Carien Beyer

Principal

2021 - Current

Inkef is a European VC firm investing in early-stage Technology (mainly B2B across Future of Commerce, Future of Work, Data & AI, Software Engineering, ProcureTech, FinTech and DeepTech) and Healthcare companies (Therapeutics, Digital Health & Tech-enabled Healthcare). Our sweet spot is Seed – Series A deals but for exceptional founders we may consider stepping in earlier or later. We have a long-term, hands-on approach and help build companies, not valuations. Portfolio companies include Gitlab, Remote, ChannelEngine, Silverflow, Castor and others.

Board Member

2023

Withlocals is an experiential travel company that connects travellers to local hosts who offer private, personalised tours all around the world.

Board Member

2023

The AI-powered intranet that turns knowledge into action and revolutionizes productivity.

Board Member

2021

Provable Labs applies secrecy-preserving, secure multi-party computation technology to build trading platforms that allow participants to express their positions and find liquidity without the risk of price slippage.

Board Observer

2022 - 2024

Lengoo provides premium Enterprise language translation services using a combination of the latest machine translation technology and professional linguists. > Sold to Aleph Alpha (German AI company raised > $500m) in May-24.

Mentor

2022 - 2023

Investor

2020 - 2021

Edenred Capital is a London-based Venture Capital firm, investing in European tech entrepreneurs in Seed to Series B rounds. Strategic support from Edenred helps grow its portfolio companies. Portfolio companies include Banked, Beamery, Candex, Beekeeper, Stoke Talent, Fuse Universal, Fretlink, Freto, Andjaro, Avrios, Lucky Cart, ZenChef and more.

Associate

2018 - 2020

True is a retail and consumer-focused investment & consultancy firm

Director of Operations

2017 - 2018

Tech start-up / @ruubyapp / www.ruuby.com

Procurement Buyer / Innovation

2014 - 2017