Akim Arhipov

I use mental models in identity verification. Forbes 30 Under 30 Finance Asia

📍 Estonia, Estonia🔄 Updated October 2026💼 1 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2020
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We are a diverse team of tech lovers, mentors, experts, and founders ourselves bound together by our passion to support founders on their entrepreneurial journey. We help to solve key challenges at every stage Dare to dream global. We’re a startup accelerator like no other, our optimized approach puts early stage startups on the map and catapults them into worldwide success. Startup Wise Guy’s origins began in Europe’s tech-savvy startup capital, Estonia. Since 2012, we have used our carefully curated expertise, skills and funding to skyrocket hundreds of emerging early stage startups into upwards growth. This is not our first rodeo… we are the most experienced accelerator fund in the region with over 35+ programs, an international community of founders from over 60 countries and an established market in CEE and CIS countries.
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2020
Investor
Mar 2020
We are a diverse team of tech lovers, mentors, experts, and founders ourselves bound together by our passion to support founders on their entrepreneurial journey. We help to solve key challenges at every stage Dare to dream global. We’re a startup accelerator like no other, our optimized approach puts early stage startups on the map and catapults them into worldwide success. Startup Wise Guy’s origins began in Europe’s tech-savvy startup capital, Estonia. Since 2012, we have used our carefully curated expertise, skills and funding to skyrocket hundreds of emerging early stage startups into upwards growth. This is not our first rodeo… we are the most experienced accelerator fund in the region with over 35+ programs, an international community of founders from over 60 countries and an established market in CEE and CIS countries.
Member
Mar 2020
EstBAN is an umbrella organization for business angels and angel groups seeking investment opportunities in Estonia and its neighbouring regions. We established the network in 2012 with an aim to grow the quantity and quality of local seed stage investments. We welcome all positive spirited persons with a passion for investing their time and funds into startups. We also partner with local and international BANs, venture capitalists and advisory services providers.
2017
Managing Director
Jun 2017
BASIS ID is a company of a ZignSec group. Our KYC and AML solution verifies over 3,000 government-issued documents from more than 190 countries. Thats millions of verified identities a year and a lot of people working behind the scenes to help make the lives of millions, and one day billions, of people safer online. We are a listed company group in NASDAQ First North Sweden (ZIGN:SE0012930105) and follow every regulatory obligation meaning strong reporting, corporate governance, licensing, and compliance with international laws such as GPDR, data localization laws, FATF etc. At the same time, we are an agile development and consulting boutique. We work very closely with our clients, being hands-on onboarding & verification engineers, compliance & risk generalists, and finally, friends, who rely on trust, relationship satisfaction growth, and general intelligence. Usually, we provide our KYC and AML software, our own intellectual property developed and supported in-house, in addition to consulting and development teams for special integrations or customization according to your plan. We sell solutions to your challenge, not features. We’re completely driven by our customers. We focus on what matters to them: cost, speed, convenience, and coverage. To prove that, we are happy to introduce you to our partners and clients as well as provide documentation fit to your vendor selection process.
2016
Product Owner
Sep 2016
Most advanced automated User Recognition and Segmentation Solution Know everything about your user activity on your website. In addition, get social media profiles, photo, age, gender and interests. Segmentation by strict rules using manual settings. Create behaviour models and sell personalised products. Reach your customer and deliver personalised message using our pop up, newsletter constructor and chat features.
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Aug 2016
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