New Director of Engineering joins Estonian company Bolt

Sergey Anikin, an investor and specialist with over 25 years of experience in senior management positions in the technology sector, has become the Director of Engineering at Estonian unicorn Bolt. Among other things, he will be responsible for pricing the company's products and implementing more automation.

Founded in Tallinn in 2013 by Markus Villig, Martin Villig, and Oliver Leisalu, Bolt offers ride-hailing services, shared cars and scooters, as well as, food and grocery delivery. It has 150M people in its user base and it operates in 50 countries across Europe and Africa. In August 2025, Bolt entered the Kazakh market. This is the first expansion in the company's history in Central Asia. 

Sergey Anikin has held strategic and executive positions and served on the boards of directors of Inbank, Bisly, and Tuum. He is also known as a business angel and consultant.

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Latvia's Digmatix acquires Estonian technology company BCS Itera

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