Investing Profile

Ott Kaukver

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Advisor / Investor at Ambient Sound Investments

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Hotmail Network

5288 CONNECTIONS

INSEAD Network

232 CONNECTIONS

Bessemer Venture Partners Network

146 CONNECTIONS

Barron Park Association Network

96 CONNECTIONS

Twilio Network

48 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Ambient Sound Investments

Investments On Record

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Ott Kaukver's Investments On Record (22)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Handhold	SeedApr 2026$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Harsh Sinha (Multiple Startups/Funds), Pieterjan Bouten (Entourage Ventures), Markus Villig (Bolt)
Arcjet	Series AOct 2025$9M	$13M
Co-investors: Zane Lackey (Andreessen Horowitz), Nitay Joffe (Team8), Jonathan Siegel (Xenon Ventures), Micah Smurthwaite (Next47), Reshma Sohoni (Seedcamp), Carlos Eduardo Espinal (Seedcamp), Shane Curran (Evervault), Rishabh Kaul (Hoxton Ventures), Andrew Miklas (Y Combinator), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Michael Stoppelman (Self-employed)
Qovery	Series ASep 2025$13M SeedSep 2021$4M	$17M
Co-investors: Jonathan Benhamou (Alven), Christophe Chausson (Athletico Ventures), Amirhossein Malekzadeh (Qobra), Aneel Lakhani (Crane Venture Partners), Valentine Barbelivien (Founders Future), Dominik Tobschall (backtrace capital), Alexis Le-Quoc, Valentine Baudouin
Lightyear	Series BJul 2025$23M Pre SeedJun 2021$2M	$92M
Co-investors: Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Simon Levene (Mosaic Ventures), Nicole Quinn (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Kaarel Kotkas (Veriff), Aniq Kassam (Stealth Capital), Dan Teran (Gutter Capital), Harsh Sinha (Multiple Startups/Funds), Eileen Burbidge (Passion Capital), Markus Villig (Bolt), Hardi Meybaum (Matrix), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Mark Cuban (PKF The Consulting House, Dubai - UAE), Sheel Tyle (Amplo), Michael Rapino (Live Nation Entertainment), Yousuf Khan (Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Jaan Tallinn, Richard Branson
Sereact	Series AJan 2025$26M	$150M
Co-investors: Ricardo Sequerra (Point Nine Capital), Antoine Nussenbaum (Felix Capital), Trevor Neff (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Johan Brenner (Creandum), Nathan Benaich (Air Street Capital), Oliver Cameron (Odyssey Ventures), Rubin Ritter (Talberg), Torsten Reil
Askel.ai	Pre SeedDec 2024$400K	$400K
Co-investors: Patrick Malatack (Matrix Partners India)
Supersimple	Pre SeedApr 2024$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Märt Kelder (Bolt), Indrek Kasela (United Angels VC), Eamonn Carey (MITS Fund ('Machine In The Sky' Fund))
Propel	SeedMar 2024	$90M
Co-investors: Chris Lyons (Andreessen Horowitz), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Hans Morris (Nyca Partners), Patrick Malatack (Matrix Partners India), Emmalyn Shaw (Flourish Ventures), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Brian Bell (Team Ignite Ventures), Jared Leto

Ott Kaukver's Experience

Chairman of the Board Barron Park AssociationPresent

Project Manager, e-Commerce solutions Zero TechnologiesPresent

Advisor / Investor Ambient Sound InvestmentsPresent

Board Member MarkItPresent

Advisor / Investor WisePresent

Advisor / Investor TransferWisePresent

Advisor / Investor PipedrivePresent

VP of Engineering TwilioPresent

VP of Engineering Twilio Inc.Present

GM Voice/Video & VP of Engineering TwilioPresent

Chief Technology Officer TwilioPresent

SVP Engineering Twilio Inc.Present

Executive In Residence Bessemer Venture PartnersPresent

Board Member Phantom AutoPresent

Chief Technology Officer Checkout.comPresent

Chairman of the Board HotmailPresent

Board Member Põhjala Tap RoomPresent

Board Member VeriffPresent

Board Member ArcjetPresent

GM Voice/Video & VP of Engineering Twilio Inc.2016 - 2018

VP of Engineering Twilio, Inc.2013 - 2016

Head of Engineering, Consumer Products Skype2008 - 2012

Head of Engineering, Core Technology Skype2005 - 2008

Director of Operations Skype2004 - 2005

General Manager, Software Development BU Helmes2001 - 2004

Project Manager, e-Commerce solutions Zero Digital Media Agency / XXL.EE1997 - 2001

Ott Kaukver's Education

INSEAD MBA General Management

Estonian Business School BA International Business Administration

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