The Skype Mafia — Dealroom

65 Skype alumni startups. $24B combined value across 13 countries. Alumni-founded startups ranked by Dealroom enterprise value.

Companies

  1. Bolt

    Founder: Martin Villig · Valuation: $6.8B · Founded 2013 · Sector: Food, Mobility · HQ: Tallinn, Estonia

  2. Workato

    Founder: Alexey Timanovskiy · Valuation: $5.7B · Founded 2013 · Sector: Media, Marketing · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

  3. Pipedrive

    Founder: Martin Tajur · Valuation: $1.5B · Founded 2010 · Sector: Marketing, Enterprise Software · HQ: New York City, United States

  4. Cera

    Founder: Martin Ocenas · Valuation: $1B · Founded 2016 · Sector: Health · HQ: London, United Kingdom

  5. ZeroHash

    Founder: Brian Liston · Valuation: $1B · Founded 2015 · Sector: Fintech · HQ: Chicago, United States

  6. NORNORM

    Founder: Jonas Kjellberg · Valuation: $726M · Founded 2020 · Sector: Marketplace · HQ: Copenhagen, Denmark

  7. Vay

    Founder: Bogdan Djukic · Valuation: $475M · Founded 2018 · Sector: Mobility · HQ: Berlin, Germany

  8. Starship Technologies

    Founder: Ahti Heinla · Valuation: $450M · Founded 2014 · Sector: Robotics, Mobility · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  9. Teamtailor

    Founder: Erik Andersson · Valuation: $358M · Founded 2013 · Sector: Jobs Recruitment · HQ: Stockholms kommun, Sweden

  10. 908 Devices

    Founder: Scott Miller · Valuation: $303M · Founded 2012 · Sector: Chemicals, Health · HQ: Broadway, United States

  11. IMU Biosciences

    Founder: Kai Xie · Valuation: $212M · Founded 2019 · Sector: Health · HQ: London, United Kingdom

  12. Oriente

    Founder: Geoffrey Prentice · Valuation: $200M · Founded 2017 · Sector: Fintech · HQ: Taipei, Taiwan

  13. Joost

    Founder: Niklas Zennström · Valuation: $180M · Founded 2006 · Sector: Media · HQ: New York City, United States

  14. Saltside Technologies

    Founder: Nils Hammar · Valuation: $160M · Founded 2011 · Sector: Marketing · HQ: Göteborgs Stad, Sweden

  15. Spiral

    Founder: Dan Blumenfeld · Valuation: $112M · Founded 2019 · Sector: Fintech · HQ: New York City, United States

  16. NFTPort

    Founder: Rain Johanson · Valuation: $110M · Founded 2019 · Sector: Fintech, Enterprise Software · HQ: Tallinn, Estonia

  17. Wire

    Founder: Priidu Zilmer · Valuation: $106M · Founded 2012 · Sector: Security, Enterprise Software · HQ: Berlin, Germany

  18. Space Ape Games

    Founder: Simon Hade · Valuation: $90M · Founded 2012 · Sector: Gaming · HQ: London, United Kingdom

  19. hlpy

    Founder: Enrico Noseda · Valuation: $79M · Founded 2020 · Sector: Mobility · HQ: Milan, Italy

  20. Job Today

    Founder: Eugene Mizin · Valuation: $64M · Founded 2015 · Sector: Jobs Recruitment · HQ: Luxembourg, Luxembourg

  21. Certivity

    Founder: Sami Vaaraniemi · Valuation: $59M · Founded 2021 · Sector: Legal, Enterprise Software · HQ: Munich, Germany

  22. Hive

    Founder: David Gurle · Valuation: $53M · Founded 2022 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Security · HQ: Geneva, Switzerland

  23. TaxScouts

    Founder: Mart Abramov · Valuation: $39M · Founded 2017 · Sector: Fintech · HQ: London, United Kingdom

  24. Hemlane

    Founder: Dana Dunford · Valuation: $36M · Founded 2015 · Sector: Fintech, Marketplace · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  25. Certific

    Founder: Taavet Hinrikus · Valuation: $33M · Founded 2020 · Sector: Health · HQ: Tallinn, Estonia

  26. Fractory

    Founder: Rein Torm · Valuation: $27M · Founded 2017 · Sector: Marketplace, Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment · HQ: Manchester, United Kingdom

  27. Burpple

    Founder: Elisha Ong · Valuation: $24M · Founded 2011 · Sector: Telecom, Food · HQ: Singapore, Singapore

  28. Superfluid Finance

    Founder: Zhicheng Miao · Valuation: $22M · Founded 2020 · Sector: Wellness Beauty, Fintech · HQ: London, United Kingdom

  29. Propel Data Cloud

    Founder: Tyler Wells · Valuation: $22M · Founded 2021 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  30. Salv

    Founder: Taavi Tamkivi · Valuation: $22M · Founded 2018 · Sector: Security, Fintech · HQ: Tallinn, Estonia

  31. planet os

    Founder: André Karpištšenko · Valuation: $20M · Founded 2012 · Sector: Security, Enterprise Software · HQ: Sunnyvale, United States

  32. OrderIn

    Founder: Heini Booysen · Valuation: $19M · Founded 2013 · Sector: Food · HQ: Cape Town, South Africa

  33. Boticca

    Founder: Avid Larizadeh · Valuation: $16M · Founded 2009 · Sector: Fashion, Telecom · HQ: London, United Kingdom

  34. Artmyn

    Founder: Matthieu Rudelle · Valuation: $16M · Founded 2016 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland

  35. Kopernikus Automotive

    Founder: Tim von Toerne · Valuation: $13M · Founded 2016 · Sector: Mobility · HQ: Berlin, Germany

  36. Mozio

    Founder: David Litwak · Valuation: $10M · Founded 2011 · Sector: Mobility, Travel · HQ: San Francisco, United States

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