# Top 40 Climate Angel Investors in Estonia in October 2023 ## Kristjan Raude - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Consumer Electronics, Internet of Things, Software 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. ## Martin Tajur - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Recruiting Martin Tajur is the co-founder of Pipedrive. ## 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. ## Martin Villig - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, 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 ## Madis Müür - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Smart Building, Marketing Automation Madis Müür ## Taavi Tamkivi - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, AgTech Taavi Tamkivi was Helping in Banks & FinTechs fight FinCrime. also a Founder & CEO at Salv . ## Sten Tamkivi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Ragnar Sass - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Ragnar Sass has strongest skill is to find the best people and keep them rocking in speed of 200 km/h. He has organized 20+ Hack-a-thons Garage48 in Eastern Europe + West & East-Africa. He advise other founders and share experience where it could help. ## Pascal Christian Weinberger - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: EdTech, Software, Communities Pascal Christian Weinberger - CEO & Co-Founder @ Bardeen ## Andrius Slimas - Type: Angel - Location: Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Cooking, Jewelry Andrius Slimas - CEO and co-founder @ Oberlo, formerly head of web agency Studio4, over ten years experience in ecommerce, dropshipping and software development.Oberlo is a dropshipping solution for ecommerce store-owners. It provides a number of dropshipping automation tools and instant access to millions of products available fordropshipping. ## Kuldar Väärsi - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Water, Recycling, Water Purification Kuldar Väärsi is the Founder and CEO at Milrem Robotics. ## Justin Jenk - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Battery, Electronics, Manufacturing Justin Jenk is the Senior Managing Partner of Raktas OU. ## Kair Käsper - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Recruiting Kair Kasper is the Co-Founder and CRO at Klaus. ## Hubertus Thonhauser - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Mobile Apps, E-Commerce Hubertus Thonhauser - Managing Partner @ Enabling Future ## Andrus Purde - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Public Transportation, Internet Experienced startup marketer. Co-founder and CEO of Outfunnel. Skype and Pipedrive alumni. Angel investor. ## 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 Future of Life Institute. ## Ott Kaukver - Type: Angel - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, SaaS Ott Kaukver is Chief Technology Officer at Checkout.com. Attended Estonian Business School. ## Elar Nellis - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, CAD, SaaS Elar is a full-stack engineer with 12+ years of experience. He has worked for different start-ups during his whole professional career and wouldn't change start-up life for anything. Elar was also the first employee of Estonian flagship startup Pipedrive. If he's not working then he's probably playing piano, writing music or hikingin the endless forests of Estonia. ## Triin Hertmann - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Software, E-Commerce Triin Hertmann is founder of Grünfin, a sustainable investment platform, angel investor (mostly in Estonia and Nordics region). She is a former COO at TransferWise and early employee of Skype. ## Karin Nemec - Type: Angel - Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, GreenTech, Health Care Karin Nemec is the Founder and CEO.Karin Nemec attended IESE Business School. ## Raivo Kütt - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Apps, Gaming, Mobile Raivo Kütt ## Toomas Kõuhkna - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Battery, Electronics, Manufacturing Toomas Kõuhkna ## Alvar Lumberg - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, GreenTech Alvar Lumberg - CTO, co-founder @ Grünfin ## Alejandro Jimenez - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Waste Management, Packaging Services Alejandro Jimenez ## Janis Krums - Type: Angel - Location: Riga, Riga, Latvia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Big Data, Financial Services, SaaS Janis Krums is a Venture Partner at change ventures. ## Ergo Sooru - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Apps, Gaming, Mobile Ergo Sooru ## Taavet Hinrikus - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software 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. ## Taavi Veskimägi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Sustainability, Natural Resources Taavi Veskimägi is a former member of the Estonian Parliament(2003-2009) and Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2005. ## Priit Piilmann - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Power Grid, Building Material, Natural Resources Priit Piilmann ## Kaarel Kotkas - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Gaming, Software, 3D Technology Kaarel Kotkas is a Co-Founder and CEO at Veriff. ## Aare Järvan - Type: Angel - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Apps, Gaming, Mobile Aare Järvan ## Markku Jääskelainen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Drones, Big Data, Software Markku Jääskelainen. ## Zem Joaquin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Waste Management, Packaging Services Zem Joaquin ## Janer Gorohhov - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Waste Management, Packaging Services Janer Gorohhov is the Co-Founder and COO at Veriff. ## Taavi Kotka - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Electronics, Battery, FinTech Taavi Kotka, currently the Estonian Government CIO, has a strong background working in private sector. He started his career as a programmer, rapidly rising to be a Managing Director of the most successful software development company in the region – Nortal, former Webmedia. He is a founder of many innovative start-up companies likezeroturnaround.com, plumbr.eu etc. He has a Master of Science in Engineering from Tallinn University of Technology. Also, Taavi Kotka has many honors: he is the European CIO of the Year 2014 (by ICT Spring), he was the president of the Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications (ITL) and he was elected as an Entrepreneur of the year in 2011 (by Ernst&Young). Taavi is a board member in many ICT initiatives in Estonia and has been the brainpower behind many Estonian e-government innovative initiatives like e-residency, data embassy, no-legacy policy etc. ## Artis Kehris - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Information Services, Legal Artis Kehris - Co-Founder @ Printify ## Kersti Kaljulaid - Type: Angel - Location: Tallin, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Battery, Electronics, Manufacturing In 2016, Kersti Kaljulaid was elected President of the Republic of Estonia. Previously she served from 2004 to 2016 as a Member of the European Court of Auditors. Kersti Kaljulaid was the CFO and CEO of the Iru Power Plant of state-owned energy company Eesti Energia from 2002 to 2004. From 1999 to 2002, Kersti Kaljulaid was Prime Minister MartLaar's Economic Advisor.Kersti Kaljulaid was a member of the Supervisory Board of the Estonian Genome Center from 2001 to 2004. She was also a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Tartu from 2009 to 2011 and the Council Chair of the University from 2012 to 2016. Kersti Kaljulaid graduated from the University of Tartu in 1992 in the field of genetics in the Faculty of Natural Sciences and completed her master's studies in the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration in 2001. ## Bryan Meehan - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Packaging Services, Farming, Waste Management Bryan Meehan CEO at Blue Bottle Coffee. Previously, I co-founded Nude Skincare (acquired by LVMH) and Fresh & Wild in London (acquired by Whole Foods).I'm an advocate of socially responsible investing and co-founded Greenmont Capital, a venture firm focused on investing in people who are primarily interested in creating environmentallyfriendly products. Investments include IZZE soda line and Mary's Gone Crackers. I get very excited about great founders and have recently invested in Slack, Hampton Creek, and of course, Blue Bottle Coffee where I spend most of my time working with James Freeman and the Blue Bottle team. I'm also a very active real estate investor.I grew up in Dublin. Since, I've lived in London, Boston and San Francisco. I love music, hiking, travel, art, organic food and coffee. I'm on the Board of Trustees at De Young and Legion of Honor museums in San Francisco. I hate GMOs and campaigning hard to have food properly labelled. ## Sergei Anikin - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: SaaS, Software, Manufacturing Sergei Anikin is the CEO of Tuum. He previously worked at Pipedrive as a Chief Technology Officer. Sergei Anikin attended TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology. ## Arvi Tavast - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: AgTech, Farming, Software Arvi Tavast is the Director at Institute of the Estonian Language. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co