Building @pluralplatform to have GDP level impact on Europe. Previously built @Wise @Skype @KoodJohvi @certific. From #Estonia, love adventure.
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Launching @PluralPlatform where experienced company builders come together to invest and build the future of Europe. The investor I wish I had when building @Wise… more below … 1/
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30 years ago 2M people formed a 600km long human chain as a peaceful political demonstration. This was part of the events that led to collapse of communism and the USSR.
Found this amazing footage of myself and my family in the chain that day.
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We’ve just raised a €400M fund to back the most ambitious founders on a mission to change the world through tech. 18 months in, this is a massive endorsement of the first 26 teams we’ve backed and the quality of companies emerging from Europe sifted.eu/articles/plural-ra…
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Incredibly proud of these past ten years building on this mission and irreversibly changing the way money moves around the world.
We’ve come far, yet the finish is nowhere near. Today is an important step forward as we announce our intention to direct list @Wise in London!
We’re 10 years into this mission of building a much better way for people to move money around the world — faster, cheaper, easier and transparent.
Today, we have some big news that will not change, but enhance this mission we’re on. wise.com/owners
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Eestis on täna puudu tuhandeid IT-spetsialiste ja IKT sektori kasvuga vajadus aina suureneb. Eesti haridussüsteem ei suuda neid piisavalt koolitada, talentide mujalt toomine ka ei lahenda muret, seega avame järgmisel sügisel Jõhvis uue täiskasvanute programmeerimiskooli.
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Bright spanking green - hello there borderless debit card. Life of the borderless kind just got a whole lot easier again.
TransferWise begins private launch of its consumer borderless account and bright green debit card tcrn.ch/2meUFqp by @sohear
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Estonian airspace now closed too. Cutting of airspace and banking (swift) is something that *we can do*.
Breaking: Estonia 🇪🇪 joins other European nations, including Poland, in closing airspace to all Russian aircraft ✈️⛔️ #WarInUkraine
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Happy 104th Independence Day Estonia! 🇪🇪
Freedom is one of the most powerful things in the world. Yet as we all know it’s very fragile.
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1/ Almost 25 years in the making… I'm teaming up with @seikatsu on all things investing related going forward. We've both been angel investors for a while, next investments will be coming from the two of us together.
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Nüüd saad kandideerida Jõhvi kooli esimesse lendu! Esimesed 500 inimest on seda juba teinud. kood.tech/
* Kool alustab septembris
* Tasuta
* 18-24 kuu pärast valmis asuma tasuvale tööle
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😻 = @TransferWise ➕ @monzo
Great seeing new partnership dynamics in actions. More win for more people.
Fintech friends: Monzo partners with TransferWise for international payments tcrn.ch/2K346Y9 by @sohear
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Our new coding school opened admissions in Estonia go to kood.tech and read more here news.err.ee/1608192454/johvi…
Free for students, job guaranteed* in 18-24 months.
And did I say its in Estonia? First 500 folks have applied already :)
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Knowing this, 10 years into our mission, is a good reminder of why @kaarmann and I first started this business.
Today’s a huge milestone. But looking ahead, there’s still a £150bn problem to solve.
Market is open, #MissionUnfinished
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NPS of ~83 makes @TransferWise the UK's most recommended product according to @YouGov. Pretty cool, eh? brandindex.com/ranking/uk/20…
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Just doing our national duty - helping robots deliver goods! Cc @StarshipRobots
In the past I did think that robots will help us, but seems a lot has been turned on it’s head recently ;)
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Founded by immigrants, built by immigrants, used by immigrants. I'm proud we're bringing the @TransferWise debit card to the US to help more people live without borders. 🚀🇺🇸🌭
transferwise.com/community/l…
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And so another star is born. I dont love the unicorn word too much, but when another one is born in Estonia its allowed to celebrate! Well done to the team behind @pipedrive for becoming the 5th one in Estonia.
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Excited to have led @skel_tech’s Round D3 of €38M with T+S. Skeleton has become a big part of Europe's deep tech push with over €200M EUR invested. This investment is about growing a European cleantech champion that helps solve the challenge of our lifetime. How? 1/
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Today, I’m thrilled to say that we’re teaming up with @GoCardless to build the first global network for recurring payments – most importantly, that together we’re bringing low cost, convenient and transparent pricing to more businesses around the globe.
