# Markus Villig

> Markus Villig is a seed investor at Bolt (Tallinn) backing Software and Information Technology. See 30 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bolt](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mtakso)
- Location: Tallinn, Estonia
- Total investments: 30
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/markusvillig
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/villigm
- Website: https://x.com/villigm

Markus Villig is a seed investor at Bolt in Tallinn focused on Software and Information Technology. Markus Villig is founder and CEO of Taxify. He attended University of Tartu.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$3.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $230k–$3.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 17% |
| FinTech | 4 | 13% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 13% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 13% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 37% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 17% |
| Angel | 2 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 7% |
| Series A | 1 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Estonia | 8 | 27% |
| United States | 2 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 7% |
| Latvia | 1 | 3% |
| Poland | 1 | 3% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BirdyChat | BirdyChat is a Developer of a work chat application intended for work professionals. | $2M | Seed | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Rivan Industries | Rivan Industries designs and builds modular, vertically integrated, synthetic fuel plants. | $33.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 20, 2026 |  |
| Rivan Industries | Rivan Industries designs and builds modular, vertically integrated, synthetic fuel plants. | $33.8M | Series A | Apr 20, 2026 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Dragonfly Technology Limited | Software moves fast, and businesses are losing out. They’re using outdated tools, while watching competitors make strides with AI-first tech. But the fact is, the way teams discover and choose software has been broken for years. Dragonfly is a platform designed to simplify the process of software discovery with clarity, objectivity, and speed.With Dragonfly's proprietary AI-driven technology, businesses can make smarter, faster decisions by connecting their existing tech stack to a dynamic, curated dataset of the world’s most performant tools, to instantly provides contextual, personalised recommendations tailored to your unique challenges, goals, and stage of growth.Dragonfly is built to eliminate the confusion and bias from software selection. No more spreadsheets, vendor hype, or guesswork. With Dragonfly, your team can stay aligned, cut waste, and fast-track research. Whether you're scaling fast or looking for an AI-driven tool to enhance productivity, Dragonfly has you covered today and tomorrow. | $3.4M | Pre-Seed | Oct 08, 2025 |  |
| Sera | Sera's AI streamlines prospecting with tailored lists and enriched profiles, including accurate emails and metrics. | $1.8M | Seed | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| ScamGuardian.AI | Providing Actionable Intelligence to Stop Scams |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 29, 2025 |  |
| Lightyear | Lightyear is a simple and approachable way to invest your money globally without unnecessary barriers and fees. | $23M | Series B | Jul 24, 2025 |  |
| GScan | GScan is leading a radical shift to safe, accurate, and automatic 'x-ray' technology using natural cosmic radiation, called muons. The ability to scan safely any objects and detect their chemical composition will change how 'scanning of anything' happens. GScan's MuonFLUX product is able to see deep into reinforcedconcrete, providing valuable information which helps to: (i) avoid the collapse of at-risk infrastructure (bridges, buildings, etc), (ii) extend significantly infrastructure life cycle (without increasing the risk levels), (iii) drastically reduce the maintenance and renovation budgets by identifying only the critical places for repair, (iv) decarbonise the concrete & cement industry (one of the highest-emitting and hard to decarbonise industries, accounting for ~10% of global CO2 emissions). Year 2023 GScan delivered its first commercial projects and earned the revenue of €1.5M. | $3M | Seed | Mar 09, 2025 |  |
| Lutso | Lutso is an AI-powered aging-in-place solution that helps older adults live independently for longer. Using computer vision and thermal imaging, it detects changes in daily behavior and emergencies - extending quality years at home. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2025 |  |

10 of 30 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Startup Wise Guys](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-wise-guys) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Specialist VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/united-angels-vc) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Change Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/change-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Superangel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/superangel) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Naspers Foundry](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/naspers-foundry) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [RubyLight](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rubylight) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Bolt

VC Fund · Tallinn, Estonia

Bolt is a transportation platform providing ride-hailing, micromobility, and food delivery services. It is one of the fastest-growing startups in the world with over 75M happy customers in 45+ countries, from Europe to Latam to Africa. It is building the future of logistics – one platform that connects with cars, motorcycles, scooter sharing, orfood delivery from restaurants.It believes in a future with less car ownership and flexible urban mobility. By bringing reliable on-demand transport to the masses, it helps cities evolve towards decreased traffic congestion and pollution.Bolt was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia.

5 contacts available at Bolt.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jüri Laur | Director of Product, Commerce | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juri-laur |
| Markus Villig | CEO & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/markus-villig |
| Martin Villig | Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-villig |
| Jevgeni Beloussov | VP Rides | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jevgeni-beloussov |
| Johan Bergqvist | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/johan-bergqvist |

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## FAQ

### What does Markus Villig invest in?

Markus Villig invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Estonia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Markus Villig's check size?

Markus Villig typically joins rounds of $1M–$3.5M at Seed and $230k–$3.4M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Markus Villig participates in.

### When did Markus Villig last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Markus Villig closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 30 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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