Karista

Karista

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Investment Firm

Overview

Karista is an early-stage venture capital firm created in 2001. We funded 90+ companies over the past two decades and support tomorrow’s game changers in the field of Health, Digital, Tech, and NewSpace.

We have always worked to provide more than cash and partnered with entrepreneurs whom we share a common vision with.

Highlights

Founded

2001

Industry

Venture Capital

Employees

11-50

Investment

140

Lead Investment

21

Exits

31

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

Europe

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Karista, established in 2001 and headquartered in Europe., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed investments across E-Commerce, Coupons, Payments, Gift Card, Biotechnology, Mobile, Loyalty Programs, Financial Services, Finance, Banking. The organization boasts a portfolio of 140 investments, with an average round size of $6.8M and 31 successful exits. Their recent investments include Sesamea, WatchFrog, Up & Net, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, Codasystem. The highest investment round they participated in was $50.2B. Among their most notable exits are Sesamea and WatchFrog. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Yvan-Michel Ehkirch

Yvan-Michel Ehkirch

Managing Partner

imagePlace Olivier Dubuisson

Olivier Dubuisson

Managing Partner

imagePlace Catherine Boule

Catherine Boule

Managing Partner

imagePlace Baudouin Hue

Baudouin Hue

Partner

imagePlace Elodie Feraille

Elodie Feraille

Management Assistant

imagePlace Michaël Thomas

Michaël Thomas

Investment Director

Investment portfolio

Karista has made 140 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 05, 2024, when Deemea raised $4.3M.

Karista has made 2 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Jul 21, 2016, when Stereolabs raised $441.2K.

investments

140

Diversity investments

2

Lead investments

21

Number of exits

31

Investments

140

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Mar 18, 2024
RebrAIn RebrAIn
Life Science4.0M
Apr 24, 2024
BforeAI BforeAI
Information Technology15.0M
Apr 24, 2024
10Lines 10Lines
Navigation1.6M
Jun 05, 2024
Deemea Deemea
Software4.3M

Exits

31

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

140

Investors

0

Funds

7

Funding Rounds

140

Karista has raised 140 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 05, 2024 from a Seed Round - Deemea round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Mar 18, 2024
Seed Round - RebrAIn Seed Round - RebrAIn
-4.0M-
Apr 24, 2024
Series A - BforeAI Series A - BforeAI
-15.0M-
Apr 24, 2024
Seed Round - 10Lines Seed Round - 10Lines
-1.6M-
Jun 05, 2024
Seed Round - Deemea Seed Round - Deemea
-4.3M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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