Investors in Estonia

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.

Superangel is a community of successful founders taking you to the next level. We offer early stage investments from entrepreneurs to entrepreneurs. As a value-add for our portfolio companies, we provide expertise in customer and business development, team-building & hiring, sales & marketing and product development tailored for each startup to take you to the next major milestone. 1-on-1 mentorship sessions, thematic workshops and our experts in residence are just some of the things that give our companies an edge.

Startup Wise Guys is one of the most active early stage investors in the broader CEE region and Nordics. To help techy startup founders become true entrepreneurs, we are running a world class startup accelerator since 2012. We have accelerated more than 145 startups in 15 cohorts, focusing on B2B SaaS, Fintech and Cybersecurity. Portfolio has already had 1 major exit and overall startup survival and success rate is above 77%. The intensive 3 month accelerator program is focused on validating, developing and selling products to business customers. Over 200 international and local mentors help startups move through those stages much faster than they would on their own. Founders are also prepared to sell their vision to investors, and the program culminates Demo Days & major tech event visits, where startups get to present to venture capitalists and angel investors. Post program, startups join the alumni community of 145+ startups in more than 40 countries and become eligible for invite-only alumni events such as SWG Getaway focused on business development, fundraising and experience sharing.

Speedinvest is a European venture capital fund for tech start-ups. The company collaborates with entrepreneurs in achieving their goal of building great companies. It is involved in early stage investments and specializes in operational support. Speedinvest partners with a global network, that includes operations in Silicon Valley, to become a key investment and development hub for Europe’s start-up community.

Tera Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Tallinn, Estonia and focused on exceptional founders from Baltics, Scandinavia and CEE, disrupting digital space globally. Tera builds presence and networks in the markets where our portfolio companies want to expand to - the UK, the US, and Asia. With presence in Estonia, Finland, and California, Tera Ventures is supported by a global advisory network and provides portfolio companies with access to expertise and hands-on support necessary to grow from seed stage to successful exit. While investing we do not take a controlling shareholding as they believe that the management of the company should be adequately motivated by its shareholding in the company.

AS BaltCap is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in early venture, startups, mid venture, late venture, later stage expansion, lower-mid market, expansion capital, development stages, add-on investments, pre- IPO stages, buyouts and buy-ins, growth capital, industry consolidations, and restructurings. It does not participate in hostile takeovers nor provide debt financing and loans. The firm does not invest in gambling, manufacture of tobacco, arms manufacturing, hard liquor manufacturing (breweries acceptable), financial services, real estate, insurance, human cloning and genetically modified organisms, or any environmentally hazardous business. It has a generalist sector approach and focuses its investments in business-to-business services, manufacturing, healthcare, information and communication technology, energy and specialty retail, transportation infrastructure, distribution and logistics sectors. It seeks to invest in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and businesses that want to launch new products and services. It prefers to invest in Baltic States with a focus on Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The firm typically invests between EUR0.5 million ($0.57 million) and €3 million ($3.95 million) for buy-outs investments. The private equity strategy funds invest in transactions with enterprise value typically between €5 million ($5.65 million) and €40 million ($45.16 million) and maximum assets of €27 million ($23.92 million). The Jeremie funds focus on providing financing between €0.3 million ($0.42 million) and €3 million ($4.22 million). The firm invests between €0.3 million ($0.26 million) and €10 million ($13.45 million) in companies with maximum revenue of €40 million ($35.44 million). It primarily invests in equity or equity related instruments like convertibles, preferred shares, bonds with warrants and becomes a shareholder in its portfolio companies. The firm prefers to hold a seat in a council or a supervisory board of the portfolio company, shareholders’ agreement, and acquires majority or blocking significant minority positions with controlling rights. It also seeks to co-invest. It exits its investments between three years and five years through strategic trade sale, sale to a strategic buyer, financial investor, sale to other co-owners, or IPO. AS BaltCap was founded in 1995 and is based in Tallinn, Estonia with additional offices at Rigas, Latvia and Vilnius, Lithuania.

Hi there! We want to be the best place for people to start, build and join strong tech companies. Our fund invests €150-800k in Finnish, Swedish, and Estonian unique software-driven companies.We invest at idea, angel and seed stages. Besides investing, we manage a community of hundreds of members who offer you a network of potential team members, clients, and advisors.

Superhero Capital is to founders what Alfred is to Batman – the help from behind the scenes. The fund has four full-time ‘Alfreds’ helping in building scalable tech, metrics and insight, business model and storytelling. The team has collectively founded, worked at and invested in over 60 startups in various fields including ecommerce, fintech, healthtech, and industrial tech.

Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors who manage portfolios in the U.S., China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia. The firm is a trusted partner to some of the world’s most innovative entrepreneurs, supporting them with unmatched operating experience and deep access to the capital, talent, partners and customers they need to build truly global businesses.

CapMan is a leading Nordic private assets management and investment company. They have built value in unlisted businesses, real estate and infrastructure for 30 years. They serve investors in the private assets class on a broad scale. Their roots are Nordic but their handprint and their networks are international. At CapMan, they build better organised, managed, and financially stable companies, because this contributes to overall economic well-being. More jobs and innovations equal better conditions for the society. Similarly, they invest in real estate and infrastructure, because they believe that functional high-quality environments and utilities are cornerstones for functioning societies.