Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$250,000.00Max Investment:
$3,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,625,000.00
Skills
Education
MBA (cum laude)
(2001 - 2001)
Lists including Riivo
Investments
Work Experience
2017
Founding Partner
2017
Founder and partner of venture capital firm focusing on investments into promising tech startups from pre-seed to A-rounds. We can also do secondary transactions into post Series A companies. Main focus on B2B, SaaS, fintech, platforms, software enabled hardware and Web3. Hands-on approach.
2000
Member of Advisory Board, Co-Founder
2000
CIVITTA challenges the traditional norms of management consulting, providing quality advisory talent that delivers results at a value for money price point. We help our clients from private companies to governments and non-profits to challenge their own industries by becoming more innovative, efficient and dynamic. Started as a student company CIVITTA is now the largest independent management consulting company in CEE. It employs over 600 of staff in 20 countries. I'm involved in the company as a shareholder and advisor to the management.
Member of Advisory Board, Investor
2014
Wise Guys is an accelerator with a passion for early stage startups. Started in Estonia, Startup Wise Guys is now the most experienced B2B accelerator in Europe.
Partner
2008
Investment management company. Our core interest focuses on early stage investments in B2B sector. Our portfolio includes: - Veriff (www.veriff.me) - online identity verification solutions in order to reduce fraud and meet KYC requirements - AskRobin (www.askrobin.com) - credit comparison and financial inclusion platform focusing on LatAm - Funderful (www.funderful.com) - exited, fundraising software that helps universities increase alumni engagement and donations sold to Ruffalo Noel Levitz - Clipman (www.clipman.com) - adtech company that develops an AI based engine for creating eye-catching videos from any text in seconds - XOLO (www.xolo.io) - virtual company and company management tool for freelancers - Nevercode - (www.nevercode.io) - a hassle-free continuous integration tool for mobile developers. - Monese (www.monese.com) - challenger bank for non-residents - CoModule (www.comodule.com) - IoT for light electric vehicles - SmartAD (www.smartad.ee) - exited, adtech solution sold to Modern Times Group (www.mtg.com) - Timbeter (www.timbeter.com) - supply chain management tool for timber industry - Cloutex (www.cloutex.com) - tool for synchronizing data between SaaS services. The company failed and is a write-off. - VitalFields (www.vitalfields.com) - exited, agritech company, which was the simplest farm management system in the World. Sold to Monsanto Corporation (www.monsanto.com) - Starup Wise Guys Business Tech Accelerator (www.startupwiseguys.com) - leading startup accelerator in the CEE region - Sunwash Technologies (www.swt.ee) - agritech company developing and producing agricultural chemicals. The company was sold to pan-Baltic distributor of chemicals.
Member of Supervisory Board
2007
Company providing Scandinavian and Baltic architectural design and engineering.
2015
Member of Advisory Board
2015
Tapvei is the World's leading producer of quality aspen products for animal welfare. The retail customers can find Tapvei's high quality products under MILLAMORE brand.
2010 - 2017
Chairman of Supervisory Board
2010 - 2017
Production and development of chemical products for agricultural sector. The company holds also a number of patents in household chemicals. In 2017, the company operations were sold to one of the largest distributor of chemicals in the Baltics.
2011 - 2017
Member of Supervisory Board
2011 - 2017
Production and development of cellulose fiber related products. Winner of Environmentally Friendly Company of the Year Award 2013 in Estonia.