Karista
Venture capital · Paris, France · Europe
Karista is a European venture capital firm founded in 2001 that backs companies in Health, DeepTech and Digital. It currently deploys two European funds, Karista V (HealthTech) and Karista Tech I (SpaceTech, sponsored by CNES), and typically takes board seats as lead or co-lead.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordshealthtechdeeptechspacedigital healthdigitalspacetech
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Or find every investor that fitsKarista lists 63 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 33% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (27%), AI & Machine Learning (20%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (11%). 73% of its companies are based in France. It invests most often alongside Agoranov, 360 Capital and CapHorn.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Karista, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Karista's whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 63. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 33% |
| Growth | 33% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 1 |
| '26 | 3 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 88th | 61 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 63th | 5% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 41th | 27% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 27% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 11% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
| Education | 5% | 7% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 4% | 1% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 4% | 1% |
| Fintech | 4% | 12% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Agoranov | 3 |
| 360 Capital | 2 |
| CapHorn | 2 |
| Claret Capital Partners | 2 |
| Demea Invest | 2 |
| Expansion | 2 |
| Iris Capital | 2 |
| Kreaxi | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5892%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company58%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Karista head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Karista| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 29 Jun 2026 | Series B | |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Round | |
| 2 Oct 2025 | Series A Led |
Round details for Karista
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Karista's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
63 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company produces autonomous pavement marking robots. | Robotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Acticor Biotech is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative treatment for thrombotic diseases, with a primary focus on Acute Ischemic Stroke. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Algaia creates value from algae and offers various products and services, including agri-ingredients, cosmetic ingredients, and R&D services | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a mobile campus solution to facilitate student life and interaction with universities | EducationSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| Beev provides leasing services for professional vehicles, charging stations, and fleet management. | Legal & ComplianceFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| BforeAI provides a predictive cybersecurity platform that identifies and disrupts malicious infrastructure, phishing campaigns, and impersonation attempts before attacks occur. | CybersecurityEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company specializes in car sharing of electric vehicles and smart charging | Mobility & LogisticsSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
FintechHuman Resources | Portfolio page | |||
| Constellr builds and operates custom satellites to deliver thermal intelligence systems | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company allows users to search and compare vacation rentals, Airbnb, B&B, and hotels. | Legal & ComplianceReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| CYSEC delivers the foundational security layer for critical workloads and links, ensuring mission critical protection across on premises environments, hyperscale clouds, and orbital assets. | CybersecuritySpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| DBV Technologies is a biopharmaceutical company that develops treatments for food allergies and other immunological diseases using epicutaneous immunotherapy. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Deemea provides a clinical study imaging management system using AI to streamline the imaging data journey for clinical research teams. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Deo Care helps operating rooms achieve more with less stress by providing a digital twin platform and data insights to improve their processes | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Endodiag develops new endometriosis diagnostic solutions for healthcare professionals. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Exotrail is an industrial and international provider of orbital services, supporting the growing space infrastructure, to ensure more secure and sustainable operations. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Heex Technologies provides a Smart-Data platform for autonomous systems, such as robots and vehicles, to generate relevant data and improve performance. | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Humanlinker offers a platform that helps businesses engage with prospects and transform conversations into revenue using AI | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- karista.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 2 Oct 2025
- Companies checked
- 63
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