# Karl Kerksiek

> Karl Kerksiek is a Series A investor at Salient backing Nutrition. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Salient
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlkerksiek/
- Website: http://www.endeavor8.com

Karl Kerksiek is a Series A investor at Salient in Palo Alto focused on Nutrition and Food Processing. VC investing in high-growth technology companies impacting the entire agriculture and food value chain. Focused on companies that provide new approaches to finance & risk management, identify data-driven operations improvement, or address changing consumer preferences in food. Decade of management consulting experience using data science toadvise C-suite executives on strategic and operational challenges in consumer & enterprise software, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and information technology. Fluent in Mandarin. Academic training in economics from Stanford and Pomona College.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nutrition | 1 | 100% |
| Food Processing | 1 | 100% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Apparo | Apparo is a food processing technology intended to process crops in order to maximize the yield of available nutrients. The company provides exceptional protein and micronutrients to food and nutrition companies. Apparo was founded in 2020 and is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States. | $3.5M | Series A | May 13, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blue Horizon Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-horizon-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Finistere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finistere-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Salient

VC Fund · Cambridge, United States

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4 contacts available at Salient.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eric Schmitt | Co-Founder | — |
| Jesse Palma | Head of Machine Learning | — |
| Karl Kerksiek | Investor | — |
| Ray Schmitt | Co-Founder & President | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Karl Kerksiek invest in?

Karl Kerksiek invests primarily in Nutrition, Food Processing and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 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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### When did Karl Kerksiek last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Karl Kerksiek closed in May 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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