# Janer Gorohhov

> Janer Gorohhov is a seed investor at Roleo (Tallinn) backing Software and Waste Management. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Roleo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roleo)
- Location: Tallinn, Estonia
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janergorohhov/?originalSubdomain=ee
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/janergorohhov?lang=en
- Website: https://x.com/janergorohhov?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janer.gorohhov

Janer Gorohhov is a seed investor at Roleo in Tallinn focused on Software and Waste Management. Janer Gorohhov is based out of Tallinn, Harjumaa and is the CEO & Co-Founder of Roleo. Janer previously worked at Veriff as a CPO & Co-Founder. Janer Gorohhov attended the University of Tartu.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.8M–$3.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Waste Management | 1 | 33% |
| Packaging Services | 1 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Handhold | Handhold is an AI platform that creates multimodal agents to automate the sales and onboarding process for inbound leads. | $3.5M | Seed | Apr 08, 2026 |  |
| Askel.ai | Askel.ai elevates SaaS with embedded AI automation. | $401.5K | Pre-Seed | Dec 08, 2024 |  |
| Woola | Woola uses leftover sheep wool to replace bubble wrap. These wool-based packages can be reused, repurposed, or returned by the end user, with the ultimate goal of making the solution “closed-loop” so nothing goes to waste. | $2.8M | Seed | Dec 21, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Superangel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/superangel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [e2vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e2vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Entourage](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entourage-33e7) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Future Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inovia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inovia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Roleo

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Roleo.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Janer Gorohhov | CEO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/janer-gorohhov |

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## FAQ

### What does Janer Gorohhov invest in?

Janer Gorohhov invests primarily in Software, Waste Management and Packaging Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Estonia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Janer Gorohhov's check size?

Janer Gorohhov typically joins rounds of $2.8M–$3.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Janer Gorohhov participates in.

### When did Janer Gorohhov last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Janer Gorohhov closed in Apr 2026. 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?

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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