Sten Tamkivi is a partner at Plural and Skaala, backing European technology founders and contributing to Estonia’s startup ecosystem. He co-founded Teleport and previously led product and engineering teams at Skype and Topia.
Sten Tamkivi is a partner at Plural and Skaala, backing European technology founders and contributing to Estonia’s startup ecosystem. He co-founded Teleport and previously led product and engineering teams at Skype and Topia.
Career
Sten Tamkivi holds an MS in Management, 2013 from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Partner at Plural until PresentSPartner at Skaala until PresentContributes to strategy and investment committee work at the partnership formerly known as Taavet+Sten.
CDFounding Partner at Creative Destruction Lab — Estonia until PresentSupports the CDL-Estonia entrepreneurship program as a founding partner and mentor.
LGSupervisory Board Member at LHV Group from 2015-04 to 2024-03Served on the group’s supervisory board.
TChief Product Officer at Topia from 2017 to 2021Led product, engineering, design and data science after Teleport joined the company, then known as Move Guides.
TCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Teleport from 2014 to 2017Co-founded location-choice software with Silver Keskküla and Balaji Srinivasan and led the company through its acquisition.
AHEntrepreneur in Residence at Andreessen Horowitz from 2013 to 2014Explored startup opportunities as an entrepreneur in residence.
OOAdvisor to President Toomas Hendrik Ilves at Office of the President of Estonia from 2009 to 2012Advised on information technology, innovation and entrepreneurship.
SEarly Executive at Skype from 2005 to 2012Led Estonia’s research and development organization and global product and engineering teams.
HBoard Member at Helmes from 2003 to 2005Worked on new business and innovative ventures after earlier building the UX and web development teams.
HIFounder at Halo Interactive DDB from 1996 to 2001Founded an Estonian digital media agency that became part of DDB.
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