Taavi Kotka (born 21 January 1979) is an IT visionary and previously the chief information officer of the Estonian Government known for leading e-residency program.

Taavi Kotka (alongside Ruth Annus, and Siim Sikkut) proposed "10 million e-residents by 2025" on idea contest by Estonian Development Fund in 2014.

[1][2] In April 2015, the Vice President of European Commission, Andrus Ansip, assigned Taavi Kotka to be his Special Adviser on Digital Single Market issues and e-Governance.

The new investment round was led by the fund Taavet + Sten, among the investors were Markus Villig, Kaarel Kotkas, Triin Hertmann, Jevgeni Kabanov, etc.

[6][7] As an engineer, he has been the brainpower behind many Estonian e-government innovative initiatives like e-residency (digital citizenship), data embassies, country in the cloud, no-legacy policy, VAT fraud detection etc.