Yvan-michel Ehkirch

Managing Partner at Karista

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

Overview

Yvan-Michel Ehkirch is a Managing Partner and shareholder at Karista, specializing in Venture Capital in Digital-Deep-Tech-Spacetech. He serves as an Ambassador for #France 2030 in the Space sector, with a strong background in business and industry innovation advising. Some career highlights include investing in a diverse range of companies at various stages like BforeAI (Series A) and NAVYA (Seed), and serving in key roles at companies such as Engineering Animation, Inc. and Dassault Systèmes.

Work Experience

Karista

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.

Board member or observer

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)