# Kristjan Raude

> Kristjan Raude is a equity crowdfunding investor backing Software and Automotive. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Mar 2021
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristjanraude/

Kristjan Raude is a equity crowdfunding investor focused on Software and Automotive. 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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $491k–$1.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $71k–$549k |
| Equity Crowdfunding | $168k–$2.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 14% |
| Automotive | 2 | 14% |
| Internet of Things | 2 | 14% |
| Consumer Electronics | 2 | 14% |
| Apps | 1 | 7% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Equity Crowdfunding | 5 | 36% |
| Seed | 4 | 29% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 29% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Estonia | 6 | 43% |
| United States | 2 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Promoty | A platform that helps brands and agencies to find the right influencers | $1.4M | Equity Crowdfunding | Mar 11, 2021 |  |
| Snabb | Snabb delights vehicle owners by enabling services such as parking, washing, charging, and fuelling from one user-friendly and convenient interface- the Snabb 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 to aninternational 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. Browse, book, navigate, start, pay, review and manage your vehicle services from one easy-to-use App. | $496.7K | Seed | Apr 16, 2020 |  |
| Askly | Most of businesses underestimate the power of live chat support. As a result, chat and bot solutions have caused tons of frustration with their poor usability. Emails and phone calls are losing popularity in customer communication. 80% of communication is predicted moving to messaging-platforms. How to choose and setup the right chatbot? We havemade it for you. Askly is the best chat that fits perfectly any website. Zero development. It's the first truly user-friendly and multilingual chat. Just plug in and take your customer service to the next level. Because customer experience is everything.Askly has customers in 8 countries: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland and Italy and helped provide better CX to more than 100 000 online shoppers. | $200K | Pre-Seed | Apr 06, 2020 |  |
| Promoty | A platform that helps brands and agencies to find the right influencers | $490.7K | Seed | Mar 31, 2020 |  |
| Biig | BiigVault: The Smart Lockbox for Cars |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2020 |  |
| 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. | $1.1M | Seed | Jan 01, 2020 |  |
| 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. | $1.1M | Equity Crowdfunding | Jan 01, 2020 |  |
| 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. | $2.7M | Equity Crowdfunding | Sep 30, 2019 |  |
| Promoty | A platform that helps brands and agencies to find the right influencers | $71K | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2019 |  |
| Bikeep | Bikeep offers locking and charging stations for e-bikes and e-scooters. It manufactures high-quality commercial bike racks and bike parking systems. It also provide e-scooter stations, bike shelters, bike sheds, and bicycle lockers.Its bike racks help businesses and public areas to become more bike-friendly and therefore attract more cyclists.Bike rack can be set up with restricted access by an app or an access card, so that only specific people can use it, for example, your students, employees, or tenants.It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $1.3M | Seed | Feb 05, 2019 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

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- [Funderbeam](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/funderbeam) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [Superangel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/superangel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Kristjan Raude invest in?

Kristjan Raude invests primarily in Software, Automotive and Internet of Things startups, most often at Equity Crowdfunding and Seed stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Estonia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Kristjan Raude's check size?

Kristjan Raude typically joins rounds of $491k–$1.3M at Seed, $71k–$549k at Pre-Seed and $168k–$2.7M at Equity Crowdfunding. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kristjan Raude participates in.

### When did Kristjan Raude last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kristjan Raude closed in Mar 2021. Shizune tracks 14 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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