Research and a host of highly respected academic institutes.Subsequent corporate recognition for innovative technology and business practices include the Red Herring Asia Top 100 and Red Herring Global Top 10 Innovators awards. |  | Series B | Jun 16, 2009 |  |

10 of 31 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Ambient Sound Investments invest in?

Ambient Sound Investments invests primarily in Internet, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Estonia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ambient Sound Investments's check size?

Ambient Sound Investments typically joins rounds of $200k–$3.7M at Seed, $527k–$3.7M at Series A and $5.2M–$6M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ambient Sound Investments participates in.

### How do I contact Ambient Sound Investments?

Public channels for Ambient Sound Investments include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Ambient Sound Investments?

The team at Ambient Sound Investments includes Heleri Hinno (Management Assistant), Kaspar Daljajev (Analyst) and Keiu Heinpalu (Lawyer), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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