Karan Mehta
Investor at NY Ventures
Karan Mehta
Investor at NY Ventures
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Early Stage Investor
2023 - Current
$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.
Investor
2024
Helping people access and manage government benefits. Sourced and led pre-seed investment for NYV.
Investor
2023
AI writing tool for Spanish. Sourced and led seed investment.
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.
Investor + Board
2023 - 2023
AI video. Sourced and led seed investment.
Investor + Board
2022 - 2023
The first end-to-end encrypted consumer calendar. Sourced and led seed investment.
Investor + Board
2022 - 2023
Full-stack UX research tool. Sourced and led seed investment.
Investor + Board
2021 - 2023
Fashion rental for all. Sourced and led seed investment.