# Top 30 Transportation Angel Investors in Estonia in June 2026

## Kristjan Raude
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Software, Automotive, Internet of Things

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.

## Markku Jääskelainen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Drones, Big Data, Software

Markku Jääskelainen.

## Märt Kelder
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Transportation

founder at Voog.

## Martin Henk
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Martin Henk is the Co-founder of Pipedrive.

## Andrus Purde
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Internet

Experienced startup marketer. Co-founder and CEO of Outfunnel. Skype and Pipedrive alumni. Angel investor.

## Mitesh Nandlaskar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Manufacturing, Sports, Fitness

Mitesh Nandlaskar is a seasonal Angel investor and Private equity professional. He is known for investing in early to mid-market deals, late stage Pre IPO deals.

## Madis Müür
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Cycling, Security

Madis Müür

## Oliver Ahlberg
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Oliver Ahlberg is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Skeleton Technologies. He has assured excellent operational capabilities and played a critical role in the development of internal procedures which have kept the company on the forefront of energy storage development. He has had an integral role in securing VC funding and settingup the company's R&D Center in Estonia. Additionally he plays a central role in the company's IT capabilities, production systems and processes and daily administration of the company. Leading the pilot production of the company, he also offers input in product development and has led production optimization efforts. Oliver Ahlberg has previously worked in the IT and law sector in San Fransisco, USA and Tallinn, Estonia. He has co-founded digital media company Vigvam Studio and a daily deals site acquired by the market leader in 2010. Oliver Ahlberg has earned a law degree from University of Tartu.

## Thomas Padovani
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Music

Thomas Padovani is an entrepreneur and investor. With a strong experience in online media monetization, Thomas co-founded the Webinfluence Group in 2007, establishing first a network of entertainment related websites servicing the online advertiser market.He is the founder of the globally successful online media advertising platform Adcash.Thomas stepped back from the Adcash CEO position in 2018 and has since projected his focus on building and investing in new aspiring startups through Bellone Invest with growth opportunities reaching billions of euros.Bellone Invest actively invests in seed stage tech startups, especially in the e-commerce and mobile application sector.

## Mikko Silventola
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Transportation

Mikko is an active investor, with over 50 investments globally. Besides Europe, he is also active in Southeast Asia, Middle East, and Lat Am. He is the first investor of Bolt (Estonia), an investor of Rappi (Colombia), and of Hugo (El Salvador). He has founded 3 international media companies which in total have generated over €35M in sales overjust a few years. He has helped companies with internationalization, fundraising and M&As in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

## Rain Lõhmus
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Mobile Payments, SaaS, Mobile

Rain co-founded Livonia Partners. He has one of the most extensive investment and entrepreneurial track records in the Baltics across a wide range of industries. In 1991 Rain co-founded Hansabank, the largest pan-Baltic financial institution. The bank grew both organically and via acquisitions into the largest bank in the Baltics and was sold toSwedbank in 1998. In 1999 Rain created and later successfully exited a venture capital fund, New Economy Ventures, having invested in 7 technology companies, including Forticom and CV-Online. The fund returned to its investors more than 8 times the invested capital. In 1999 Rain also founded LHV Group, a pan-Baltic banking group, which held its IPO on Tallinn Stock Exchange in 2016. In 2005 he co-founded LHV Capital with Mindaugas Utkevičius and has invested into Veju Spektras, Archyvu Centras, Qvalitas Medical Centre and Baltic Ticket Holdings.

## Martin Sokk
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Rental, FinTech, Finance

Martin Sokk is a Co-Founder, CEO of Lightyear Company. He attended Estonian Information Technology College.

## Nicklas Haslestad
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Logistics, Transportation

Nicklas Haslestad

## Ragnar Sass
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, SaaS

Ragnar Sass is the Co-Founder of Darkstar Camp. He previously worked at LIFT99 as a Founder and CEO. Ragnar Sass attended Estonian Business School.

## Veljo Otsason
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Identity Management, Information Technology, Film

Veljo Otsason is Estonian entrepreneur and investor. In 2007 he co-founded mobile payments company Fortumo and served as its CTO. Since 2013 he has been active angel investor and early backer of Bolt (formerly Taxify), Monese, Veriff, Pipedrive & 30+ others. In 2018 he co-founded Superangel, early-stage seed fund and company builder.

