# Elar Nellis

> Elar Nellis is a seed investor at Ampher (Tallinn) backing CAD, Battery and Consumer. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ampher](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ampher)
- Location: Tallinn, Estonia
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elarnellis/
- Website: https://www.lift99.co

Elar Nellis is a seed investor at Ampher in Tallinn focused on CAD and Battery. 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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CAD | 1 | 33% |
| Battery | 1 | 33% |
| Consumer | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Simulation | 1 | 33% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Latvia | 1 | 33% |
| Estonia | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VOOL | VOOL is an EV charging solution that provides business and private customers with dependable, smart, and cost-effective charging. | $1.9M | Seed | Feb 02, 2023 |  |
| CENOS | CENOS redefines engineering simulation software category for mass adoption: FROM enterprise niche and multi-purpose software for 100K simulation experts TO mass adoption of intuitive vertical-focused simulation apps by 10M+ practical engineers in production | $235.1K | Angel | Feb 09, 2021 |  |
| Corner Renovation | With Corner, homeowners get access to pre-designed home renovation kits at a fixed price. Corner connects consumers with vetted interior designers and enables everyone to build hyper-personalized kitchens and bathrooms. Its mission is to eliminate the middleman and make it easier for people to access high-end home renovation. | $450K | Pre-Seed | Jan 28, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Startup Wise Guys](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-wise-guys) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Opus11 VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/opus11-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Specialist VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/united-angels-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Ampher

VC Fund

Ampher is a smart charging company on a mission to support the shift from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles.

1 contacts available at Ampher.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Elar Nellis | Chief Architect | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elar-nellis |

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## FAQ

### What does Elar Nellis invest in?

Elar Nellis invests primarily in CAD, Battery and Consumer startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Latvia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Elar Nellis last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Elar Nellis closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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