# Timo Rein

> Timo Rein is an Estonian entrepreneur, Pipedrive co-founder and former CEO. His background in psychology, recruitment, door-to-door book sales and sales training helped inform the CRM company’s focus on salespeople’s daily work. He is also listed as an advisor at Camber Partners and a supervisory board member at Modera.

- **Role:** Advisor at Camber Partners; supervisory board member at Modera; co-founder and former CEO of Pipedrive
- **Organizations:** Pipedrive, Vain & Partners, Southwestern Company, Camber Partners, Modera
- **Nationality:** Estonian
- **Education:** Psychology; Rein described his qualification as an MA in his 2021 AMA, University of Tartu
- **Known for:** Ranked among the top one percent of Southwestern Company door-to-door salespeople., Co-founded Pipedrive and led the company during its first decade., Pipedrive reported more than 95,000 customer businesses when its Vista majority investment was announced in November 2020.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2010** — Worked in recruitment for four years and helped build sales consultancy Vain & Partners with Urmas Purde and Peep Vain.
- **2000** — Sold educational books door to door with Southwestern Company.
- **2010** — Co-founded Pipedrive in Tallinn with Urmas Purde, Ragnar Sass, Martin Henk and Martin Tajur.
- **2011** — Pipedrive participated in AngelPad in San Francisco.
- **2020** — His tenure as CEO ended; Pipedrive announced a Vista Equity Partners majority investment in November.
- **2021** — Joined Modera’s supervisory board on September 16.

## Achievements

- Ranked among the top one percent of Southwestern Company door-to-door salespeople.
- Co-founded Pipedrive and led the company during its first decade.
- Pipedrive reported more than 95,000 customer businesses when its Vista majority investment was announced in November 2020.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Pipedrive appointed Paulo Cunha as CEO on May 5; Rein’s role remains described as co-founder and former CEO in this profile.
- **2026-05** — An Estonian Business Register extract dated May 20 lists Rein on Modera’s supervisory board, with service beginning September 16, 2021.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timorein/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/timorein

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Last updated: 2026-10-22