Top 50 Gaming Startup Investors in Estonia in October 2023
Top 50 Gaming Startup Investors in Estonia in October 2023
| Investor | Gaming Estonia investments |
|---|---|
| Märt Kelder | 3 |
| Andrus Purde | 2 |
| Joachim Hedenius | 2 |
| Specialist VC | 2 |
| Kaarel Kotkas | 2 |
| Spring Capital | 2 |
| Sebastien Borget | 2 |
| Brian Corrigan | 1 |
| Bonnier Ventures | 1 |
| Forward Venture Capital | 1 |
| Jaan Tallinn | 1 |
| Master Ventures | 1 |
| Lotus Capital | 1 |
| Timo Rein | 1 |
| Tom Preston-Werner | 1 |
| DEPO Ventures | 1 |
| Stefano Corazza | 1 |
| Shima Capital | 1 |
| Diamond Atlas Capital Limited | 1 |
| Riccardo Zacconi | 1 |
| TMT Investments | 1 |
| NordicNinja VC | 1 |
| Tiny VC | 1 |
| BullPerks | 1 |
| Aare Järvan | 1 |
| RubyLight | 1 |
| Marvin Liao | 1 |
| Token Ventures | 1 |
| CharlieGaming CZ | 1 |
| Gmoney eth | 1 |
| Kristian Segerstrale | 1 |
| Panda Capital | 1 |
| AU21 Capital | 1 |
| Hubert Thieblot | 1 |
| Contriber Ventures | 1 |
| Otis Capital | 1 |
| OIG Ventures | 1 |
| Ergo Sooru | 1 |
| Raivo Kütt | 1 |
| Anand Agarawala | 1 |
| Thomas Berman | 1 |
| Konvoy | 1 |
| Gautam Shah | 1 |
| Concentric | 1 |
| FunFair Ventures | 1 |
| Mikko Silventola | 1 |
| Poolz | 1 |
| International Finance Corporation | 1 |
| Samsung NEXT | 1 |
| Trind Ventures | 1 |
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- Public Transportation, Software, Apps
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Estonia, Bangladesh, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- Jatri — Jatri is a public transport journey planner, digital ticketing and mobility marketplace, driving productivity by helping drivers to offer reliable transport to the commuters through our state-of-the-art technology.
- FoodDocs — Globally trusted Food Safety Management System to get and stay compliant. #1 Food Safety software for production, food service, and retail.
- Detail — Record and edit engaging video faster with the simplicity of a camera app combined with the power of a video editor.
Experienced startup marketer. Co-founder and CEO of Outfunnel. Skype and Pipedrive alumni. Angel investor.
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- Software, Public Transportation, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Estonia, United Kingdom, Cyprus
Portfolio highlights
- Avrio — Capture and share data analysis, user research, and learnings directly in context, with your team.
- Klaus — Hypergrowth companies use Klaus to run an effective customer service QA process, coach agents, and boost retention.
- SegmentStream — SegmentStream is a data intelligence platform which helps collect and unify from different data sources into own data warehouse for advanced analytics and attribution. Our solution is trusted by leading brands such as Benetton, Nespresso, New Balance, myToys, Eventim Group, and others.
Joachim Hedenius is the VPE and Co-Founder of KRY.
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- Gaming, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Sweden, Estonia, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Passionfroot — A workspace where you can manage your creator business and organise your finances so that you can optimise your creator-work-life balance.
- Ready Player Me — The Ready Player Me platform leverages AI, ML , and a suite of developer-first tools to empower developers to integrate avatars into their games and apps to launch faster, improve user adoption, and grow revenue through asset monetization.
- Ready Player Me — The Ready Player Me platform leverages AI, ML , and a suite of developer-first tools to empower developers to integrate avatars into their games and apps to launch faster, improve user adoption, and grow revenue through asset monetization.
United Angels VC is an early stage venture capital fund based in Estonia.
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- Information Technology, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Estonia, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- VOOL — VOOL is a one-stop shop for uninterrupted EV Charging. Experience chargers that are reliable, save money, and look damn good. Made in Estonia.
- AskToSell — Companies grow revenue faster using AskToSell to automate sales for small deal sizes. Curious how? Get started with a 7-day free trial. Close Small Deals On Autopilot.
- Vok Bikes — E-cargo bicycles perfect for last-mile deliveries and business use cases in the city. Vok Bikes develops and produces electric cargo bikes in Europe.
Kaarel Kotkas is a Co-Founder and CEO at Veriff.
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- Gaming, Software, 3D Technology
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- Estonia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Yaga — Yaga is designed for everyone who wants to sell items online in a convenient and secure manner.
- Yera — Improve quality of support, sales, on-time delivery, time tracking and more. The only fully automated all-in-one engagement & reward system for teams. Results in just 30 days (or less).
- Yera — Visualize agent performance. Gamify work and plant real trees. High-growth companies use Yera to empower their agents, improve KPIs, and reduce their carbon footprint. Agents can deliver their best work, feel motivated, and help save the planet.
