Karista is a venture capital firm based in Paris, France, that invests in early-stage companies across health, digital, tech, and NewSpace sectors. Within the space industry, Karista focuses on funding and supporting companies impacting the entire space value chain, from system development to data collection, processing, and communication. Their Spacetech fund targets startups involved in ground and orbit infrastructure, as well as those leveraging space-generated data for diverse applications. Karista's partners include organizations like the European Space Agency (ESA) and Eutelsat, and they have invested in companies like CYSEC, Constellr, and Exotrail.
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Look Up closed a €14 million seed round backed by Karista and supported by the France 2030 investment plan.
ConstellR is a thermal satellite data startup that raised 17,000,000 EUR in July in a Karista-led seed round.
Karista has a 2028 deadline to invest the remainder of the 45,000,000 EUR fund.
Karista is a major European venture capital firm based in Paris that invested via its new space fund, CosmiCapital.
Miratlas raised €2 million in seed funding in a round led by Karista and supported by Région Sud Investissement and private investors.
Since its creation in 2001, Karista has supported more than 90 companies in Europe and has financed companies including Sequans Communications, Nanobiotix, and Comitéo.