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Sten Tamkivi

Founder of NFTPort

Tallinn, Harjumaa

Overview 

Sten Tamkivi is a Partner at Plural, with a background in entrepreneurship, leadership, and product management. He has held key roles in various organizations, including being the Co-Founder of NFTPort and serving as the Chief Product Officer at Topia. Tamkivi's career highlights include his current role as a Partner at Plural, focusing on seed and pre-seed investments in sectors like Robotics, IoT, and BioTech, as well as his experience as the President of the Estonian Founders Society.

Work Experience 

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Plural

  • Partner

    2021 - Current

    Plural is an early-stage investment fund that backs the most ambitious founders on a mission to change the world through technology. Our aim is to have GDP-level impact on Europe, address systemic risks and reduce the opportunity gap worldwide through the companies we back.

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Skaala

  • Partner

    2021

    Skaala is an investment company dedicated to creating meaningful, long-term value. Our portfolio includes private equity, real assets, and impact-driven projects. We are committed to building sustainable, resilient solutions that drive financial growth as well as positive societal outcomes. Our direct investments into early stage tech companies now exclusively go via @Plural.

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LHV

  • Member of the Supervisory Board, LHV Group

    2015

    http://lhv.ee LHV Group is the biggest domestic financial group in Estonia, with 100,000+ banking customers, 170,000+ pension clients and several highly innovative technology initiatives. We are listed on Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange since 2016.

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Founders Pledge

  • Member

    2020

    We’re a global community of entrepreneurs finding and funding solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Every member, including myself, has made a legally binding commitment to donate a portion of personal proceeds on liquidity to social causes. The Founders Pledge team provides charity research and vetting, a global network of experts, and end-to-end giving infrastructure, and they take no cuts and charge no fees. They also host community events across the globe

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e-Residency

  • Member of the Council, Estonian E-Residency Program

    2019

    https://e-resident.gov.ee/ E-Residency is a new digital nation for global citizens, powered by the Republic of Estonia. Estonia is the first country to offer e-Residency, a government-issued digital ID available to anyone in the world. E-Residency offers the freedom to easily start and manage a global business in a trusted EU environment.

Kistler-Ritso Foundation

  • Member of the Supervisory Board, Vabamu - Museum of Occupations and Freedom

    2015

    http://www.vabamu.ee Vabamu educates and involves the people of Estonia and its visitors and encourage everyone to think about the recent past, to sense the fragility of freedom, and to stand for freedom and justice. I joined the board to help the expansion of the museum from focusing on Soviet & Nazi occupations to a broader Freedom Museum concept. In addition to continuing coverage of tragic events in recent history we drive discussion around various forms of freedoms and engage the new, post-occupation generations in actively protecting their liberties in the future.

Ambient Sound Investments

  • Chairman of Supervisory Board, ASI Private Equity

    2006

    http://www.asi.ee Ambient Sound Investments (ASI) was established in 2003 as a partnership of four founding engineers to hold their stake in Skype. After an exit to eBay in 2005, ASI operates as a private investment vehicle, managing over 100 million EUR of assets and direct investments. ASI Private Equity AS (ASIPEAS) was conceived in 2006 to allow a number of friends and colleagues from Skype to co-invest with the partnership. Working closely together at a heady pace in the early days of Skype aligned our thinking, we often share mutual interests and opinions when considering new technology ventures. With about 30 investors, ASIPEAS extends its entrepreneurs' network and competence base sevenfold. As a closed investment vehicle, ASIPEAS does not solicit funds from the general public.

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Estonian Founders Society

  • President, Board Member

    2019 - 2021

    https://asutajad.ee/ A non-profit community club of 180+ most experienced startup founders from the Land of the Unicorns.

Topia

  • Chief Product Officer

    2017 - 2021

    http://topia.com We break down barriers between people and places so companies and individuals can work everywhere. In today’s increasingly interconnected global economy, Topia's software suite simplifies global mobility and navigates the complexities inherent to a worldwide mobile workforce. Our goal is to provide you with the automated tools and data necessary to make smart strategic decisions across the relocation landscape. Past roles: * 2017 - VP Product, Employees & Marketplace * 2014 - CEO & co-founder of Teleport (acquired by Topia)

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Praxis

  • Member of the Supervisory Board

    2007 - 2017

    http://www.praxis.ee PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies is an independent non-profit think tank. Founded in 2000 with early support by George Soros' Open Society Foundation, the mission of PRAXIS is to improve and contribute to the policy-making process in Estonia by conducting independent research, providing strategic counsel to policy makers and fostering public debate.

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