Kartik Varma
Managing Director @ Techstars
Kartik Varma is a pre-seed investor at Techstars focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Kartik Varma - Co-founder @ PropTiger
- Total investments:
- 37
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 38%
Last updated:
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Industries Kartik Varma invests in
Stages Kartik Varma invests in
Countries Kartik Varma invests in
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.4M–$2.6M
- Pre-Seed
- $100k–$1.1M
- Convertible Note
- $101k–$101k
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 12 (32%)
- Financial Services 9 (24%)
- Software 6 (16%)
- Information Technology 6 (16%)
- E-Commerce 5 (14%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 23 (62%)
- Seed 3 (8%)
- Convertible Note 1 (3%)
Country
- United Kingdom 7 (19%)
- Ireland 4 (11%)
- United States 3 (8%)
- Singapore 2 (5%)
- The Netherlands 2 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Flowpay is a data and AI company that has built an embedded lending infrastructure. | $2.3M / Seed / Mar 20, 2024 | ||
| At Valyuu, we’re shaping the future of commerce by empowering brands to embrace circularity and sustainability. From seamless trade-in programs to full-stack recommerce solutions, we’re helping businesses meet growing consumer demands for environmentally friendly practices. Join us on our mission to create a circular-first world where products aregiven new life and businesses unlock new revenue streams, all while reducing their environmental footprint. Together, we’re building a more sustainable future!Backed by Techstars, Slingshot Ventures, Rubio Impact Ventures and Golden Egg Check Capital. | $2.6M / Seed / Aug 29, 2023 | ||
| 1 Digital Stack is a cutting-edge technology company that combines generative AI with deep domain eCommerce expertise to help global brands grow and succeed on e-marketplaces. Our platform delivers advanced data analytics, actionable intelligence, and automated media optimization to drive accelerated revenue growth. Operating across 125+e-marketplaces, our solutions have empowered industry leaders like HP, Unilever, Colgate, Philips, CocaCola, and Marico. At 1DS, we are more than just a tool provider. Our expert analysts partner closely with clients to offer customized reports, real-time alerts, and strategic guidance. This tailored approach has historically resulted in a 21% increase in sales, a 28% reduction in the cost of sales within 90 days of deployment, and an increase in return on ad spend (RoAS) with a $2.4 billion gross merchandise value (GMV) managed through our platforms. | $1.4M / Seed / Aug 09, 2022 | ||
| At Valyuu, we’re shaping the future of commerce by empowering brands to embrace circularity and sustainability. From seamless trade-in programs to full-stack recommerce solutions, we’re helping businesses meet growing consumer demands for environmentally friendly practices. Join us on our mission to create a circular-first world where products aregiven new life and businesses unlock new revenue streams, all while reducing their environmental footprint. Together, we’re building a more sustainable future!Backed by Techstars, Slingshot Ventures, Rubio Impact Ventures and Golden Egg Check Capital. | $100.7K / Convertible Note / Jul 01, 2021 | ||
| Raise Green is a financial technology company designed to create a healthy, just, and sustainable future. By offering everyday people a platform to invest in clean energy and climate solution projects, Raise Green will democratize renewable energy ownership, increase community resilience, and help facilitate the transition to a decarbonized futurewhile creating new investment pathways accessible to everyone. | $1.3M / Pre-Seed / Mar 30, 2021 | ||
| ReCheck offers safe and user-friendly blockchain technology for data exchange, traceability, and digitalization of the industries. | $120K / Pre-Seed / Mar 30, 2021 | ||
| Geowox automates home valuations for the digital mortgage journey. We build online workflow tools for lender websites, automate valuations and offer accredited surveyor sign-off. | $120K / Pre-Seed / Mar 30, 2021 | ||
| Facenote provides a facial identification platform that enables customers and employees to access facilities, pay and be rewarded in a contactless, highly private and secure way. Our solution ensures organization compliance while providing full contactless experiences. | $100K / Pre-Seed / Mar 30, 2021 | ||
| Over $300B in climate capital remains stranded due to a broken origination system. Evercity is building the missing infrastructure — a scalable, blockchain-native platform that streamlines origination and unlocks tokenized climate investment globally. Evercity platform streamlines the issuance of multiple climate finance instruments (carboncredits, green bonds and loans) — cutting origination time and costs by up to 70%. By incorporating blockchain and digital MRV, Evercity ensures transparency and traceability, builds trust among stakeholders, and empowers companies from emerging markets to attract more climate finance from the global market. | $120K / Pre-Seed / Mar 30, 2021 | ||
| Cloud-based software that automates impact measurement process, design, data collection and reporting in an agile way. With the support of online consultants, automated data collection processes, indicator selection, and calculation algorithms, organizations adjust the level of rigor and depth of measurement to suit their reportability needs. | $120K / Pre-Seed / Mar 25, 2021 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Techstars
Techstars provides a global platform for early-stage investment and innovation through programs that support startup growth and corporate collaboration. Its services include accelerator programs, startup education initiatives, venture capital funding, and corporate innovation partnerships.The Techstars Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Program offerssupport for startups, while Techstars Startup Programs focus on entrepreneurial education and community building. The Techstars Venture Capital Fund invests in emerging companies, and its Corporate Innovation Partnerships help established brands develop new products and services through collaboration with startups.
Techstars Contacts
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Alina Hoon
Mentor
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Andrew Cleland
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Artur Hasselbach
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Atlanta Daniel
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Beata Puncevic
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FAQ
What does Kartik Varma invest in?
Kartik Varma invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Software startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 37 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Kartik Varma's check size?
Kartik Varma typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$2.6M at Seed, $100k–$1.1M at Pre-Seed and $101k–$101k at Convertible Note. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kartik Varma participates in.
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When did Kartik Varma last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Kartik Varma closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 37 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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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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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