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Gabe Karp

Author of Don’t Get Mad at Penguins

Detroit, Michigan

Overview 

Gabe Karp is a best-selling author of "Don’t Get Mad at Penguins" and a keynote speaker on conflict, leadership, and success. He is a successful venture capitalist with significant investments in various startups, such as Rockbot and Quikly, and has served on the boards of multiple companies, including Benzinga which was acquired for $300M in October 2021. Highlights of Gabe Karp's career include being a venture partner at Detroit Venture Partners and Lightbank, as well as serving as a board member for various successful companies like Waymark and Rockbot.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2013 - Current

    Venture Capital & Private Equity

Detroit Venture Partners is an American venture capital firm that funds seed- and early-stage technology companies.

  • Venture Partner

    2020

    Venture Capital & Private Equity

Lightbank is a $700M AUM VC led by Eric Lefkofsky investing across AI, SaaS, marketplaces, healthcare, fintech and consumer.

  • Board Member

    2013

    Rockbot is a streaming media platform for brick and mortar businesses. We offer a background music, digital signage and video solutions. Business owners customize their catalog of music from our hundreds of out of the box playlists, millions of songs, or engage our custom curation team.

Rockbot is a streaming media platform for businesses including TV, background music, mobile app and digital signage applications.

Raised $5,389,980.00 from Daher Capital, Accelerator Ventures and Rincon Venture Partners.

  • Board Member

    2013

    Quikly’s technology platform uses marketing psychology to motivate consumers, so brands can achieve their acquisition and retention goals faster, more cost effectively and with less resources. Brands like Domino’s, Microsoft, Victoria’s Secret, Express and McDonald’s have leveraged Quikly to achieve immediate and measurable results.

Quikly is a digital marketing platform that motivates consumers to react quickly.

Raised $5,613,396.00 from Tech Startup Stabilization Fund.

  • Board Member

    2013

    Waymark gives you the power to make exceptional video ads in seconds. Just find a template that’s right for you, personalize it in seconds, and start marketing.

Grow your business with anyone-can-edit video from Waymark.

Raised $4,616,262.00 from Tech Startup Stabilization Fund.

  • Board Member

    2020 - 2023

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Raised $4,750,000.00 from 500 Global.

  • Board Member

    2020 - 2021

    We help millions of people improve their trading and investing results each month by providing superior market information, data and tools. Benzinga gives traders and investors the edge needed to profit in the markets. We are devoted to the ambitious mission of transforming the financial industry and empowering the individual investor.

  • Board Member

    2013 - 2021

  • Chief Development Officer

    2016 - 2019

3D digital asset management and 3D product visualizaiton for furniture, kitchen, bath, office, and outdoor retailers and manufacturers.

Raised $56,200,000.00 from Bellini Capital and Florida Funders.

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