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Change Ventures leads the €1.9M seed round of Estonian recruitment software provider RecruitLab

The round saw participation from StartupIst VC, FFF.vc and the BADideas.fund. To date, the startup reached a total of €2.2M in funding. The company was founded by three entrepreneurs with over a decade of HR market experience — Paavo Heil (CEO), Karl-Sander Erss (CTO) and Marie Evart (CMO).

Change Ventures participates in the $2.1 million funding round in its portfolio company 99math

Estonian startup 99math has raised $2.1 million to boost its edtech math gaming platform aimed at making math fun. The new funds will help the company reach the U.S. and other markets with more social gameplay.

Change Ventures leads the $1.3M pre-seed round to Werk — a construction worker relocation platform

Change Ventures led the round, joined by Foundamental VC, the largest global investor covering the Built-World — ConstructionTech and architecture, engineering and design technology, as well as angel investors Carmen Alfonso-Rico and Anthony Danon (Cocoa VC), Declan Kelly (Foreword VC), Gonzalo Manrique (Ironhack), and Andreas Klinger (On Deck CTO and Head of Remote at AngelList).

Change Ventures co-leads in the $9m seed funding round of its portfolio company Aerones

Aerones, the Latvian startup that makes wind turbine inspection a snap with its proprietary robots, has raised $9 million in seed funding to further accelerate the global scaling of its robotic wind turbine maintenance and inspection services.

Change Ventures and Equity United participate in the $40M Series A funding round of their portfolio company Eurora

The funding is targeted for its AI-based system to automate EU e-commerce shipping compliance.

Change Ventures leads the €1.5M pre-seed investment round to Kwota

Tallinn-based cleantech startup Kwota aims to establish a global standard that will validate and trade carbon emissions savings from using recycled materials in production.

Change Ventures announces closing a €49M fund

08 February 2022

EstVCA member, Tallinn-based VC firm Change Ventures, has announced the closing of a €49M fund today. The fund also announced two new team members – Kärt Siilats as an Investment Partner and Kärt Rääbis as an Associate and Community Manager. The fund also launched an update on The Baltic Startup Funding Report.

Estonian identity verification startup Veriff becomes a unicorn by raising a $100m Series C investment

26 January 2022

The funding round, co-led by Tiger Global and Alkeon, joined by existing investors IVP and Accel, brings Veriff’s total funding to $200M and its valuation to $1.5B, as it aims to expand its global customer base and deliver trusted online identity verifications.

Change Ventures participates in the $30 million investment round to Planet42

21 December 2021

Planet42, a South Africa-based car subscription company that buys used cars from dealerships and rents to customers via a subscription model, has raised $30 million in equity and debt.

Change Ventures leads the $3M seed round to Dogo

20 December 2021

Dogo, the number one dog training app in the world, closed a $3 million funding round led by EstVCA member Change Ventures. Other new investors include Monkfish, founded by former Trivago founder Rolf Schroemgens and Justas Janauskas, former CEO of Vinted. Additionally, existing investors from Leap Ventures Studio and APX participated.

Change Ventures leads the €1.2M seed investment round to Gelatex 26 November 2021

Change Ventures participates in the $45M Series A investment round to Printify 09 November 2021

Change Ventures grows its fund size to €43M 27 October 2021

Change Ventures leads the $1 million pre-seed round to Lithuanian edtech Memby 25 August 2021

DEAL TALKS: Yrjö Ojasaar of Change Ventures talks about leading the $3 million seed investment round to Eurora 10 August 2021

Change Ventures participated in the $1M investment round of edtech startup 99math 02 August 2021

Change Ventures led the $3M investment round to Outvio 30 July 2021

Change Ventures led the $3 million seed investment round to Eurora 16 July 2021

Change Ventures co-leads the $31m Series A round investment to Interactio 26 May 2021

Change Ventures leads the €3.1 million seed round to INZMO 28 January 2021

Change Ventures closes its second fund at €31M 11 January 2021

Change Ventures led the $1.8 million seed round to Fyma 18 December 2020

Our members Superangel, NordicNinja VC and Change Ventures participate in the 15.5 million USD investment into Veriff 01 July 2020

DEAL TALKS: Rait Ojasaar of Change Ventures talks about leading €2.2M investment into Planet42 18 June 2020

Change Ventures led the €2.2 million investment round into Estonian fintech Planet42 16 June 2020

EBRD investment approval set to make Change Ventures Fund II the largest seed fund operating in the Baltic States 29 May 2020

DEAL TALKS: Yrjö Ojasaar of Change Ventures talks about $1.7M seed round investment in askRobin 29 May 2020

Change Ventures led the $1.7M seed round investment in Estonian fintech askRobin 06 May 2020