Investor

Startup Wise Guys

startupwiseguys.com ↗ ·Tallinn ·Early stage ·Actively investing

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.

Portfolio

Team

AUM

n/a

Rounds

Cheque

€80–500K

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

Profile updated 19 Jul 2026

Team

Partners 4 Investment Team 1 Others 6

Alexandra Balkova

General Partner & Head of Portfolio

Dag Ainsoo

General Partner & CFO

Davide Coppola

Managing Director

Herty Tammo

CEO & Co-Founder, General Partner

Portfolio companies 11

Company Pre-seed Madrid

Chatty Insights

chattyinsights.com

Company Pre-seed Barcelona

Company Seed Barcelona

Company Series A Bilbao

S.Lab

s-lab.bio

Company Pre-seed Málaga

V-Vision

vvision.eu

Company Seed San Sebastián

Vilma

holavilma.com

Company Seed Barcelona

Funding rounds 5

Cloudtainer · Seed · €218K

Basque startup Cloudtainer raised €218,000 in a seed round led by Estonian accelerator fund Startup Wise Guys to keep developing Cloudlock, …

2025-02-26

Breakevent · Seed · €876K

Breakevent, an AI platform that predicts the commercial success of live music events by analysing over 700,000 historical Spanish concerts, …

2025-01-30

Nymiz · Seed · €2.8M

Basque data-privacy startup Nymiz raised €2.8M led by Swanlaab Venture Factory to scale its AI-based anonymisation and pseudonymisation soft…

2024-04-09

Chatty Insights · Other · $100K

The only capital event on record for Chatty Insights is a ~$100K convertible note tied to its selection for the Startup Wise Guys B2B SaaS a…

2023-11

S.Lab · Pre-seed · €700k

S.Lab closed its pre-seed at roughly €700k, announced at IT Arena in Lviv in early October 2023 where the company disclosed a final ~$210k t…

2023-10

News & media 6

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