# Karl Wills

> Karl Wills is a seed investor backing CRM, Farming and Agriculture. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/karl-wills/0/193/916

Karl Wills is a seed investor focused on CRM and Farming. Originally at MetaPack in 2000, Karl returned in November 2009 to take on the role as COO and CIO responsible for MetaPack’s Product Development, Support, Infrastructure and Carrier Integration. Karl is now responsible for handling MetaPack's legal activity and ensuring best practice is brought into all parts of the MetaPack operation toensure exceptional performance for our customers. In between the MetaPack roles, he worked for Abacus Billing as CEO before its sale to Mind CTI, successfully managing the company turnaround at Solution 1 as COO and interim CEO where he focused on improving their delivery function as well as their IT infrastructure.Prior to joining MetaPack that he has held roles such as Senior Supply Chain Director for EMI Records (based in The Netherlands), IT Director for EMI Operations and IT Director EMI France as well as a number of other UK and European IT and Logistics roles. This provides Karl with over 30 years experience in general management and the IT, logistics and warehouse industry.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CRM | 1 | 100% |
| Farming | 1 | 100% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bionema | Bionema is a leading biopesticide product testing and technology development company, specialising in chemical-free, organic crop protection. Research is focused on the development of natural products to protect crops from insect damage, reducing the use of synthetic pesticides, enhancing food security and increasing crop yields. Bionema suppliesspecialist bio-control products to the horticulture, turf and amenity and forestry sectors, providing training aimed at increasing the product efficacy. | $236K | Seed | Jun 10, 2019 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Development Bank of Wales](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/development-bank-of-wales) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Karl Wills invest in?

Karl Wills invests primarily in CRM, Farming and Agriculture startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Karl Wills last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Karl Wills closed in Jun 2019. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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