Ott Kaukver
Independent Board Member & Investor, ex CTO at Checkout.com, Twilio, Skype
Tallinn, Harjumaa
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Skills
Education
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Investments
Supersimple
Total Funding: $2M
Propel
Total Funding: $90M
Katana
Total Funding: $46M
NFTPort
Total Funding: $26M
Hookdeck
Total Funding: $3.3M
Stilt
Total Funding: $37M
Printify
Total Funding: $57M
Raycast
Total Funding: $18M
Qovery
Total Funding: $4M
Lightyear
Total Funding: $69M
Pactum
Total Funding: $55M
Tuum
Total Funding: $22M
Qatalog
Total Funding: $34M
Courier
Total Funding: $47M
Checkly
Total Funding: $32M
Yapily
Total Funding: $69M
Salv
Total Funding: $6M
Pipedrive
Total Funding: $89M
Work Experience
Chairman of the Board
2021
2019
Board Member
2019
2021
Board Member
2021
2021 - 2023
Chief Technology Officer
2021 - 2023
2019 - 2020
Executive In Residence
2019 - 2020
2013 - 2019
Chief Technology Officer
2018 - 2019
GM Voice/Video & VP of Engineering
2016 - 2018
VP of Engineering
2013 - 2016
2012 - 2017
Advisor / Investor
2012 - 2017
Supporting the scaling of engineering team and product development process
2013 - 2016
Advisor / Investor
2013 - 2016
Helping PipeDrive business to grow and scale the product development to multiple geographic locations
2006 - 2013
Advisor / Investor
2006 - 2013
ASI Private Equity AS (ASIPEAS) was conceived in 2006 to allow a number of friends and colleagues from Skype to co-invest with the partnership. Working closely together at a heady pace in the early days of Skype aligned our thinking, we often share mutual interests and opinions when considering new technology ventures.
2004 - 2012
Head of Engineering, Consumer Products
2008 - 2012
Led shipping of customer facing products Skype clients for Windows, Mac, Linux, mobile and web platforms, payment portals and integrations.
Head of Engineering, Core Technology
2005 - 2008
Responsible for leading software engineering efforts for Skype's core technology platform. Grew the engineering organization from 60 to 300 persons by 2008. Established CEE development centre in Prague to tap into Central and Eastern European talent pools.
Director of Operations
2004 - 2005
Created technical and business operation functions including site and hosting infrastructure management, Customer Support, anti-fraud management, payment operations, telecom and routing management. Scaled the team from 2 to 100 persons within 18 months.