Taavet Hinrikus is a co-founder of Plural, the European early-stage fund launched in 2022. He started as the first employee of Skype in 2002 and spent seven years there before co-founding TransferWise, now Wise, which he began building in 2010 and launched in early 2011. Wise has more than 3,000 employees and went public in 2021 in the first direct listing in Europe. At Plural his listed investments include OLIX, CoMind, Teton and Starship Technologies.
Previous Experience
First employee, Skype (2002 to 2009)
Co-founder, TransferWise (now Wise), building from 2010 and launching the first version in early 2011
Notable Investments
OLIXCoMindTetonStarship Technologies
Career Timeline
2002
Started as the first employee of Skype.
2010
Co-founded TransferWise and began building the product.
2011
Launched the first version of TransferWise.
2021
Wise went public in the first ever direct listing in Europe.
2022
Co-founded Plural, launching a 250 million euro early-stage fund.