Investments in exceptional teams in the Baltics & Nordics.Our two main focuses include: 1. Startups with a technological edge. Seed stage. Our check size is from €50K up to €200K. With a vast experience in startup building, we typically get hands-on with our advice and help the founders achieve operational excellence. 2. Innovators oftraditional sectors. SMEs with a proven track and strong market position. Clear plans to accelerate the growth. Our investment ticket can be from €300K to €700K to support these aspirations. If you think we have a match, reach out through invest@springcapital.ee.
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- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Estonia, Finland, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Uniify — Uniify is a no-code customer onboarding software that makes it fast, easy and secure for financial companies to onboard their customers. Save your business time and money, and build onboarding flows for your customers in minutes instead of months.
- FoodDocs — Globally trusted Food Safety Management System to get and stay compliant. #1 Food Safety software for production, food service, and retail.
- EyeVi Technologies — EyeVi is a provider of road network intelligence with AI-powered on-demand mapping technologies.
Sebastien Borget is the Co-founder and COO of Pixowl. Passionate for blockchain technology, gaming and education, he is a very active speaker and evangelist who spent the past 8 years focused exclusively on mobile gaming, creating successful games that were downloaded millions of times.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, France, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- GET Protocol — Supercharge your tickets with NFTs and the Blockchain. Easily implement the latest technology and unlock the benefits of truly digital tickets with GET Protocol.
- Lens Protocol — Lens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social graph, ready for you to build on so you can focus on creating a great experience, not scaling your users.
- Bring It On — Bring It On is a mission to redefine the skill games category, merging strong technological infra.
Brian Corrigan is the VP and Head of Americas at PUBG Corporation. He attended Clarkson University and the University at Albany, SUNY. (This website is horribly out of date, probably best to hit my website or LinkedIn)
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- Gaming, Internet, SaaS
- Series A, Seed, Angel
- United States, Estonia, South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- Powerspike — Powerspike is a new type of advertising network based on content creators - where any marketer can make their brand famous in a few clicks. Our Endorsement Serving technology automatically buys, executes, and optimizes content creator endorsements - replacing the traditionally lengthy process of RFP’s, human negotiations, and insertion orders.
- Ready Player Me — The Ready Player Me platform leverages AI, ML , and a suite of developer-first tools to empower developers to integrate avatars into their games and apps to launch faster, improve user adoption, and grow revenue through asset monetization.
- Carry1st — Carry1st develops and publishes enriching mobile games and content apps for African consumers.
Bonnier Capital is the investment division of the Bonnier Group. Since 2016, we invest in promising companies in structurally growing industries and have become a reliant investment partner to companies and funds of various sizes.
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- Health Care, Digital Media, Software
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Sweden, Finland, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Medoma — Medoma is a Swedish virtual ward company that offer patients acute hospital care in their home instead of in the hospital.
- Natural Cycles — Natural Cycles birth control is 93% effective with typical use and 98% effective with perfect use. Learn more about hormone-free birth control today.
- Kyra — Kyra is a Gen-Z entertainment company creating engaging digital content that resonates with youth culture. We represent world class digital native talent, produce digital content with the biggest and best consumer brands and develop media properties publishing daily content on platforms that matter to Gen Z. Kyra has the ability to not onlytarget but truly engage with the Gen-Z audience through content that resonates based on real-time audience data from our proprietary KyraIQ technology. Our inclusive, ahead-of-the-trend content and content creators make us the ultimate destination for the Gen-Z consumer who wants to be inspired by their own community. Our approach and creativity is based on data and insights and has proven to engage this audience better than any traditional publisher. We house a talent agency representing and collaborating with the leading Gen Z social stars such as Abby Roberts and Noen Eubanks; a global content studio creating award-winning content for youth-seeking brand partners such as Converse and HP; and a newly developed portfolio of media properties publishing daily content on Gen Z-native platforms around beauty, fashion, adventure, food, gaming and entertainment.Kyra engages Gen Z better than any traditional publisher, with an audience of 78 million social media followers racking up 750 million monthly video views in 190 countries around the globe. We know exactly where Gen Z is spending their time online and we respect their interests and passions. That result is content that is meaningful and fosters long term engagement for blue chip brands. Our team are experts on Gen Z culture, whether they are producing, managing, creating or marketing in New York, London and Los Angeles. Learn more at https://kyra.com/reel
Forward Venture Capital is a Venture Capital fund that invests in early-stage companies in the US and Europe. We support early stage entrepreneurs and help them accelerate their growth.
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- Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Sweden, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Uniify — Uniify is a no-code customer onboarding software that makes it fast, easy and secure for financial companies to onboard their customers. Save your business time and money, and build onboarding flows for your customers in minutes instead of months.
- Niricson — Niricson Software has developed a proprietary damage assessment software platform paired with a patent-pending drone-based data collection technology that helps infrastructure owners inspect their structures (e.g. hydro dams) in a way that is more accurate, five times faster, and 50% more cost-effective. Niricson is differentiated by its ability toautomatically detect and quantify not only surface damage, but also subsurface damage.
