Tera Ventures

What is Tera Ventures?

Tera Ventures is an Estonian venture capital firm that specializes in seed and pre-seed investments. With a prime focus on supporting exceptional founders from Estonia, Scandinavia, and the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region, the firm actively seeks out companies that are positioned to disrupt the digital space on a global scale.

Operational with an investment capacity ranging between €300,000 and €1,500,000, with a sweet spot of around €600,000, Tera Ventures manages assets amounting to €60,000,000. Their strategy revolves around building presence and fostering networks in target markets such as the UK, the US, and Asia, to support portfolio companies in their expansion efforts. The investment firm has a pronounced presence in Estonia, Finland, and California and leans on a robust global advisory network to provide its portfolio companies with the necessary expertise and practical support essential for growth from inception to successful exit.

Tera Ventures’ portfolio spans various industries, including Software, PropTech, Business Solutions, FinTech, Retail, A.I., Web Security, Logistics, Real Estate, Investment Management, Mobility, Woman Focused, and UrbanTech. As industry-agnostic investors, they have established preferences from learnings garnered from past investments, particularly valuing Fintech and automation, and have been investing in AI/ML for over a decade.

Tera Ventures prides itself on being hands-on and founder-friendly, aiming to support portfolio companies across early-stage funding rounds with follow-on investments. Having supported numerous portfolio companies in entering the US, UK, and Japanese markets, the firm is well-versed in facilitating international collaborations and helping raise capital from top-tier venture capitals.

Tera Ventures' international success is attributed to its core investment thesis that combines profound industry knowledge, a comprehensive understanding of founders' needs, and a willingness to engage deeply with the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

What they say:

We invest in all verticals (industry agnostic). We do have preferences based on what we have learned from our portfolio companies – eg we like Fintech, automation. We also develop themes – eg we have invested in AI/ML for more than ten years.