# Mihkel Karu

> Mihkel Karu is a seed investor backing Financial Services. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihkelkaru/

Mihkel Karu is an angel investor and veteran fintech executive. He is an experienced technology leader, business and product development expert with background in real-time communications and collaboration tools, digital banking and consumer finance, billing and transactional business systems. Ex-Skype. Mihkel is also an avid fan of offshoresailing, alpine ski and motorsports.

## Contacts

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## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mifundo | Mifundo is a data-technology to unify and passport the credit data in Europe. For Banks: Cross-border credit data from different countries over one single API, standardised credit risk assessment, pan-EU credit score. For Consumers: Verified & Passportable Financial Identity to be trusted across country borders. | $1.3M | Seed | Jul 15, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Opus11 VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/opus11-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tera Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tera-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Mihkel Karu invest in?

Mihkel Karu invests primarily in Financial Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Estonia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Mihkel Karu?

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### When did Mihkel Karu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mihkel Karu closed in Jul 2024. 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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