- Elements Advisors — See how Elements can help you quickly demonstrate your value, so you can get new clients. Guaranteed, or your money back.
Jaan Tallinn is the Co-founder of Future of Life Institute.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Estonia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Aerones — Robotic wind turbine service company offering maintenance, inspection and repairs worldwide. Reduce downtime and improve the efficiency of your wind park
- Anthropic — An AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
- TENYX — Tenyx is developing the next generation of voice-based intelligent systems based on proprietary neuroscience-inspired AI technology
Master Ventures is a blockchain focused venture studio. We combine visionary ideas, exceptional talent, and investment capital to invest and build the next generation of revolutionary blockchain businesses and products.
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- Blockchain, Gaming, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
- United States, Singapore, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Arcade2earn — Arcade2earn is the GameFi platform that gives its community the opportunity to earn access to the ecosystem.
- HitBox Games — HitBox Games was founded by industry veterans to provide dev teams around the world with a transparent and ethical publishing option.
- Aether Games — Aether Games are the creative talent behind both of the widely expected NFT-based game titles: Gates of Ethernity and Cards of Ethernity. In addition, the studio's creative efforts are up to be represented by the CGI mini-series "Aether" and many more.
Lotus Capital Investments
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- Gaming, Blockchain, Mobile Apps
- Funding Round, Seed
- Egypt, Norway, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- Joystream — JoyStream is a blockchain powered decentralized media distribution, curation, discovery, and monetization platform.
- Forward Protocol — Create Blockchains, Subnets, and dApps with A No-Code Interface Wordpress for Web 3.0 Cross-Chain Compatible Industry Agnostic Adoption-Focused Deploy Your dApp Now Join the Community Featured In Deploy and go live in a few minutes. No programming skills required. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K07z8cQPQGI&ab_channel=ForwardProtocol Lowest Barrier to Entry Easy to use Open Source Drag and drop Complete control Set
- The Fashion Kingdom — Fashion, Sneakers for men, women, and kids
Timo Rein - Co-Founder @ Pipedrive
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Human Resources
- Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Estonia, Finland, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- YuMuuv — YuMuuv is an employee wellness platform that uses science-based formulas to capture data and keeps track of physical activity & leaderboard.
- Antegenes — What is your cancer risk? Let Antegenes have a look at your genetics. Use existing DNA data or have Antegens take a new sample.
- Bidrento — With Bidrento you can easily manage PRS, Built-to-rent, Student Housing, Co-Living, Mini-Storages, Commercial real estate in one single software. Save your time and grow your business with Bidrento. Try it already today!
Tom Preston-Werner - Cofounder @ Preston-Werner Ventures
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- Software, Information Technology, Developer Tools
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- SigNoz — SigNoz is an open-source observability tool to help you find issues in your deployed applications & solve them quickly. It provides logs, metrics, and traces under a single pane of glass. Built with ClickHouse as datastore, it is designed to handle enterprise scale.
- KittyCAD — Infrastructure for hardware design tools.
- MoneyHash — MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration.
DEPO Ventures is an angel network and VC (Grouport and DEPO Angels Fund II), which connects world of startups and investors.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Czech Republic, United States, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- yummy — Yummy will create personalised meals, manage your diet, assist with cooking, amuse you, and go shopping for you.
- Cardino — Cardino - Verkaufen Sie Ihr E-Auto digital zum besten Preis. Entdecken Sie die einfache und bequeme Art, Ihr Elektroauto online zu verkaufen.
- Masthead Data — Identify and fix data errors before they impact the business. Masthead gives data teams and data users full confidence in data quality for decision-making.
Currently Fellow&VP at Adobe Systems, Stefano heads Adobe's Augmented Reality effort. The mastermind behind Mixamo's advanced technology, Stefano Corazza applied his experience from the University of Padua Human Movement Lab and the Stanford University Biomotion Lab to develop the effective mathematical and machine learning solutionsthat support Mixamo.Prior to Mixamo, Corazza was a research associate at the Stanford University Biomotion Lab until 2008 where he developed markerless motion capture technology and won the Stanford-Caltech-Berkeley Innovators' Challenge in 2005. He additionally is the CTO and co-founder of dublit.com, a Web 2.0 site for short-form literature based in San Francisco; and co-founded and served on the board for Memory SRL, an enterprise software company based in Italy.A true Renaissance man active within the domain of large scale kinetic and new media art and with a past as paragliding test-pilot, Corazza holds a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from University of Padua, a master of design from University of Florence, a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and a Ph.D. in bioengineering and computer vision from University of Padua, part of which was completed at Stanford University.
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- Gaming, Social Media, 3D Technology
- Series A, Series B
- Estonia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Koji — Koji is the world’s most powerful Link in Bio platform. With hundreds of free apps created by Koji and its community of independent developers, the Koji Link in Bio gives leading Creators on TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, and other social media platforms new ways to engage audiences, connect with supporters, and monetize.
