# Marko Virkebau

> Marko Virkebau is a seed investor at Stargate Hydrogen backing Software and Energy. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Stargate Hydrogen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stargate-hydrogen-solutions)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marko-virkebau-3466651b/

Marko Virkebau is a seed investor at Stargate Hydrogen focused on Software and Energy. Marko Virkebau

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $636k–$2.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Energy | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Estonia | 3 | 75% |
| South Africa | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LynxPower | Cleantech platform offering wireless metering and AI-driven energy management to track, analyze, and optimize energy use in real time. | $636.5K | Seed | Oct 30, 2025 |  |
| MarkeDroid | MarkeDroid is revolutionizing the renewable energy industry as the first European Plug & Play platform driven by energy spot prices management and access to the FLEX markets for the residential solar batteries. With its cutting-edge technology, MarkeDroid is reshaping the energy value chain and maximizing the value of renewable energy for allstakeholders. | $132K | Pre-Seed | Aug 02, 2023 |  |
| DriveX Technologies | DriveX is a technology partner for insurers. With the proprietary AI-assisted verification, companies can inspect vehicles remotely. Insurers save costs, reduce fraud risk and provide a better, digital customer experience. Whether selling motor insurance policies or managing claims, DriveX solutions are there to help employees and customers. | $1M | Seed | Apr 26, 2022 |  |
| Planet42 | Planet42 is democratising mobility by enabling people ignored by banks to get access to a personal vehicle. The company leverages technology to mitigate risk and promote financial inclusion by buying second-hand cars from a network of motor dealers and providing them to customers on a subscription basis, without the need to physically see the caror meet the customer. | $2.4M | Seed | Jun 16, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Startup Wise Guys](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-wise-guys) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AS Giga](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/as-giga) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Change Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/change-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DEPO Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/depo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DOJUS group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dojus-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EstBAN](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/estban) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Stargate Hydrogen

VC Fund · Tallinn, Estonia

Stargate Hydrogen Solutions offers turn-key electrolysis solutions for the production of green hydrogen with renewable energy.

2 contacts available at Stargate Hydrogen.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marko Virkebau | CEO and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marko-virkebau |
| Taavi Madiberk | Non-Executive Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taavi-madiberk |

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## FAQ

### What does Marko Virkebau invest in?

Marko Virkebau invests primarily in Software, Energy and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Estonia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Marko Virkebau's check size?

Marko Virkebau typically joins rounds of $636k–$2.4M 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 Marko Virkebau participates in.

### When did Marko Virkebau last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marko Virkebau closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 4 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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