Sten Tamkivi

Sten Tamkivi is an entrepreneur turned investor. As a partner at Skaala he contributes to strategy and investment committee work across all of our asset classes. He spends most of his days investing hands-on in the most ambitious early-stage tech founders in Europe as a partner at Plural.

Sten co-founded Teleport (acquired by Topia in 2017) after serving at Skype as an early executive for over 8 years from early startup years to the exit to MSFT. He made his first angel investment in 2005, and since 2020 made investing his full-time gig, co-founding the Taavet+Sten investment partnership, which has now evolved into Skaala.

Sten values a tolerant, open and creative society, speaks up for entrepreneurship, supports the startup movement, pushes for better tech education and used to advise President Ilves of Estonia on the above. He has held a number of private, public, government, and non-profit board seats.

Sten holds a MS in Management degree from Stanford GSB.