Guaana

Guaana is a funding platform for open research projects

  • Stage Product In Development
  • Industry IT Services
  • Location Tallinn, Tallinna linn, Estonia
  • Currency EUR
  • Founded September 2014
  • Employees 10
  • Incorporation Type Not Incorporated
  • Website guaana.com

Company Summary

Guaana helps researchers to find relevant funding as well as allies and sparring partners for nascent research projects from an extensive expert community. Synchronising researcher and foundation needs, we have created a fast & transparent grant distribution model that is completely based on peer evaluation.

Founded in Estonia in late 2014, we have attracted a community of 3,000 scientists & experts from 157 countries. Learn more www.guaana.com

Team

  • Co-Founder CFO

    Financial background from LHV Bank

  • Co-Founder CEO

    Creative director with 14 years of experience in design, art direction, UI/UX, strategy and service design, focusing on digital services. (TeliaSonera; Estelon; Fox International; Brand Manual,Velvet)

  • Indrek Mossov
    Co-Founder CTO

    10 years of experience in IT sector involving projects in both local and global markets. Built a software development company which employs 50 workers today. (TeliaSonera; Police and Borded Guard Board; Estonian Tax and Customs Board)

  • Ain Kuuseok
    Co-Founder CPO

    Creative mind and entrepreneur with 17 years of experience in both European and North American markets. (Audentes; Apple - IM Arvutid; Trimtex)

  • Business Development

    Educational background in natural sciences and econo- my, Alice has worked with some of the most prominent companies in Estonian finance sector- as an auditor in PriceWaterhouseCoopers and previous experience from SEB Bank

  • Lead Developer

    Full-stack developer, hacker with 5+ years experience and deep understanding of the Web and Cloud technologies. Sander has been working for Wiseman Interactive and Nortal, both leaders in Estonian development industry.

  • Developer

    Front-end developer, who was previously freelancer and developed custom projects. Previously worked in OKIA, wich is one of the oldest (since 1996) and most experi- enced new media agencies in Estonia.

  • Developer

    Started developing at the age of 12. At the age of 18 he was a developer at Swedbank; CTO at Kingpindeas; Free- lanced at Blooob (mobile and tablet apps; e-commerce in partnership with Erply).

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Previous Investors

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