- Ready Player Me — The Ready Player Me platform leverages AI, ML , and a suite of developer-first tools to empower developers to integrate avatars into their games and apps to launch faster, improve user adoption, and grow revenue through asset monetization.
Shima Capital is an investment fund that focuses on supporting cutting-edge blockchain startups. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- D3 — D3 - DNS Domains for Web3
- jiritsu.network — Jiritsu is a decentralized protocol enabling verifiable compute.
- Mythic Protocol — Mythic Protocol is an entertainment company that develops games, media and platforms.
Diamond Atlas is dedicated to guiding the development of Web 3.0 and decentralized finance to create intrinsic, sustainable value.
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- Gaming, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Seed
- Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- Legends of Elysium — Legends of Elysium is a fantasy Free-To-Play fusion of Card & Board Game enhanced with strategic elements.
Previously, Riccardo served as vice president of European Sales and Marketing at uDate.com Ltd., an online dating service, and was involved in driving market penetration and partnerships until the company was acquired by InterActive Corporation in 2002. Before that, he was managing director for Spray Network GmbH an online portal based inHamburg with a presence in Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. In this role, Riccardo demonstrated his understanding for developing solid company strategy, intelligent plans for sustainable growth and strategic partnerships, which supported the successful sale of Spray Network to Lycos for $764 million. In addition, Riccardo has been an entrepreneur-in-residence at Benchmark Capital Partners, a Qualified Case Leader at The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. and a consultant at LEK Consulting LLP. He holds a B.A. in Economics from LUISS University, Italy. Riccardo’s favourite King game used to be Jungle Bubble. He’s currently deciding on his new favourite King game.
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- Gaming, Mobile, Online Games
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Estonia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Pahdo Labs — Pahdo Labs is building an Anime-style action MMORPG and game creation platform. The company's mission is to cultivate a virtual world built by players, an online place where people can have a meaningful role in something bigger than themselves, own and share the products of their ingenuity, and foster a sense of belonging for others.PahdoLabs was founded in 2020 and is based in New York, NY.
- Ready Player Me — The Ready Player Me platform leverages AI, ML , and a suite of developer-first tools to empower developers to integrate avatars into their games and apps to launch faster, improve user adoption, and grow revenue through asset monetization.
- Mainframe Industries — We are developing a cloud-native sandbox MMO with a team consisting of former CCP, Remedy, Blizzard and Next Games veterans. Want to join?
TMT Investments PLC invests in high-growth technology companies across a number of core specialist sectors and has a significant number of Silicon Valley investments in its portfolio. Founded in 2010, TMT has invested in over 65 companies to date. The Company’s objective is to generate an attractive rate of return for shareholders,predominantly through capital appreciation. The Company is traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. www.tmtinvestments.com.
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- Software, SaaS, Social Media
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- Feel — We make the cleanest, potent supplements in the world. Delivered straight to your door. Designed by nutritionists for energy, sleep, stress and hair, skin & nails.
- Whizz — My Device is a subscription-based rental service provider for devices like electric scooters, bicycles, home sports equipment, etc.
- Mobilo Card — Share your contact details with a tap. The best digital business card for teams. This is a real business card, no app. The best and cheapest digital business card.
NordicNinja VC invests in startups in the Nordic-Baltic region.
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- Information Technology, Software, Transportation
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- Finland, Sweden, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- ClimateView — ClimateView is a Swedish climate action technology company that helps cities transform climate planning into progress. We combine data, agent-based modelling and interface design to help cities successfully manage the transition to zero carbon economies.
- Pactum — Pactum autonomous negotiations help companies unlock hidden value. Our AI negotiates non-strategic supplier contracts on a massive scale.
- Ready Player Me — The Ready Player Me platform leverages AI, ML , and a suite of developer-first tools to empower developers to integrate avatars into their games and apps to launch faster, improve user adoption, and grow revenue through asset monetization.
Backing great companies when they're tiny
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- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- PartyKit — PartyKit is an open source deployment platform for AI agents.
- Metergrid — Metergrid is a developer of SaaS products for specific problems in decentralized energy systems. They offer a market-leading automated cloud solution for the profitable realization, management, and billing of tenant power projects and charging infrastructure.
- Opna — Opna is a financing platform for climate projects that remove carbon and protect natural ecosystems. Opna offers data, proprietary risk assessments, and efficient capital structures, helping companies to translate net-zero committed capital from financial institutions, and corporates into direct financing across a project's lifecycle.
The Ultimate and most fair platform for retail buyers to get access to private sale allocations to the most sought after crypto projects just like crypto funds do
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- Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain
- Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Estonia, Lithuania, Seychelles
Portfolio highlights
- MetaMall — Metamall will offer a unique virtual reality experience on the blockchain, allowing users to build, explore, and trade.
- Spellfire — Long Lost World is Coming Back. Are You Ready To Own It?
