Sten Tamkivi

Sten Tamkivi is a Partner at Plural, an early-stage venture capital fund based in Tallinn, Estonia.

At Plural, Sten invests in ambitious founders across Europe who are on a mission to change the world through technology. Sten's investment focus areas include Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare & Biotech, Digital Health & HealthTech, and SaaS & Enterprise, typically at the Seed, Series A, and Early Stage Venture rounds.

Prior to Plural, Sten co-founded Teleport, a company later acquired by Topia in 2017. Following the acquisition, Sten served as Chief Product Officer at Topia, where the focus was on building software for global mobility programs for Fortune 100 companies. Sten was also an early executive at Skype for over eight years, playing a key role from its startup phase to its $8.5 billion acquisition by Microsoft. During this time, Sten grew the original Estonian R&D office to 450 people and held various global roles in operations, product, and engineering. Sten's entrepreneurial journey began at the age of 18, founding Estonia's first digital media agency in 1996.

Sten holds an MS in Management from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Sten is currently focused on supporting the European startup ecosystem and advocating for entrepreneurship and better tech education.

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