# Ketan Karia

> Ketan Karia is a seed investor at Horizon Corp backing Apps and Fashion. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Horizon Corp
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ketan-karia-44a560/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/k_karia

Ketan Karia is a seed investor at Horizon Corp focused on Apps and Fashion. Ketan has been an entrepreneur and executive in the technology industry where he was involved in 6 start-ups and has held executive positions in global corporates like Sybase/SAP, Ascential/IBM and ICL/Fujitsu. Since stepping down from his executive role he has been a board advisor and investor in several start-ups. He is currentlyNon Executive director at Baltic Technology Ventures, Non-Executive chairman at Horizon Corp and a board advisor at Meghraj Capital. He is also an investor in Ubamarket and Quivira Capital,

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Fashion | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Shopping | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ubamarket | Ubamarket is a tech startup that provides a retail shopping app. The application enables users to scan items as they shop, receive automatic loyalty, and checkout without waiting in line. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London, England. | $1.1M | Seed | May 05, 2017 |  |
| Quivira Capital | Quivira Capital is a private finance company that offers fast and flexible financing solutions to its clients. It engages in asset-backed secured lending, and the UK property market serves as its security in almost all of its lending.Quivira Capital is a unique player in the London finance sector, offering exclusive investment opportunities,tailored to its clients’ desires. |  | Angel | Nov 15, 2016 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IW Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iw-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Horizon Corp

VC Fund

Horizon Corp is an investment group focused on acquiring assets in the cyber security sector.

3 contacts available at Horizon Corp.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Morton | Non Executive Director | — |
| Ketan Karia | Non Executive Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ketan-karia-74a7 |
| Toby Ogunjimi | Founder | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Ketan Karia invest in?

Ketan Karia invests primarily in Apps, Fashion and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Ketan Karia?

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### When did Ketan Karia last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ketan Karia closed in May 2017. Shizune tracks 2 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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