## Jevgeni Kabanov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, E-Commerce, Apps

Jevgeni Kabanov is the President of Bolt. He previously worked at Sabbatical as a Wandering Musician. Jevgeni Kabanov attended the University of Tartu.

## Taavi Madiberk
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Taavi Madiberk is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Skeleton Technologies. His business development, sales and marketing and company management skills have been instrumental in setting-up and driving growth. He has been the driving force for excellent customer traction, (the company counts as customers European Space Agency and severalTier 1 automotives), business strategy (leveraging the advantage in materials technology to energy storage cells and modules), product development and fundraising from venture capital, private equity and public sources in German, Estonian and EU level. Taavi Madiberk brings knowledge from the IT, locomotive and NGO sectors from his experience prior to Skeleton Technologies. Among other Board positions he has served as the youngest ever Chairman of the Supervisory Board in Estonian Railways Ltd (AS Eesti Raudtee) from 2012-2014 the national railway. He also served as a Member of the Supervisory Board of RKAS in 2014, an Estonian state-owned real estate company with over 400 M EUR of assets.

## Sten Tamkivi
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence

Sten Tamkivi is the Chief Product Officer at Topia (formerly MOVE Guides). He was previously co-founder and CEO of Teleport (acquired by Topia), the place to scout for startup people. He co-founded the company as an EIR at Andreessen Horowitz.Sten has been a tech entrepreneur since 1996. After founding a few companies in Estonia, he joined Skypeas an early executive, ran the original R&D office, and held several global product leadership roles for 8+ years.He has an MS in Management from Stanford GSB.

## Rain Rannu
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, CRM, Manufacturing

Rain Rannu has been a long-time serial entrepreneur in the mobile payments space ever since founding his first company back in 2000. In 2007 he  founded Fortumo, the fast-growing mobile payments service for digital and virtual content now available in more than 80 countries. They have recently raised funding from Intel Capital and GreycroftPartners, and are employing more than 60 people in Estonia, Beijing and San Francisco. Rain Rannu has also been an active member in the Estonian startup scene as a founder of Garage48, among other things.

## Taavet Hinrikus
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services

Taavet Hinrikus is co-founder and CEO of TransferWise. Prior to starting TransferWise, Taavet was Skype’s director of strategy until 2008, starting as its first-ever employee. One of the World Economic Forum's Tech Pioneers, Taavet is an adviser to Prime Minister of Estonia on the digital agenda. He’s also a mentor and angel investor; hisinvestments include Tweetdeck, Mendeley, OMGPOP, Property Partner, Sunrise, Improbable and Mapillary.

## Jaan Tallinn
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet

Jaan Tallinn is the Co-Founder of the Centre for Study of Existential Risk and Future of Life Institute.

## Marko Oolo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: AgTech, Mobile, Parking

Marko Oolo is the General Partner at Superangel. Marko Oolo attended TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology.

## Espen Getz Harstad
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Logistics, Transportation

Espen Getz Harstad is the Founder & CEO at Brandpad. Espen Getz Harstad attended Kristiania University College.

## Mada Arslan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Convertible Note, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Sports, Consumer Goods

Prior to Id4 ventures Mada was Head of Financial Control & Compliance at Leap Ventures and consultant at Lebanese central bank Banque Du Liban.
Before that, she spent 3 years as an auditor at PwC. Mada holds a BBA with an emphasis in accounting & an MBA from the American University of Beirut and is a Certified Public Accountant licenseefrom the State of New Hampshire USA.

## Martin Tajur
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Recruiting

Martin Tajur is the co-founder of Pipedrive.

## Kristjan Vilosius
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Kristjan Vilosius - Co-Founder and CEO @ Katana

## Toomas Bergmann
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Hardware, Mobile Apps, Construction

Toomas Bergmann

## Martin Villig
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Education

Martin is co-founder of Bolt.eu, Estonian Founders Society, Garage48.org, Good Deed Education Foundation and kood/Jõhvi coding school.
Read more from http://martinvillig.com

## Thomas Berman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Winnetka, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C, Seed, Series D
- Focus: SaaS, Energy, Consumer

Thomas Berman

## Marek Kiisa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Transportation

Marek Kiisa is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at NordicNinja VC.

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