Ando Kivilaid

Helping leadership teams deploy AI that actually works.

📍 Estonia, Estonia🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2016𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 Estonia
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Feb 2016
We’re reimagining the way banking works. We make it easy to manage your money – wherever you are in the world. We create financial freedom for all of us who live, work, travel, study or send money abroad. We’re the mobile app alternative to the banks, offering accounts you can open instantly so that you don’t lose access to the money you need every time you cross a border on a map. We’re here for everyone, not just for those with perfect credit scores or the right set of utility bills. We push the boundaries daily with over 2 million sign-ups across 31 countries.
early stageBanking
Investor
Nov 2015
Leading continuous integration & delivery ( CI/CD) partner for your iOS, Android, Cordova, Ionic, React Native & Flutter projects. Codemagic is a cloud-based continuous integration and delivery platform for mobile projects. Codemagic automatically builds your project for every commit you make and runs all your unit or UI tests on the emulator/simulator or on real hardware. Automatic build distribution is also supported so that your team and clients are always up to date with the latest state of your apps. After launching codemagic.yaml Codemagic CI/CD is open to all mobile projects. With codemagic.yaml, you can automate the whole build, test and release pipeline of your Flutter and non-Flutter apps to get to the market in record time.
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Oct 2015
Somno is an elegant vacations and on leave data management solution for small and medium sized companies
Investor
Aug 2015
UpSteem.com – lead your people, grow your talent! Want to save on talent management costs? We can help. A company with a workforce of 100 employees can achieve savings of €100,000 per annum, as well as slashing your administration time by up to 1000 hours a year. And we’ll show you how. UpSteem.com is a talent management software package that's been specially designed for managers and HR professionals in SMEs. The main features include 360-degree feedback, performance reviews and satisfaction surveys, powered with comprehensive statistics. Our customers include Transferwise, Statoil, Estonian Road Administration and other public, private and international organizations. UpSteem.com is the next generation of talent management software. It is innovative, responsive and easy to use. No extensive consulting and system integration is needed.You can start using one service at a time and grow with your expanding needs, making this a flexible approach to creating a bespoke talent management system that's tailored to your specific business needs. You can set the system up online immediately – a feature that's exclusive to UpSteem.com's complex talent management system. Fast Facts: • Market growth in the talent management suite industry is 20-24% annually • Independent service providers in the talent management industry were acquired by large companies - SAP acquired SuccessFactors for €2.7billion, Oracle acquired Taleo for €1.52billion, and IBM acquired Kenexa for €1.04billion • UpSteem.com is designed for SMEs with workforces of up to 1000 employees • Potential savings of €100,000 per annum • Saving up to 1000 hours of administration time • Smooth open API integration with external partners includes connections to professional partners in book-keeping, Payroll, recruitment and HR system providers • Solution can be used and implemented together with independent training and business management consultants helping them to complement their value-offer
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2024
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2024
Loome järgmise põlvkonna AI lahendusi, mis muudavad Eesti digimaastiku. eesti.ai is a forward-thinking AI consultancy dedicated to helping businesses harness the power of artificial intelligence. We specialize in custom AI solutions, machine learning implementation, and strategic consulting to drive digital transformation. Our services include: • AI Strategy & Roadmap Development • Machine Learning Solutions • Natural Language Processing • Computer Vision Applications • AI Integration & Automation We partner with organizations of all sizes to unlock the potential of AI, delivering measurable results and sustainable competitive advantages.
2023
Founder & AI
May 2023
Insly helps MGAs and insurers to run a more profitable insurance operation at scale through its low-code platform that covers the entire insurance lifecycle.
2018
180 Degrees by Matthias Diether
Owner
Aug 2018
2016
Investor
Feb 2016
We’re reimagining the way banking works. We make it easy to manage your money – wherever you are in the world. We create financial freedom for all of us who live, work, travel, study or send money abroad. We’re the mobile app alternative to the banks, offering accounts you can open instantly so that you don’t lose access to the money you need every time you cross a border on a map. We’re here for everyone, not just for those with perfect credit scores or the right set of utility bills. We push the boundaries daily with over 2 million sign-ups across 31 countries.
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2015–2016 · 4 investments
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