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We’re excited to co-lead a $90M investment in @StarshipRobots’ latest funding round. Starship is a true pioneer of autonomous driving and one of the best examples of European grit, ambition and innovation. 1/5
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Having helped to build 2 companies, I know that people from different backgrounds expose you to more of the world, help you see more sides of the coin, help you be more creative. And create more opportunities for everyone. I'll always #StandWithImmigrants transferwise.com/community/m…
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Clearly shows that the circle of acquirers for tech companies has become wider by a mile
Unilever Buys Dollar Shave Club for $1 Billion via @FortuneMagazine for.tn/29TUefp?xid=for_tw_sh
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Very unfortunate that incumbents see tech only as a way to cut costs. Versus seeing tech to offer much better products.
How finance is being taken over by tech on.ft.com/2jG8ziq
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I guess Zoom is now the biggest real estate company. Based on the number of meeting rooms they have. Long live zoom and short WeWork.
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Half of our London team is from outside the UK @AmberRudd_MP; immigration = growth
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Happy 105 independence day Estonia! 🇪🇪
Celebrated with other Estonians and supporters with an early morning swim in the Serpentine in Hyde Park.
And never take freedoms for granted. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
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… and horrible to wake up on this Independence Day morning to rocket-fire backed invasion of Ukraine.
The world will stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦💙💛
Millions of people around the world are counting on the democratic world’s response to Russian actions. Cannot be left unanswered.
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What’s next for me and @TransferWise - handing over the CEO job to @kristo and taking on the role of Chairman medium.com/@taavet/whats-nex…
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And another unicorn egged just cracked. I think its not 6th but 8th actually. Congrats @Veriff @kaarelkotkas - sifted.eu/articles/veriff-es…
And so another star is born. I dont love the unicorn word too much, but when another one is born in Estonia its allowed to celebrate! Well done to the team behind @pipedrive for becoming the 5th one in Estonia.
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Toivo is the original godfather of the Estonian tech scene. Without him Skype would not exist. And many others like TransferWise.
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And then there were six. Excited about the future of insurance as Zego makes waves and Estonia grows to 6 unicorns techcrunch.com/2021/03/09/ze… congrats @saarsten @HarryFranksZego @Zegocover
And so another star is born. I dont love the unicorn word too much, but when another one is born in Estonia its allowed to celebrate! Well done to the team behind @pipedrive for becoming the 5th one in Estonia.
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Favourite time of the year - @TransferWise summer days. White nights with the best 1000 people.
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Happy 103 Estonia! Getting better ever year! Kogu rahvale sooviks “Üks kõigi ja kõik ühe eest”!
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Entered my secure ID card, launched an app, voted in the Estonian parliamentary election, all done, still not a minute has passed. forbes.com/sites/stephaniefi…
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It’s the little details that matter - “Regardless, TransferWise shows that fintech can make money after all.”
TransferWise reports accelerating revenue growth to 70% in its March, 2020 fiscal year tcrn.ch/2HpM4yL
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Ireland, Switzerland, others reaching out and tempting @TransferWise to start/move operations there - competition between states is good :)
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Great to introduce @richardbranson to Estonian food and culture and favourite sports! #screwitletsdoit #eResidency
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Exciting to get this off the ground! -- Well-known entrepreneurs launching coding school in Ida-Viru County
news.err.ee/1153360/well-kno… #ERR
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AI is already breeding humans on dating sites... “AI will reorganize the human population” by @keskkyla medium.com/@keskkyla/ai-will…
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Eesti teeb endale karuteenet kiirtestide keelamisega (samal ajal teised riigid muudkui lubavad ja kasutavad). Test early, test often on üks viis edasi liikumiseks. Ükski test pole perfektne, sellest peame aru saama ja juhinduma. err.ee/1608129202/kiik-covid…
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We pride ourselves for being close to our customers @TransferWise. Spent some hours today answering emails. Pretty cool what our support rockstars get to deal with in terms of the variety of wonderful questions coming in globally.
