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Startup Wise Guys

startupwiseguys.com ↗ ·Tallinn ·Invests Pre-seed – Seed

A global venture capital fund and B2B startup accelerator founded in 2012 in Tallinn, Estonia, investing in early-stage B2B startups across cybersecurity, defence, fintech, SaaS, proptech, sustainability, and web3. It has run 45+ programs, invested in 400+ companies from 60+ countries, and counts 20+ exits, making it one of the most active early-stage accelerator funds in Europe.

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Team

AUM

n/a

Rounds

Cheque

€80–500K

SectorsCybersecurity, Defence & Security, Fintech, SaaS, Proptech, Sustainability, Web3 VC MapAccelerator / Venture Builder

portfolio by sector11

Fintech2 Healthtech & Bio1 Enterprise Software1 AI & Data1 Cybersecurity1 5 more sectors5

deals by stage9

Pre-seed3 Seed5 Series A1

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Team

Partners 5 Investment Team 1 Others 6

Herty Tammo

CEO & Co-Founder, General Partner

Alexandra Balkova

General Partner Challenger II & Head of Portfolio

Davide Coppola

Managing Director

Dag Ainsoo

General Partner

Günce Önür

General Partner

Portfolio companies 11

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Nymiz

entered at Seed, 2024

Cybersecurity Series A

Cloudtainer

led Seed, 2025

Mobility & Logistics Seed

Breakevent

entered at Seed, 2025

Media & Gaming Seed

Chatty Insights

entered at Pre-seed, 2023

AI & Data Pre-seed

S.Lab

entered at Pre-seed, 2023

Energy & Climate Pre-seed

Crono

entered at Pre-seed, 2023

Enterprise Software Seed

Gaddex

entered at Seed, 2023

HR & Future of Work Seed

Jeff

entered at Seed, 2021

Healthtech & Bio Seed

Vilma

per company site

Edtech Seed

Funding rounds 9

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Date	Company	Round	Amount	Lead
2025-10-08	Nymiz	Series A (estimated)	€2M	TIN Capital +4 more
2025-02-26	Cloudtainer	Seed	€218K incl. debt: equity and debt, the split was not disclosed	Startup Wise Guys +5 more
2025-01-30	Breakevent	Seed (estimated)	€876K	Archipélago Next +3 more
2024-04-09	Nymiz	Seed	€2.8M	Swanlaab Venture Factory +6 more
2023-11	Chatty Insights	Pre-seed (estimated)	approximately $100K	Lead not disclosed +1 more
2023-10	S.Lab	Pre-seed	approximately €700K	Lead not disclosed +5 more
2023-06-13	Crono	Pre-seed	€500K	SFC Capital +3 more
2023-01	Gaddex	Seed (estimated)	approximately €500K	Lead not disclosed +3 more
2021-03-23	Jeff	Seed	approximately €2.22M	Estonian Business Angels Network (EstBAN) +5 more

Often invests with 9

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Archipélago Next 2 Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación 2 Swanlaab Venture Factory 2 Aticco Ventures 1 Easo Ventures 1 GoHub Ventures 1

News 6

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Published	Article
2025-03-12	Italian fashion tech startup Zerow secures €400k pre-seed from Startup Wise Guys ↗ Vestbee 2025-03-12
2025-01-31	Startup Wise Guys – Investor Summit Bilbao 2025 ↗ InfoBeaz (Beaz Bizkaia) 2025-01-31
2024-12-11	Ethiack Raises €4M in Funding ↗ FinSMEs 2024-12-11
2024-04-22	Global Fund Startup Wise Guys Launches Construction Tech Specialized Fund and Accelerator Program in Saudi Arabia ↗ PR Newswire 2024-04-22
2023-12-14	Startup Wise Guys, uno de los inversores más activos en España en la fase semilla ↗ El Referente 2023-12-14
2023-09-21	Startup Wise Guys and Specialist VC invest in Lithuania's AskToSell's AI sales agents ↗ Tech.eu 2023-09-21