Toivo Annus

Ambient Sound Investments OÜ (ASI) is an Estonian investment firm which was established as an equal partnership in 2003 by four founding engineers at Skype Technologies. Based in Tallinn, Estonia, the firm manages the partners' assets and focuses on technology projects. The firm works closely with their wholly-owned subsidiaries, ASI Private Equity AS and ASI Incubator OÜ, established by the founders to allow friends and colleagues from Skype to invest jointly with ASI, and to extend the firm's contact network and competence base. The firm aims to provide resources for projects which lack key people on the team, helping them to become independent start-ups.

InkSpin1 AS produces a universal software platform for embedded video calls on set top boxes, media players and other network connected consumer electronic products. It also offers porting, integration, customization, consulting o hardware and support and maintenance services. The company was founded by Toivo Annus and Martin Villig on November 10, 2007 and is headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia.

Modesat Communications is a leading-edge modem developer in the fields of radio and wired communications, with Research and Development Centers in Estonia, Russia and Belarus, and Sales and Account Management offices in Sunnyvale, California (Silicon Valley), USA and in Tallinn, Estonia. Modesat offers innovative digital modem technologies with forward error correction cores and standard interfaces for a range of different applications. Amongst these are broadband modems for: High order adaptive QAM microwave radio Wideband wireless Gigabit Ethernet Cable networks Fixed and mobile satellite communications. Its products provide the highest throughput, reliability and cost efficiency available on the market. The range of products is built on top of PilotSync™ technology. Modesat Communications' competitive edge derives from its sound innovative technology with clear technical advantages, customer tailored approach and high credibility. The company is the only one on the market that offers a full range of DSP Cores for modem technologies including modems, forward error correction and interfaces. The major investor in Modesat is Ambient Sound Investments, the investment firm formed by the founding engineers of Skype.