Karakoram
VC Fund
London, United Kingdom
Karakoram is an Impact Venture Studio and a Design, Engineering, & Innovation consultancy specialising in Civic Technology, dedicated to solving the world's toughest humanitarian, democratic, and environmental challenges. As the Founder and Innovation Lead, I have guided the company for five years. Based in London, England, our team ofstrategists, designers, and engineers uses entrepreneurial thinking, strategy, design, and engineering to create new products, services, experiences, and spin-out ventures. We focus on meeting unmet needs while helping our clients embrace new mindsets, skills, and work methods, balancing purpose and profit.At Karakoram, we believe in empathy, optimism, and applying creativity as a complement to analytical reasoning. This approach enables us to work through ambiguity with confidence, and we partner closely with our clients to make a future inclusive of people, planet, and profit. We focus on de-risking developmental or humanitarian interventions and projects by injecting the same type of product/venture mentality and rapid experimental engineering used by top Silicon Valley accelerators and product shops.We have built high-impact projects across three continents, ranging from adapting Google Venture Sprints to work for developmental challenges to demonstrating how to use rapid prototyping of software, hardware, and IoT in de-risking ambitious interventions. Our efforts have been recognized by the UN Development Program, as we were awarded the 2020 Global Innovator Award.As a company, we aspire to reimagine and drive a paradigm shift for the future of private consultancy/intergovernmental humanitarian partnerships, using the current relationship between NASA and its private sector partners as a template for getting things done. We are proud of the work we have done and look forward to continuing to make a positive impact on the world.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Karakoram invests in
Stages Karakoram invests in
Countries Karakoram invests in
Contacts
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Josh Thomas
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Shea McManigal
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Investment Focus
Industry
- AgTech 1 (50%)
- Livestock 1 (50%)
- Agriculture 1 (50%)
- Cyber Security 1 (50%)
- Internet of Things 1 (50%)
Country
- United States 1 (50%)
- United Kingdom 1 (50%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Josh Thomas
Founder
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Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Shea McManigal
CFO
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CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Deniable
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Deniable is an innovative technology firm specializing in advanced security solutions for high-risk environments. Founded by cybersecurity experts passionate about safeguarding democracy, liberty and privacy, Deniable develops cutting-edge software that offers unparalleled data protection with features designed to thwart both digital and physicalcoercion. Ideal for government operatives, journalists, and private security professionals, especially those who may be subject to searches and seizures, Deniable allows its users to comply with complete peace of mind, showing everything without revealing anything. | $85K / Pre-Seed / Jun 02, 2024 | |
Pastoral
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Pastoral is a regenerative precision livestock farming (PLF) venture that delivers simple, low-cost, real-time land and animal data to global low-income livestock farmers, increasing their profitability and lowering their environmental impact. | $40K / Pre-Seed / May 15, 2021 |
Co-Investors
Company of Entrepreneurs
1 deal together
UNDP
1 deal together
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What does Karakoram invest in?
Karakoram invests primarily in AgTech, Livestock and Agriculture startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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