User:Cocoonity/Rein Lemberpuu

Rein Lemberpuu (born 1978) is an Estonian IT entrepreneur and CEO of .Contriber.

Rein Lemberpuu was the CEO of Playtech Estonia from 2004 to 2009.

After leaving Playtech, Lemberpuu became an investor for startup companies such as Sportlyzer. He opened a startup office building sTARTUp Hub on the Tartu Town Hall Square at the former Tartu cultural building. This was also named as a nominee of the Tartu Act of the Year 2015. For cooperation in organizing the Tartu Music Week in 2015, Rein Lemberpuu's company Contriber was awarded the honorary title of Tartu Culture Bearer in the culture-friendly company category.

Rein Lemberpuu has initiated several IT idea development events in the Garage48 format and is one of the initiators of the entrepreneurship festivals sTARTUp Day and Latitude59.

In 2013, an apartment building on Lepiku street in Tartu was awarded at the "Estonian beautiful home 2013" competition. Rein Lemberpuu accepted the award as the winner's representative.

Rein Lemberpuu was the president of the Estonian Founders Society in 2016-2019 and the president of the Estonian Business Angels Network (EstBAN) in 2015-2019.

In 2017, Rein Lembepuu created the .Cocoon program for startup managers, which offers participants support from mentors and helps them solve personal and business problems through self-development.

Since 2020, Rein Lemberpuu invests through .Cocoon Ventures in startup companies whose founders and CEO's see entrepreneurship as an opportunity for self-development and participate in .Cocoon's 1-year program. Before that, Lemberpuu made 33 investments in startup companies such as Xolo, Neural DSP, Rangeforce, Click and Grow, Interactio through .Contriber Ventures.

Awards

 * 2015 Estonian Founders Society Contributor of the Year Award.
 * 2016 Estonian Founders Society Contributor of the Year Award.
 * 2017 Estonian Founders Society Contributor of the Year Award.
 * 2017 Estonian Business Angels Network's angel investor of the year.
 * 2018 Tartu medal