- Goons of Balatroon — A 2D/3D hybrid metaverse featuring Free 2 Play 2 Earn card strategy gaming and land ownership. Ridiculous. Chaotic. Fun. Play for free and earn!
RubyLight is experienced tech entrepreneurs that founded a new technology investment fund in 2010.Their passion is to help fast growing internet and mobile startups to scale and expand globally. Social media, content sharing, communications, and crowd sourcing are their favorite areas of investment.RubyLight offers startups its professionaltech team, proprietary technology, and financial funding to help young companies scale up and expand globally much faster than their competitors.
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- Apps, Mobile, Local
- Seed, Series A
- Estonia, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Yaga — Yaga is designed for everyone who wants to sell items online in a convenient and secure manner.
- Tandem — Tandem is the app that connects language learners around the globe. Ten million members are currently using the platform, which enables individuals to connect and learn new languages via text, audio, and video chat. More than 300 languages are currently available, including fictional and sign languages. Tandem was founded by Arnd Aschentrup,Tobias Dickmeis, and Dr. Matthias Kleimann. The company is backed by prominent European investors such as Brighteye Ventures, GPS Ventures, Hannover Beteiligungsfonds, Rubylight Limited, Trind Ventures and Atlantic Labs. Tandem is available for free on iOS, Android, and the Web. Find out more at www.tandem.net.Tandem was founded in 2015 by Arnd Aschentrup, Tobias Dickmeis, and Matthias Kleimann and was listed by Apple in their "App Store Best of 2015" and by Google in their "Play Store Best of 2017."
- Peerby — Borrow and rent goods from others nearby - affordable, convenient and green. Tools, bikes, party equipment, electronics and more. Try it now.
Marvin works with awesome startups across the globe and at the SF/SV accelerator programs – that is, when he's not practicing his signature song (Backstreet Boys ``I Want it That Way`` btw) & dealing with his book buying addiction, A recovering exec from Yahoo! he's very happy to be part of the Revolution! He invests in digitalmedia, adtech, marketing cloud, e-commerce and mobile startups across the globe. Formerly of Yahoo! Inc. (10.5 years), Marvin has worked in various departments – sales, business development, ad operations and marketing. Most of his positions have been regional or global management roles, giving him extensive experience across Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States. He presently serves on the boards and advisory boards of several internet advertising and ad technology companies across the globe. In addition, he is a mentor for several startup accelerator programs in Europe, Israel and the US, helping guide startup teams with their sales, marketing and partner development efforts.I'm an experienced client-facing senior executive in the media and technology space in both large and start up growth companies, managing large multifunctional teams across multiple countries while based in the Silicon Valley.A longtime fan, participant, and an observer of the digital technology revolution occurring for the last 14 years across the world, i am presently on the advisory boards of several internet advertising and ad technology companies across the globe.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- United States, France, Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- CENOS — CENOS redefines engineering simulation software category for mass adoption: FROM enterprise niche and multi-purpose software for 100K simulation experts TO mass adoption of intuitive vertical-focused simulation apps by 10M+ practical engineers in production
- Ready Player Me — The Ready Player Me platform leverages AI, ML , and a suite of developer-first tools to empower developers to integrate avatars into their games and apps to launch faster, improve user adoption, and grow revenue through asset monetization.
- Starchain Gazer — Building the most user-centric Web3 game studio in the world, creating powerful gaming experiences.
We see a bright future of blockchain-based technologies.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Estonia, France, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Elusiv — Elusiv offers compliance in mind with next-generation privacy solutions for a better Web3.
- Swipelux — Swipelux is a payment gateway widget, that enables the end-user to buy crypto using his credit/debit card. Swipelux is B2B focus, with the ability to integrate this fast, safe and flexible widget into all kinds of Websites, Crypto exchanges, Crypto wallets, Defi, NFT marketplaces.
- Legends of Elysium — Legends of Elysium is a fantasy Free-To-Play fusion of Card & Board Game enhanced with strategic elements.
CharlieGaming is your guide to the world of NFT games and the Metaverse. From CryptoKitties to Axie Infinity, from Decentraland to The Sandbox - we cover and teach you about it all.
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- Gaming, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Seed
- Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- Legends of Elysium — Legends of Elysium is a fantasy Free-To-Play fusion of Card & Board Game enhanced with strategic elements.
Gmoney eth
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- Apps, Gaming, Messaging
- Pre-Seed, Series A
- Estonia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Ready Player Me — The Ready Player Me platform leverages AI, ML , and a suite of developer-first tools to empower developers to integrate avatars into their games and apps to launch faster, improve user adoption, and grow revenue through asset monetization.
- Salsa (prev. Pearl) — Meet & Chat throught POAPs. The app to connect with web3 people and brand you care about.
