Venture Capital

Investments, Portfolio Management

I am a Venture Capitalist currently working at Kstart Capital. I do investment analysis on pre-seed stage companies. I love interacting with budding entrepreneurs and advise founders on strategizing and fundraising.

I am a Beta Gamma Sigma Honors MBA graduate form IE Business School, ranked 8th worldwide by FT.com. I have previously worked in Technology, Entertainment, and Financial Services industries.

Previous Work Experience

Extracurricular Interests – Activities

I am a strong believer in giving back to the society

Volunteering

As a volunteer of of One Brick Philly I volunteered at various non-profit organizations such as,

Philabundance
Books through Bars
Habitat for Humanity
Annual Komen Philadelphia Race for Cure

Adventure Sports

I love adventure sports such as,

Hang Gliding
Riding Sports Bike
River Kayaking
Hot-air Ballooning
Rock Climbing

Awards & Achievements

Academic and Extra-Curricular achievements

GMAT

740

97%

48 Quantitative

42 Verbal

Teachers Assistantship

Awarded Teachers Assistantship and full tuition waiver by the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Saint Joseph’s University

IE Foundation Scholarship

Awarded Financial Aid by IE Foundation at IE Business School

Interview at AIR Vijayawada

Interviewed by All India Radio Vijayawada for a youth development program in March 2015.

Recommendations

“He approaches any task with get-it-done attitude, coordinates and works effectively with other team members. Karteek is a strong leader, who takes iniative and sets the tone of meetings.”

Tatiana Severina

MBA Candidate at IE Business School

“Karteek possesses a thoughtful and calm approach to problem solving that sets the tone for his team. He consistently provides creative solutions to complex problems and works hard to encourage other team members to do the same.”

Kristen Rush-De Anda

Sr. Project Manager at Rovi