Skaala (formerly Taavet+Sten) is an independent investment company founded in 2021 by Taavet Hinrikus and Sten Tamkivi, pooling their personal capital to back early-stage European tech startups across sectors including fintech, climate, health, and education. In late 2024, the firm rebranded from Taavet+Sten to Skaala and broadened its mandate to include private equity, real assets, and impact-driven projects.
Average disclosed round size is $33.2M (across 17 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
16
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
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Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
22 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 DataCrunch | Series A | — | Sep 2025 |
 Lightyear | Series B | — | Jul 2025 |
 Soldera | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Starship Technologies | Series C | $50M | Jan 2025 |
 Starship | Series C | $50M | Jan 2025 |
| Lightyear | Series A | $25M | Jan 2025 |
| DataCrunch | Seed | $13M | Oct 2024 |
 Not a Hotel Venture Limited | Series B | — | Feb 2024 |
 Insempra | Series A | $20M | Jan 2024 |
 Lightyear | Unknown | $81M | Sep 2022 |
 Mona | Series A | $14.6M | Jul 2022 |
 NFTPort | Series A | — | Jan 2022 |
| Starship | Series B | $42M | Jan 2022 |
 Ready Player Me | Series B | $56M | Jan 2022 |
| Lightyear | Series B | $23M | Jan 2021 |
 Coinlist | Series A | $100M | Jan 2021 |
 Monerium | Seed | $4M | Jan 2021 |
| MMainframe Industries | Series A | $20.3M | Jan 2020 |
| SSuperfluid Finance | Seed | $5.1M | — |
| MMainframe Industries | Series B | $22.9M | — |
 Mona | Series A | $14.6M | — |
| Lightyear | Series B | $23M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Metaplanet6 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners5 shared
Protocol Labs4 shared
Superangel4 shared
Collab+Currency3 shared
Plural Platform3 shared
Latitude3 shared
Andreessen Horowitz3 shared
Crowberry Capital3 shared
Big Brain Holdings2 shared
OpenSea Ventures2 shared
LongHash Ventures2 shared
Gaingels2 shared
Synergis Capital2 shared
Polygon Studios2 shared
Everyrealm2 shared
Placeholder2 shared
ConsenSys2 shared
SV Angel2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026