Rait Ojasaar
Investor at Change Ventures & tech entrepreneur
Rait Ojasaar
Investor at Change Ventures & tech entrepreneur
Tallinn, Harjumaa
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2017 - Current
We are a pre-seed focused venture capital fund backing ambitious Baltic founders, globally. Change Ventures invests up to €500K in the earliest stage technology startups. We take an active investor role, leveraging our extensive experience to help startups get through the trials and tribulations of seed stage to product-market fit and growth. Our deep network in the USA and Western Europe helps our portfolio companies to get follow-on investments, customers and corporate partnerships. Visit www.changeventures.com to get in touch with us.
Member Of The Supervisory Board
2020
Member Of The Supervisory Board
2020
Member Of The Supervisory Board
2017
Board Member & Investor
2014
Node.js focused software tech team for your most challenging business needs. If you have a complex business and system, which needs to be delivered fast and with precision - nodeSWAT is the right choice. We have 10 years of node.js experience and have successfully helped international startups, scaleups, and Fortune 500 companies to scale their businesses. Visit www.nodeswat.com to get in touch with us.
Investor & Advisor
2015
KUMA Design makes handcrafted accessories for modern women. KUMA collections are designed by an indie fashion artist Mari Ojasaar, whose creations are inspired by nature and Nordic moods. Available in many colours and style, KUMA products are handcrafted to tell a story. Your story. Visit www.getkuma.com to buy your KUMA.
Managing Partner
2008
Solon Partners provides hands-on strategic consulting for founders and managements to identify the true potential of the businesses and develop a strategic plan with detailed tasks, schedule and budget for implementation. Our typical client is a seed or early stage technology/science company looking to overcome start-up related problems and expand operations internationally. Visit www.solonpartners.com for more information.
Advisor
2016 - 2018
Alter Security is a modern cyber and data security consultancy. Our hands-on security trainings have strong emphasis on practicality. Prepared and delivered by leading experts, our trainings provide actionable security playbooks for those responsible for securing their information systems.
Board Member
2011 - 2015
Publification develops a disruptive publishing and social marketing platform for authors of ebooks. Our cloud based technology allows readers to instantly open eBooks with one mouse click on a link shared via Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. This platform enables self-publishers to cost-effectively distribute and market their ebooks to over 3 Billion devices (works on anything with a browser), track marketing metrics and interact with readers. Springboard UK accelerator chose Publification out of 230 international applicants to join 9 other teams for its class of 2011 startups.
Hands-on Investor
2012 - 2014
OCDesk is a product design company based out of Miami, Florida and Europe. The company specializes in developing high quality accessories for Apple products. All the OCDesk accessories are developed based on the lean and minimalist yet high functionality design philosophies to help people maintain cleaner workspace and increase their productivity. The first product launched is the OCDock - the world's first iPhone dock for iMac / Thunderbolt display users. OCDesk team consists of seasoned specialist and entrepreneurs with wealth of experience in the fields of product design, engineering and marketing. Check www.ocdesk.com for more information.
Education
BBA
1999 - 2004