Taavet Hinrikus

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

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; his investments include Tweetdeck, Mendeley, OMGPOP, Property Partner, Sunrise, Improbable and Mapillary.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
18
Taavet Hinrikus has made 18 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 26, 2021, when Sila raised $13M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Dec 15, 2021 Ramp Series A $52.70M Blockchain Detail
Dec 1, 2021 Printify Series A $5M E-Commerce Detail
Sep 20, 2021 XanPool Series A $27M Cryptocurrency Detail
Sep 9, 2021 Printify Series A $45M E-Commerce Detail
Aug 23, 2021 Numerade Series A $26M Education Detail
Jul 26, 2021 Sila Series A $13M Banking Detail
Jun 10, 2021 Hokodo Series A £8.80M B2B Detail
Jun 2, 2021 Ramp Seed $10.11M Blockchain Detail
May 18, 2021 Lummo Series B $50M Detail
Feb 1, 2021 Ben Seed $2.50M Debit Cards Detail
Jul 9, 2020 RDX Works Series Unknown $4.10M Blockchain Detail
Jan 8, 2020 Sila Seed $7.70M Banking Detail
Sep 25, 2019 FIDEL API Series A $18M Developer APIs Detail
Sep 27, 2017 Onfido Series C £18.99M FinTech Detail
Jun 6, 2016 HiBob Seed $7.50M Human Resources Detail
Dec 10, 2015 Curve Seed $2M Apps Detail
Jun 6, 2014 Coinfloor Series Unknown £200K Bitcoin Detail
Sep 8, 2013 Coinfloor Seed £100K Bitcoin Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
1
Taavet Hinrikus has 1 current jobs including Founder and CEO at Wise , .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Wise Founder and CEO Mar 1, 2010 Detail