Kristian Segerstrale is the Co-founder of Initial Capital and Board member of Supercell, as well as the Co-founder and CEO of Playfish. Kristian has been at the forefront of the rapidly transforming game industry since 2001.He was a co-founder of mobile gaming pioneer Macrospace – today Glu Mobile (Nasdaq: GLUU) in 2001 through the successfulIPO in 2007. He left to co-found Playfish, the social gaming pioneer, where he served as CEO through the company’s rapid growth to 60 Million players and the subsequent acquisition by Electronic Arts for $400M in 2009. After a period as EVP Digital at Electronic Arts driving the aggressive transformation of the company from packaged goods to digital, Kristian left in March 2013 to focus on startups. Today Kristian leads seed stage investments with Initial Capital and serves on the board of Supercell, the #1 iOS game company.Kristian has previously served on the board of LOVEFiLM, the European streaming video pioneer until its acquisition by Amazon.com.
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- Gaming, Online Games, PC Games
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Finland, India
Portfolio highlights
- Battlebound — Battlebound is on a mission to build memorable lifelong gaming communities that invite players into Heroic Stories, creating deep connections and positive life changes. Heroic stories are thrilling gameplay moments that bring players together and enrich players lives inside and outside the game. We believe blockchain technology will deepen these moments and enrich the player experience when paired with world-class gameplay.
- nCore Games — nCore Games is a mobile games and interactive entertainment company.
- Lightforge Games — Lightforge Games is a new, all-remote video game studio on a quest to change how the world plays RPGs.
Founded in 2015, Panda Capital is a new generation venture capital firm in China focused on early-stage businesses powered by innovative and disruptive technology.Panda Capital is a disciplined early-stage investor focused on companies from Angel to Series B stages and strive to become their first or the second institutional investor.We focus onfast-growing tech startups in areas including Data Driven AI Applications, Enterprise Services, Fintech, Logistics, Mobility & Transportation, and New Generation Consumer Trends.Our family of portfolio companies include: Mobike (Now as Meituan Bike), Atzuche, Mi-Me Financial, 1ziton, Intengine Technology, Xunyi (Antwork), Robot++, Aiwhale, Dr. White and Fulmz AI, etc. Panda Capital have received various awards including "2017 & 2018 China Venture Capital Firms Top 10" by Zero2IPO, “2017 China’s Best Venture Capital Firms Top 10” and “2017 China’s Best Return Venture Capital Firms Top 10” by China Venture, and “2017 China Venture Capital Firms in Sharing Economy Top 10” by 36Kr, etc.
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- Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- China, United States, Malta
Portfolio highlights
- Blue Protein — Blue Protein is a biotechnology company that focuses on the research and development of animal feed or edible insects.
- Theia Studios — Icons of Theia - a tactical turn based strategy game
- Qiming Supply Chain — Qiming Supply Chain aims to empower brand owners and distributors, providing them with comprehensive services such as channel construction, system services, and logistics delivery. The main service categories are fast-moving consumer goods. The current coverage area includes East China, Northeast China, North China and other regions, and Continueto expand outwards and build itself into an omni-channel consumer goods distribution service provider in the whole country.
A fund dedicated to backing the most brilliant minds in the blockchain space
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
- Singapore, United States, United Kingdom
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- Nillion — The Secure Processing Layer of Web3
- The Unfettered — The Unfettered is a blockchain PC game.
- Cryption Network — Cryption Network is crypto company. Its can swap, farm, Invest and predict with cryption's unique and user-friendly DeFi 2.0 products. Bringing mass adoption to DeFi. PolyDEX is cryption's flagship product, which is completely gasless, instant, cross-chain AMM DEX with yield farming.
Hubert Thieblot founded Curse, Inc. in 2005 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer.
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- Gaming, Video Games, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Denmark, Estonia
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- Ready Player Me — The Ready Player Me platform leverages AI, ML , and a suite of developer-first tools to empower developers to integrate avatars into their games and apps to launch faster, improve user adoption, and grow revenue through asset monetization.
- Bright Star Studios — Publisher of Ember Sword. We build zero-friction next-gen social MMOs that empower gamers through open player-centric-economies based on digital collectibles.
- End Game Interactive — End Game Interactive is a game development company that built third-party apps for games such as Pokévision. End Game Interactive is a developer of ZombsRoyale.io, a real-time multiplayer shooter that runs in browsers across numerous platforms. It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.
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- Software, Apps, 3D Technology
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Estonia, Finland, Germany
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- Speakly — SPEAKLY is a powerful language learning tool
- Timbeter — The most accurate and easy-to-use mobile platform with built-in cloud storage, online inventory & reporting for easy adoption. Using image recognition and machine learning technology, Timbeter is creating the world's largest database of photometrically scanned timber logs.
- Ready Player Me — The Ready Player Me platform leverages AI, ML , and a suite of developer-first tools to empower developers to integrate avatars into their games and apps to launch faster, improve user adoption, and grow revenue through asset monetization.
Otis Capital Fund Management Company (“OCAM”) is one of the industry leaders in the field of digital asset investment in Vietnam. Licensed by the Department of Planning and Investment of Hanoi City with the field of fund management, investment portfolio management, and investment consulting services. OCAM's vision and goal is to provide themost optimal investment solutions for investors, as well as the best investment knowledge, finance, and customer care services.