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Fantastic read by @BenedictEvans about cars and second order consequences ben-evans.com/benedictevans/…
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WFH mode @TransferWise, city of London seems quieter, I have no travel plans for months (first time since 2004 when I started shuttling the globe for @Skype) - a brave new world we live in!
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When the pandemic started we started playing with the ideas around different ways of testing and different tests. Trying to find out how that could help people return to work safely, go to mass events, see their families, etc. 1/n
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Excited to talk with @collision about Making Europe Great Again!
Don't miss this one! Two giants of European tech @collision (@stripe) and @taavet (@TransferWise) come together to share their startup journey and explore what it will take to make Europe the most entrepreneurial continent.
🎟️ Get your free ticket now: events.notoptional.eu/
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Turns out even taxi drivers use @TransferWise in Helsinki. Mine sends money to Thailand. And to girlfriend in Philippines too. And he has a borderless card as well.
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Humbled to get the TechCrunch Pathfounder Of The Year award! Thanks everyone for putting up with me and standing by me for all those years :) techcrunch.com/2020/06/26/he…
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Thanks *VC firm name redacted* for accidentally inviting my and then uninviting me from dinner - real pioneering there! Or just German precision.
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How to answer this? -- "I am reaching out as I would love to connect with you, or someone else at Taavet Hinrikus to discuss XYZ. Would you be the right person, or could you steer me in the right direction??"
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"The result is that, despite the revolution in technology, it’s still quicker to take a suitcase of money by plane to many parts of the world." -- amazing that its still this way in 2018... That's why we will stay busy for a long time @TransferWise to change this.
Need a bank to send money abroad? It’s faster to take a suitcase of cash on a plane trib.al/xTwziV2
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40% of our London team is filling in their EU Settlement Scheme application right now, and we know our customers are doing the same - @TransferWise we're opening our doors to EU citizens to help transferwise.com/gb/blog/tha… #thatssettled #brexit transferwise.com/gb/blog/tha…
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Welcome to Estonia!
NOW THIS IS WORLD BEATING TEST & TRACE...
1. Flew safe & distanced to Estonia. Landed 10:15pm
2. Digital democracy welcomes visitor from country with COVID on rampage
3. Choice: 14 day quarantine or €69 test
4. Swabbed (nicely): 10:29pm
5. Result (sms): 08:30am
6. Now: Coffee :)
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Looking for bright ideas to try to improve education in Estonia. We've gobbled up 1M€ to fund a few projects - link.medium.com/FE0Xtr2ZoS @waldec @PirkkoValge
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TransferWise becomes the most desired employer in Estonia -- Ihaldusväärseimaks tööandjaks tõusis Transferwise err.ee/860550/ihaldusvaarsei…
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Internal Santander bank documents leaked to @guardianmoney show the outrageous hidden fees banks get away with... theguardian.com/money/2017/a…
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Went climate striking with the @TransferWise team. Because we got no planet b.
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Fintech is coming home nytimes.com/2018/11/20/techn… I guess the alternatives to the old system are real now @monzo @Chime @n26 @TransferWise and others that all have million(s) of people using them. This time its for real.
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All *brexit refugees* are welcome in Estonia!
cc @ViljarLubi @rceallen
nytimes.com/2021/11/08/world…
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Looking for a [financial] analyst in Tallinn to join my personal team to help evaluate and manage a few/zillion exciting projects notorious.ee/jobs.html
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Finished the Amsterdam Marathon in 3:22. Missed stretch goal by a wide margin, but still 5min… instagram.com/p/BaRUtG6ha6b/
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Every flight is special! Glad to see @British_Airways now flying between @HeathrowAirport & @TLLairport - immediately makes Estonia bigger!
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Esimene Haridusfond läks meil täitsa hästi - kokku toetasime 15 algatust, mis jõudsid 80% Eesti koolidest ja neist sai osa ligi 40 000 õpilast. 1/
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Just had a phone conference. The good old kind where you type in pin codes and stuff. And ask "who just joined"? It was sooo painful. Back to the future pls!
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Fundraising is the easy part. These four @estonianmafia members have great businesses to build now that they've raised some 220MEUR in the past few weeks @taxifyapp @StarshipRobots @pipedrive @Veriff WAY TO GO #EstonianTech
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And I realise that I worked at one (@Skype), co-founded one (@TransferWise) and invested in the other two (@boltapp and @pipedrive). Maybe I should go to the casino for the first time to try some of Playtech goodies too?
