Meet the team
Matter ID heroes
Raido Saar
Founder/CEO
Raido Saar has a military intelligence background as Chief of the Estonian Border Guard intelligence unit. He completed a series of FBI trainings on criminal profiling and document infringement.
As President of the Estonian WEB3 Chamber and member of the Anti-Money Laundering Council at the Ministry of Finance of Estonia he is involved in developing digital protection for cybercrime.
GUSTAV POOLA
Founder/CTO
Gustav Poola has 30+ years in IT, e-platforms, and infrastructure, with expertise in data risk management and proof based technologies.
He holds a Master degree in Electrical Engineering, and is certified in Money Laundering Risk assessment, SCRUM Master and DPO from Maastricht University.
Mairi Kutberg
Founder/CFO
Mairi Kutberg is an expert in finance, grant management, investments, and financial training for start-ups. With two decades of expertise in grants management and investment management in technology startups, Mairi has managed several companies and serves as board member on a number of companies and organizations. She earned her MBA at the renowned Estonian Business School.
Raul Vahisalu
Founder/CISO
Raul Vahisalu has over 25 years of experience in telecom and IT, focusing on high-tech project development and implementation. He has worked on Telecom and Fintech services, data platforms, and eID/Interoperability projects in Africa. He is the author of Patent nr. IPC7 G06F 17/60 for mobile phone-based parking fee collection. Raul holds an MBA from Tartu University (2006), an MSocSc from Tallinn University (2007), and has completed courses in Blockchain and Machine Learning at MIT Sloan (2020).
TARMO KÕUHKNA
Founder/CPO
Tarmo Kõuhkna built his professional career in the Renewable Energy and Medical Device industry with a focus on medical devices, mobile communication, IoT, and environmental technologies. His focus is e-governance, digital identity, and healthcare data systems. He holds an eMBA in International Business from Helsinki School of Economics.
Priit Raspel
Founder/Chief Data Architect
Priit Raspel has 30 years of IT expertise, specializing in data and system architecture across banking, insurance, and medical sectors. As Chief Architect at the Estonian Information Systems Authority, he led the development of Estonia’s eID architecture. He later designed the country’s digital health information system at the Ministry of Social Affairs. Currently, he lectures on IT at Tallinn University of Technology, where he earned his MSc in software architecture and data modeling. His experience and academic work make him a key figure in Estonia’s digital infrastructure development.