Tera Ventures

Tera Ventures OÜ is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 and based in Tallinn, Estonia, with additional offices in Burbank, California, and Helsinki, Finland. The firm specializes in seed and startup stage investments, primarily focusing on the digital sector. Tera Ventures targets exceptional founders in the Baltic, Scandinavian, and Central and Eastern European regions, including countries such as Estonia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and the Czech Republic. The firm invests between €0.2 million and €1.5 million per company, with the potential for significant follow-on funding for select investments. Tera Ventures emphasizes providing hands-on support and access to a global advisory network, aiding portfolio companies in scaling and achieving successful exits, while ensuring that management retains a motivating shareholding in their firms.

Erik Anderson

Venture Partner

Martin Hendre

Operating Partner

Stanislav Ivanov

Founding Partner

Kristi Kurvits

Associate

James McDougall

Venture Partner

Andrus Oks

Founding Partner

Enrique Sarap

Associate

Past deals in Estonia

Rendin

Seed Round in 2020
Rendin OÜ is a long-term rental platform based in Tallinn, Estonia, established in 2019. It provides a mobile application that facilitates interactions among landlords, tenants, and agents. The platform offers various services designed to streamline the renting process, including tenant background checks, legal cover and advice, guaranteed rent payments, and rent payment protection. Rendin also eliminates the need for security deposits and provides damage protection, along with complimentary legal advice. By focusing on these innovative solutions, Rendin aims to enhance the renting experience for all parties involved.

Jobbatical

Series A in 2017
Jobbatical OÜ is an Estonian company founded in 2014 that provides an online platform for connecting professionals, such as developers, graphic designers, and marketers, with employers offering short-term employment opportunities. The service enables individuals seeking a combined work and travel experience to find temporary positions while helping employers fill short-term vacancies. Jobbatical also offers immigration and settlement services, streamlining the onboarding process for companies hiring international talent. By facilitating these connections, Jobbatical simplifies the complexities of short-term contracts and global mobility for both job seekers and employers.

Jobbatical

Seed Round in 2016
Jobbatical OÜ is an Estonian company founded in 2014 that provides an online platform for connecting professionals, such as developers, graphic designers, and marketers, with employers offering short-term employment opportunities. The service enables individuals seeking a combined work and travel experience to find temporary positions while helping employers fill short-term vacancies. Jobbatical also offers immigration and settlement services, streamlining the onboarding process for companies hiring international talent. By facilitating these connections, Jobbatical simplifies the complexities of short-term contracts and global mobility for both job seekers and employers.

Jobbatical

Seed Round in 2015
Jobbatical OÜ is an Estonian company founded in 2014 that provides an online platform for connecting professionals, such as developers, graphic designers, and marketers, with employers offering short-term employment opportunities. The service enables individuals seeking a combined work and travel experience to find temporary positions while helping employers fill short-term vacancies. Jobbatical also offers immigration and settlement services, streamlining the onboarding process for companies hiring international talent. By facilitating these connections, Jobbatical simplifies the complexities of short-term contracts and global mobility for both job seekers and employers.

Jobbatical

Pre Seed Round in 2014
Jobbatical OÜ is an Estonian company founded in 2014 that provides an online platform for connecting professionals, such as developers, graphic designers, and marketers, with employers offering short-term employment opportunities. The service enables individuals seeking a combined work and travel experience to find temporary positions while helping employers fill short-term vacancies. Jobbatical also offers immigration and settlement services, streamlining the onboarding process for companies hiring international talent. By facilitating these connections, Jobbatical simplifies the complexities of short-term contracts and global mobility for both job seekers and employers.

Sportlyzer

Seed Round in 2012
OÜ Sportlyzer develops software that analyses training information for amateur athletes and accordingly plans target driven training sessions. OÜ Sportlyzer was founded in 2009 and is based in Tartu, Estonia.

Cellin Technologies

Seed Round in 2010
Cellin Technologies LLC is a cell therapy products contract manufacturing company founded in 2008, located in Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol at Mäealuse 4. Cellin Technologies focuses on providing contract manufacturing and clinical research services for developing proprietary technologies to produce cells for experimental or clinical applications on a commercial scale. Cellin Technologies provides services to pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinics in Estonia and external markets.