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Yvan-Michel Ehkirch

Managing Partner at Karista

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

Overview

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2011 - Current

    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

  • Board member

    2005 - 2012

  • Partner

    2001 - 2011

  • Director Marketing & Business Development Europe

    1999 - 2000

  • Manager, Marketing & Sales

    1996 - 1999

  • Pre Sales Consultant

    1991 - 1996

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

    1990 - 1991

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