Allan Martinson
President at Martinson Trigon Venture Partners AS
Profile
During his career as an entrepreneur, Mr. Allan Martinson has been launching, managing and exiting several companies in the Baltic TMT sector, all of which became leaders in their respective industries.
He was the founding CEO of Baltic News Service, which quickly after launch in 1990 became the dominant real-time news organization in the region after outcompeting and bankrupting its state-owned competitors.
In 1998 Martinson joined MicroLink, the leading PC maker in the Baltics, and re-launched it as a fast-growing and diversified technology group, backed by four rounds of equity investments.
As the CEO of MicroLink, Mr. Martinson orchestrated an aggressive M&A campaign to create the leading IT services and data communications group in all three of the Baltic countries.
With EUR 40 m in annual sales and more than 500 employees, it strongly dominates the market.
MicroLink launched Delfi , the leading Baltic new media enterprise.
Delfi was sold in the fourth year of its existence after reaching profitability at EUR 2 m from revenues of EUR 5 m.
MicroLink was also the parent of SAF Tehnika – the fastest-growing developer of microwave radiolinks for the global mobile telecom industry (please see SAF’s story in the beginning of this document).
Mr. Martinson is a member of the supervisory boards of MicroLink, SAF Tehnika, Baltic News Service, Tallinn Stock Exchange, the leading Estonian media company Ekspress Grupp, the IT company Regio, Estonian ICT association and EstonianAcademy of Arts.
He was nominated for the Businessman of the Year in 2000 and got the Best Decision Award in 2004 for successfully executing the strategy of MicroLink.
Allan Martinson active positions
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Martinson Trigon Venture Partners AS
Martinson Trigon Venture Partners AS Investment ManagersFinance Martinson Trigon Venture Partners AS (MTVP) is an independent private equity investment firm located in Tallinn, Estonia. They concentrate on investments in telecommunications, media, and technology | President | 31/12/2005 |
Avora Holdings Ltd.
Avora Holdings Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Avora Holdings Ltd. provides software development, customization and integration of complex enterprise-class software solutions. The firm’s products include Smart Cloud Connect, SalesDesktop, Servicedesktop and Oracle On-Demand CRM Desktop. The company was founded in January 2005 by Vlad Voskresensky, Anton Zubenko and Konstantin Vaganov and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Allan Martinson
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Hostex UAB
Hostex UAB Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Hostex UAB offers data management and web hosting services. It offers shared hosting, virtual dedicated servers, managed hosting, datacenter services and custom solutions. The company was founded by Martynas Nikolajevas in 1995 and is headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania. | Director/Board Member | - |
TimeOut Solutions OÜ
TimeOut Solutions OÜ Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services TimeOut Solutions OU operates video and entertainment content portals. The firm offers Aegmaha a video site on the Internet that provides videos, games, news, and entertainment. The company is headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia | Chairman | - |
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Martinson Trigon Venture Partners AS
Martinson Trigon Venture Partners AS Investment ManagersFinance Martinson Trigon Venture Partners AS (MTVP) is an independent private equity investment firm located in Tallinn, Estonia. They concentrate on investments in telecommunications, media, and technology | Finance |
Avora Holdings Ltd.
Avora Holdings Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Avora Holdings Ltd. provides software development, customization and integration of complex enterprise-class software solutions. The firm’s products include Smart Cloud Connect, SalesDesktop, Servicedesktop and Oracle On-Demand CRM Desktop. The company was founded in January 2005 by Vlad Voskresensky, Anton Zubenko and Konstantin Vaganov and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Technology Services |
Hostex UAB
Hostex UAB Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Hostex UAB offers data management and web hosting services. It offers shared hosting, virtual dedicated servers, managed hosting, datacenter services and custom solutions. The company was founded by Martynas Nikolajevas in 1995 and is headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania. | Technology Services |
TimeOut Solutions OÜ
TimeOut Solutions OÜ Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services TimeOut Solutions OU operates video and entertainment content portals. The firm offers Aegmaha a video site on the Internet that provides videos, games, news, and entertainment. The company is headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia | Technology Services |
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