Kaidi Ruusalepp

Estonia

Founder & CEO at Funderbeam (Creator of the Global Startup Stock Exchange)

Kaidi is a former CEO of Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange and of the Central Securities Depository; Co-Founder of Estonian Service Industry Association; and Member of the Startup Europe Advisory Board at European Commission. A lawyer by education, she co-authored the Estonian Digital Signatures Act of 2000 — landmark legislation that enables secure digital identities and, in turn, the country’s booming electronic economy. Now, she has created Funderbeam, fueling the companies of the future on a blockchain-powered exchange.