Karol Lasota

Who I am/was?

TL;DR: Entrepreneur by heart, Investor by profession. Before Inovo, I co-founded a B2B marketplace Cateringoo, raised a seed round, scaled it to ~$1M GMV, 15 people and over 100 enterprise customers. Then, was COO at two VC-backed startups, Oxla (data infrastructure) and Climatica (AI climate insurtech). Before that, I was boring excel & powerpoint guy (Tech M&As, VC Funds of Funds, VC Fund) and participated in over 10 investments and M&A deals totalling over $100M

Journey:

• Co-founder of B2B Food Marketplace [About Cateringoo] ”The best sandwich deliverer in the world” #2 customer
• COO at two startups 1) Data science insurtech [Climatica] 2) Databases / Data infrastructure [Oxla] ”Great Chief FOMO Officer” Investor during the fundraising process
• VP at venture builder [Daftcode] responsible for launching new startups ”Do I need to pay for this?” Design Customer
• VC and Tech M&A playground. I participated in over ten investments and M&A deals totalling over $100M ”Author of a great Deal-May-King meme” Fellow colleagues

What I like?

• You’re betting on something bold, that can really challenge big tech / legacy players on a $1B+ market with a novel, tech-driven approach. The most probable outcome is fail, but if it worked that might be something $1B+ clearly.
• Cool I there’s a large positive impact on the world / people

What I like to do in my free time?

• Basketball
• Squash
• Europa Universalis IV / Paradox Games