# Katya Kohen

> Katya Kohen is a seed investor at Harmonix Fund (New York) backing E-Commerce and Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Harmonix Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harmonix-fund)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katyakohen/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KatyaKohen/

Katya Kohen is a seed investor at Harmonix Fund in New York focused on E-Commerce and Software. I've been on a mission to bring innovation to the people by providing capital, mentorship, and other resources to entrepreneurs. For the past 12 years, I have built fintech, adtech companies (1 exit), and failed at building consumer companies. I've successfully raised 4 funds (1 venture debt +3 vc) and built Starta Ventures a NY-basedaccelerator that invests in immigrant founders. I've mentored and invested in over 150 startups from all over the world. Prior to my entrepreneurial and investor journey, I spent 4 years on Wall Street- building fintech products and 4 years at Nielsen-helping big brands launch new products in emerging markets.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 75% |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 50% |
| B2B | 1 | 25% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Giftpack | Giftpack's AI-powered solution simplifies the corporate gifting process and amplifies the impact of personalized gifts. We're crafting memorable touchpoints by sending personalized gifts selected out of a curated pool of 3 million options with just one click. Our AI technology efficiently analyzes each recipient's social media,cultural background, and digital footprint to customize gift options at scale. We take care of generating, ordering, and shipping gifts worldwide. We're transforming the way people build authentic business relationships by sending smarter gifts faster with gifting CRM. | $4.3M | Seed | Sep 21, 2023 |  |
| Monetization Solutions, Inc. | Monetizr™ is a turn-key solution enabling game developers and game IP holders to sell personalized game gear from inside the game’s UI and create meta-experiences for high-value players. Give players more than they expect!★ Platform to design, import, and control product inventory, launch, and manage campaigns in real-time. ★ A technologysolution that enables a to sell personalized game gear or give away physical rewards right from the game itself. ★ Support for multi-languages and multi-currencies with the most popular payment methods, including ApplePay, GooglePay, CreditCards, PayPal, Bitcoin. ★ Handling product procurement, fulfillment, legal compliance, and customer support for you. ★ Knowledge-base with the best campaign tactics recommendations to enhance the experience for your most high-value players.We've increased customer lifetime value (CLTV) by up to 25% and our conversion rates are as high as 10.6%. Today we're working with more than 30 game publishers, reaching 17 million monthly active users. Monetizr is focused on Mobile Games - the fastest growing (29% YoY) segment of the gaming industry with 41% of market share and $56.4 Billion dollars spent on digital currencies annually.Learn more at www.themonetizr.com | $4.2M | Seed | Apr 21, 2023 |  |
| FastBuy | FastBuy is building self-checkout platform and shopping assistant that shorten lines, reduce waiting times and improve overall shopping experience. . One mobile application for all shopping needs, whether you shop in the store or want to have products delivered to your house. We combined the best of both worlds into one mobile application. Thecompany is currently in pilot with major US retailer. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 10, 2018 |  |
| Botscape | Botscape is a technology company with the main focus on AI-powered and machine learning solutions. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 02, 2018 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accelerating Asia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerating-asia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Berkeley Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/berkeley-angel-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Change Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/change-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DG VENTURES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dg-incubation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Digital Disrupt](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-disrupt-1449) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Digital Garage](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-ga) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Harmonix Fund

VC Fund · Palm Springs, United States

Harmonix invests in Health & Bio-IT and deep tech companies advancing human health. We focus on Seed to Series B and partner with experienced teams with strong communication, execution, and traction. We are a multi-disciplinary team consisting of scientists, researchers, operators, entrepreneurs, and industry experts with over 70 years ofcumulative experience.

5 contacts available at Harmonix Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Krish Ramadurai | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/krish-ramadurai |
| Anthony DeFeo | Managing Director of Marketing and Investor Relations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-defeo-113e |
| Cofield Mundi | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cofield-mundi |
| Katya Kohen | Partnership and Network Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ekaterina-dorozhkina |
| Maximilian Winter | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maximilian-winter |

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## FAQ

### What does Katya Kohen invest in?

Katya Kohen invests primarily in E-Commerce, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Katya Kohen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Katya Kohen closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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