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- Gaming, Blockchain, Mobile Apps
- Seed
- Estonia, Singapore
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- Chimeras — Chimeras is a thrilling mobile game available in Google Play Market and Apple App Store. It is developed as a free-to-play and play-and-earn game with the integrated DEFI farming and NFTs.
- Enjinstarter — Web 3.0 Entertainment, Sports, Fashion, Metaverse, Social, Gamefi & Gamified Utility
OIG Ventures is an investment firm.
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- Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Series A, Initial Coin Offering
- Estonia, Singapore, Seychelles
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- GEMS — GEMS is an Esports 3.0 aggregator Platform that combines the elements of GameFi, Esports, Metaverse and SocialFi (GEMS).
- Metastrike — Metastrike is a Metaverse first-person shooter (FPS) 3D game integrated into the blockchain.
- Aura Network — Aura Network is a scalable, agile and effortless Layer-1 blockchain with a comprehensive ecosystem built to accelerate global NFTs adoption.
Anand Agarawala is the creator of BumpTop, an irresistible new desktop interface with a satisfyingly three-dimensional physicality and a fresh approach to interactivity.Anand completed his Master thesis in 2006 which pioneered a novel physically based desktop interface leveraging expressive power and casual nature of real desks. His Masters ofComputer Science was completed at the University of Toronto. He completed his undergraduate thesis in 2004 at the University of Calgary. In his free time, Anand enjoys competitive team sports such as hockey and basketball. He often travels to India and across Europe and North America.
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- Health Care, Mobile, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, Estonia
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- Watsi — Watsi is a crowdsourcing platform that enables individual donors to directly fund medical care for patients in developing countries who can’t afford to do so. The funds the non-profit collects are transferred entirely to the patients through PayPal as the organization’s own costs are covered separately. With automatic monthly donations, donorsreceive a monthly email introducing them to the patient they supported along with an update after they receive care. Watsi was founded in 2011 and is based in Mountain View, California.
- FANtium — FANtium is the platform for FANs to support athletes they support, interact with them, and share their real-world achievement.
- Ready Player Me — The Ready Player Me platform leverages AI, ML , and a suite of developer-first tools to empower developers to integrate avatars into their games and apps to launch faster, improve user adoption, and grow revenue through asset monetization.
Thomas Berman
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- SaaS, Energy, Consumer
- Series C, Seed, Series D
- United States, Estonia
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- Bolt — The smartest way to move around in cities. Forget expensive taxi rides or slow public transport. Get a ride in minutes. Download the Bolt app for iOS and Android.
- comScore — Comscore is a trusted currency for planning, transacting, and evaluating media across platforms.
- Luminary Micro — Luminary Micro, Inc. designs, markets, and sells ARM Cortex-M3-based microcontrollers for energy, security, and connectivity markets. It offers mixed-signal microcontrollers for motion control, industrial automation, medical, transportation, appliance, and security and access applications. The company also provides evaluation kits, developmentkits, and reference design kits. It offers stepper motor modules, AC induction motor modules, brushless DC motor modules, brushed DC motor controller modules, serial-to-Ethernet modules, intelligent display modules with PoE and Ethernet, intelligent display modules with landscape display, and 10-pin to 20-pin JTAG adapter modules. The company also provides Stellaris Peripheral Driver Library for controlling the peripherals found on the Stellaris family of ARM Cortex-M3 microcontrollers; Stellaris Graphics Library, a set of graphics primitives and a widget set for creating graphical user interfaces on Stellaris microcontroller-based boards that have a graphical display; Stellaris USB Library, a sub-set of USB functions simplify embedded USB control; Code Samples, a code to use ARM Cortex-M3 platform with a set of sample applications; Stellaris In-System Programming Support; and Stellaris IEC 60730 Support, a test library to support its customers in class B certification process. It offers its products through a network of representatives in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific Rim, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Austin, Texas. As of May 14, 2009, Luminary Micro, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Texas Instruments Inc.
Konvoy Ventures is a thesis driven venture capital firm. We invest in the platforms and technologies at the frontier of gaming.
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- Gaming, Video Games, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Sweden
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- Afference — Powering the sense of touch in the digital world. Feel digital objects in AR, VR, and XR with our groundbreaking haptic feedback device, the Phantom.
- Proxima — At Proxima, we aim to push the boundaries of interactive entertainment by blending innovative technology with deep artistry. We believe in the magic of exploration, the power of creativity, and the strength of human connection that form the very foundation of our gaming experiences.
- CANOPUS Networks — Understand exactly what is happening on your network at all times. CANOPUS indexes terabit-scale traffic in real-time to provide actionable insights and forensic analysis.
Gautam Shah
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- Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Video Games
- Series B, Series C, Seed
- United States, Estonia
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- Faraway — Faraway makes hyper-social blockchain games with player-driven economies.
- Ready Player Me — The Ready Player Me platform leverages AI, ML , and a suite of developer-first tools to empower developers to integrate avatars into their games and apps to launch faster, improve user adoption, and grow revenue through asset monetization.
