Skype is widely regarded as one of the most successful tech companies to come out of Europe—but who are the people that built the company and where are they now? by Sam_L_Shead
has identified ten of the most influential and successful people within the Skype mafia.Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
set it up because he wanted to build the VC he couldn’t find when he was raising for Skype in Europe. The fund has backed dozens of businesses, and big wins to date include Supercell , Xobni and Klarna, which isTall and composed, Zennström is particularly keen to back sustainable businesses that have the potential to mitigate the impact of climate change.
Today, Hinrikus is the cofounder and chairman of currency exchange platform TransferWise. Hinrikus had the epiphany for TransferWise in 2011 when he was living in London but working for Skype in Estonia. He was paid in euros, but had a mortgage in pounds. Meanwhile, his TransferWise cofounder, Kristo Käärmann, worked in London, but had a mortgage to pay in Estonia in euros.
While at Skype between April 2004 and April 2005, Burbidge was head of product development, reporting directly to Zennström. She says she was responsible for all of the company’s product road maps and strategic alliance/partner-integration efforts with companies like Packard Bell and Motorola.is a venture capital partner at Passion Capital, one of the main investors in mobile banking app Monzo. Burbidge is also a nonexec director at Dixons Carphone, a fintech envoy for the U.K.
In December 2007, Heinla founded an advertising tech startup, which is still around today. But since 2014, Heinla has been back with Skype cofounder Janus Friis, focused on rolling out Starship’s delivery robots around the world.Flickr/Richter Frank-Jurgen “Thanks to him there was a focus on AI before it became big in Silicon Valley. Lately he has been quiet and left the day-to-day operations of his VC firm.”Corbis/Sportsfile via Getty Images
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