Summary
Stenver Jerkku is a founder and CEO with 12 years of technology and startup leadership, currently building Soldera to unify Europe’s fragmented energy markets through automated guarantees of origin trading. He has repeatedly launched mission-driven companies at the intersection of climate, commodities and software—previously founding Solid World to create liquid markets for climate finance and leading eAgronom to align farming, carbon credits and AI-driven agritech. Comfortable spanning CTO-to-CEO roles, he combines deep engineering roots with product and go-to-market experience gained from hands-on roles at Glia and teaching front-end development at the University of Tartu. Based in New York with YC training, he specializes in turning complex, illiquid assets into transparent, scalable market infrastructure—a throughline that distinguishes his work across climate and energy markets.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Tallinna Tehnikaülikool
The YC Curriculum, The YC Curriculum at Y Combinator
Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering at University of Tartu
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Economics, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Economics at Tartu Ülikool
Estonian, English, Finnish, Russian, Spanish