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Lots to be hopeful for - climate, covid, Europe, etc and of course America. Congrats to President-Elect @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris! Its time to (re)build!
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That's the right level of ambition for Europe for now. Lets go and get it! “To achieve all that, I’ll follow your ambition — 10 technology companies that are worth €100 billion or more by 2030,” Macron said techcrunch.com/2021/06/15/eu…
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Young people should have twice the number of votes because they have to live with the consequence twice as long #EUref
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Hello Hong Kong, @TransferWise is here to meet you! cnbc.com/video/2018/07/05/tr…
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When some of the most prominent researches say that "most likely result of ... is that literally everyone on Earth will die" it makes sense to pay attention. There are *huge* dangers around the arms race in AI and we're playing with hot hot fire. time.com/6266923/ai-eliezer-…
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Super excited about continuing to support @join_ef. What @Alicebentinck and @matthewclifford are doing is really outstanding - a rare example of innovation in the category. And a great way of increasing supply in the sector.
We’ve raised a $158m Series C from an alliance of the world’s best founders, including @patrickc @collision @reidhoffman @ClemensSara @natfriedman @taavet. We’ll be bringing @join_ef's unique teambuilding methodology to even more exceptional individuals around the world
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Need some help - can you fill these 7 questions please about your attitude to sharing illness/immunity status regarding COVID-19? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… this is for the immunity passport idea we're working on for Estonia/Saaremaa @theglobalhack @CovClear
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Sad to see the US exec order on immigration. Makes the world smaller, less diverse and increases hate. Also immigration drives innovation.
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Estonia - the little country that delivers. 1.3m people and 5 unicorns so far. @Skype first, then Playtech, @TransferWise, @boltapp and now @pipedrive. And there are many more to come. #skypemafia #transferwisemafia and #estonianmafia
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”You either join the game or you lose out.” economist.com/finance-and-ec… @TheEconomist
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Excited to be launching @TransferWise in Malaysia today! Thanks to Dr Ong Kian Ming (Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister) and Natalie Black (Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner) for launching us! @imokman @natalieblackuk
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Looking forward to working on how to make Europe a better place to start and grow breakthrough businesses!
BREAKING NEWS: Just announced in @Davos the 15 experts that will help @EU_Commission on #innovation #WEF17 #EU_EIC: is.gd/WGifnm
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Great chat with President @KerstiKaljulaid yesterday about the future of education and more - video here facebook.com/koodjohvi/posts…
Last 10 days to apply to @KoodJohvi school, we already have 2000 applications, the test may be hard, but its the crazy ones that try who will succeed!
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The new London design museum is definitely well worth an inspirational visit @DesignMuseum designmuseum.org
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We are here to try another day -- feels like I could hear millions of people *sigh* around the world. Excited for next try @SpaceX
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Hard to believe that Estonia is leading in terms of equity investing? Whats behind this team @go_lightyear ? From ft.com/content/d3cbfa1f-d712…
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The @TransferWise team loves it when we get a message like this from our customers - keep them coming!
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About 3 years ago we came together to start thinking of a new tech educational pillar for Estonia - @koodjohvi was born.
Today there are 500 students studying in the school.
And this week we opened our new building.
Cant wait to see what we do in the next three years!
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Terves kehas terve vaim! Prime minister @TaaviRoivas joined team @TransferWise for a 11km run! And abs training...
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Talking of immigrants and jobs - 30% of our team in Estonia is foreigners and 50% of our team in London; 40+ nationalities altogether.
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Great to see @Veriff going from strength to strength. Welcome on board @JulesMaltz @mattweigand1 @IVP @Accel ivp.com/news/blog/veriff-pow… and accel.com/noteworthy/our-inv…
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Great to see @taxifyapp & @villigm in London. Better for drivers, thus better for customers. And starts with 50% discount. nitter.app/shonaghosh/status/9047…
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Great two days in Buenos Aires - getting ready for @TransferWise to come here, excited for all the changes here! cronista.com/finanzasmercado…
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