KM

Karan Mehta

Early Stage Investor @ NY Ventures (prev. Octopus Ventures)

New York, New York

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Early Stage Investor

    2023

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

  • Investor

    2024

    Recycling nuclear waste. Sourced and led pre-seed for NYV.

  • Investor

    2024

    AI drone defense. Sourced and led seed investment for NYV.

2024

  • Investor

    2024

    Helping people access and manage government benefits. Sourced and led pre-seed investment for NYV.

2023

  • Investor

    2023

    AI writing tool for Spanish. Sourced and led seed investment.

2018 - 2023

  • 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.

2023 - 2023

  • Investor + Board

    2023 - 2023

    AI video. Sourced and led seed investment.

2022 - 2023

  • Investor + Board

    2022 - 2023

    The first end-to-end encrypted consumer calendar. Sourced and led seed investment.

2022 - 2023

  • Investor + Board

    2022 - 2023

    Full-stack UX research tool. Sourced and led seed investment.

2021 - 2023

  • Investor + Board

    2021 - 2023

    Fashion rental for all. Sourced and led seed investment.