- Souq G-Commerce — Souq is lowering the barriers to access and participate in GameFi. We're building the infrastructure powering community-owned financial markets where players can thoughtfully invest in the games they love.
We partner with sector-defining founders across Europe to create new technologies that disrupt the status quo and solve the problems that matter.
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- Financial Services, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United Kingdom, United States, Norway
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- Relai — Relai is a Bitcoin investment app that allows anyone to buy bitcoin within one minutes or set up an automated savings plan.
- ThingTrax — Realise improved efficiency, quality control, employee safety and productivity by modernising your factories with ThingTrax's AI and IoT
- Superscript — Specialist insurance advice for digital businesses and emerging risk. Get business insurance that's as cutting edge as you are. Book a call.
FunFair Ventures is a venture capital business .Funfair Ventures funds early stage blockchain projects with a focus on both equity and tokens.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Gaming
- Seed
- Peru, Estonia, Isle of Man
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- Wakweli — Wakweli makes a positive impact, on the whole, tokenized asset ecosystem. The company was located in Geneva.
- NORTHSTAKE — Providing institutional investors with access to future economies through secure and trustworthy investment pathways for digital assets
- GET Protocol — Supercharge your tickets with NFTs and the Blockchain. Easily implement the latest technology and unlock the benefits of truly digital tickets with GET Protocol.
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.
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- E-Commerce, Transportation, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Estonia, United States, Finland
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- Cargofy — Cargofy it's a mobile assistant, kind of a "Siri" but for truck drivers. We help truckers access to high paying loads through our app, and receive discounts on fuel, maintenance, and truck parts.
- Awesomic — Get matched with the best-fit designer on a fixed budget with no stress. Place a design task and see the first results on the next business day. Start today!
- Montonio — 10x lower fees and the most customer-friendly financing solution.
Poolz is a decentralized swapping protocol offering blockchain startups the ideal package of services, including tech, investors, and influencers, to manage their listing process successfully on the Poolz D’app.
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- Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Gaming
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Singapore, Spain, Estonia
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- metameet — Create worlds, explore and trade NFTs in the first-ever virtual world owned by its users.
- Banger — Banger is a blockchain-powered gaming platform that provides its users with an array of earning possibilities. Banger was founded in 2019 and was headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
- Neptune Mutual — Need Crypto Insurance? You don't need to submit loss proof to receive payouts. No need to wait after creating a claim. Get a free price quote now.
A strong and engaged private sector is indispensible to ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. That's where IFC comes in - we have more than 60 years experience in unlocking private investment, creating markets and opportunities where they are needed most.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
- India, Brazil, United States
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- SteinCares — SteinCares is a supplier of specialty healthcare products, such as complex generics, biosimilars, and cutting-edge pharmaceuticals.
- Veritas Finance — Veritas Finance focuses on meeting the financial needs of the micro, small, and medium enterprises. Veritas Finance Private Limited is an organization started with the primary intention of reaching out to the customers who either have no access or inadequate access to financial services in the informal sector. 'Veritas' in Latin meanstruth. True to its name, Veritas is focused on making a true impact through inclusive access to financial services on the customers engaged in informal activities.The company is run by professionals with rich experience in the financial services industry that aims to make availing credit easy to this segment and make a positive impact on the lives of millions of Indians engaged in informal activities and who actually build the nation.
- Mahindra Last Mile Mobility — Mile Mobility is a division of M&M that is in charge of the company's well-known mix of petrol, CNG, diesel, and electric last mile mobility 3- and 4-wheelers - passenger and freight vehicles.
Samsung NEXT Ventures is an investment arm of Samsung NEXT, a multifaceted innovation group within Samsung Electronics dedicated to identifying new growth opportunities that will define the next decade. The firm prefers to invest in artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, health technology, infrastructure, and media technology sectors.
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- Software, Blockchain, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Israel, Canada
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- Bold — Bold is your home for personalized, science-backed workouts shown to reduce fall risk. Assess your strength, mobility, and balance with a free 1-minute test.
- Atropos Health — Atropos Health rapidly provides personalized real-world evidence for any clinical decision
- Mesh — Mesh enables safer, easier crypto transfers and payments from 300+ leading exchanges and wallets, all without leaving your platform
Trind Ventures is an early stage VC fund based in Tallinn, Estonia. Investing in start-ups across Europe, from seed rounds all the way to sustainability, with a focus on ICT. Trind Ventures partners are Joel Aasmäe, Ivar Siimar, Kimmo Irpola and Taavi Lepmets.
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- Software, Information Technology, Analytics
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Estonia, Finland, Latvia
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- Yaga — Yaga is designed for everyone who wants to sell items online in a convenient and secure manner.
- eAgronom — eAgronom helps farmers generate additional revenue streams, improve soil quality, and access better financing.
- My Telescope — My Telescope is the Share of Search analytics tool marketers use to track campaigns and build data-driven branding strategies.
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