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Karan Mehta

Investor at NY Ventures

New York, New York

Overview 

Karan Mehta is an Early Stage Investor at NY Ventures, previously at Octopus Ventures, with a strong track record of investing in companies like ZeroMark, Correcto, Onin, Ribbon, and Wondering. He specializes in new business development, product development, and jewelry design, focusing on sectors such as AR/VR, e-commerce, and the future of work in New York City.

Work Experience 

  • Early Stage Investor

    2023 - Current

    $175M public venture fund investing in founders serving the public interest. Checks from $500k-$3M.

  • Investor

    2024

    - tech-enabled SE firm (seed) - public safety platform for schools (pre-seed) - battery infra network (pre-seed) - ground water mgmt for farmers (seed) - AI for disability benefits (A)

  • Investor

    2024

    Helping people access and manage government benefits. Pre-seed w/ Matrix.

  • Investor

    2024

    AI drone defense. Seed w/ a16z.

ZeroMark is a defense product company building technology to ensure safety and precision when using kinetic and non lethal weapons.

Raised $7,000,000.00 from Balaji Srinivasan, Ludlow Ventures, Anorak Ventures, Austin Ogilvie, Soona Amhaz, New York Ventures, Ground Up Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.

  • Investor

    2024

    Recycling nuclear waste. Pre-seed.

  • Investor

    2024

    The future of wig manufacturing. Seed w/ Humba.

  • Early Stage Investor

    2018 - 2023

    Octopus Ventures is a London and New York based venture capital firm, focused on backing unusually talented entrepreneurs. We can invest from $1m-$25m in a first round of funding and will look to follow in subsequent rounds. Companies: HURR (Observer), Correcto (Observer), Wondering (Observer), Haiper (Observer), Katalyst Fitness (Observer), Orbex, ThoughtRiver, Depop

  • Scout

    2017 - 2018

    VentureProject connects extraordinary founders with forward-thinking VC's and corporates in the F-1000. karan@ventureproject.co ventureproject.co

  • Director

    2014 - 2017

    MK is a fine jewelry manufacturing and distribution company serving major retailers and independents throughout the US. Led the company's digital transformation, managed product development, built sales team and launched several brands.

  • Associate Director, Strategy & Business Operations

    2013 - 2014

  • Creative Director

    2014 - 2016

    KIN was an e-commerce jewelry brand based in NYC. We made interconnected rings that could be stacked on one finger or spread across several. Company acquired in 2016.

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