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Yvan-Michel Ehkirch

Managing Partner and shareholder at Karista, Venture Capitalist in Digital-Deep-Tech-Spacetech, Business and Industry Innovation Advisor, Ambassador #France 2030 (Space)

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $600,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $6,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $3,300,000.00

Work Experience

2011

  • Managing Partner

    2011

    Karista is an early-stage venture capital firm created in 2001. We funded 100+ 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.

  • Investor, Board Director or Observer

    2012

    Exotrail (www.exotrail.com), Cysec (www.cysec.com), Heex (www.heex.com), Vestack (www.vestack.com), Ramd.am (www.ramd.am), Stereolabs (www.stereolabs.com), Navya (www.navya.tech), Sevenhugs (sold to Qorvo), Linkfluence (Sold to Meltwater), Comiteo (Sold to Natixis), WebGeoServices (Sold to Capza), Admo.tv (www.admo.tv), Clem (www.clem-e.com), Revers.io (www.revers.io), Serious Factory (www.seriousfactory.com), Aterovax (www.aterovax.com), Entertainment Learning (www.lingua-attack.com), Nanoe (www.nanoe.com)

  • New Ventures Advisor

    2012

2005 - 2012

  • Board member

    2005 - 2012

2001 - 2011

  • Partner

    2001 - 2011

  • Director Marketing & Business Development Europe

    1999 - 2000

1996 - 1999

  • Manager, Marketing & Sales

    1996 - 1999

  • Pre Sales Consultant

    1991 - 1996

  • Volontaire à l'Aide Technique (Volunteering French National Service)

    1990 - 1991