Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Investment Partner,Angel

Investor Stage

Early stage Venture

Karthee is a Founder and Managing Partner at Mobile Foundation Ventures (MFV Partners), an US-based, early-stage deep-tech venture fund targeting technology startups that are disrupting traditional industries like Automotive, Manufacturing and others. Karthee invests in frontier-tech startups in robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, Autonomous Platforms, and Internet of Things. MFV Partners’ portfolio includes PsiQuantum, Rescale, TwentyBN, Analog Inference, Summary Analytics among others.

Before MFV, Karthee spent 11 years as a Managing Director at Qualcomm Ventures where he invested across the US, Israel, and India. He started Qualcomm Ventures' investment activities in both Israel and India. Some of his notable investments include Waze (acquired by Google), Validity Sensors (acquired by Synaptics), and BORQS (NASDAQ IPO), among others.

Before Qualcomm Ventures, Karthee led technical and product marketing roles in three semiconductor and wireless startups in Silicon Valley.

Karthee has a bachelor’s in electronics and communication engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy in Chennai, India, and a master’s in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. Karthee also holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Karthee is also a Kauffman Fellow.