Karam grew up near Waterloo and has stayed closely connected to that tech community, often taking years to get to know a company before investing—like with Clearpath, which was near his childhood home and which he followed for a long time before backing, drawn to its real revenue and profits built on relatively little funding. He tends to invest based on long relationships with founders, as seen with Skyfall AI's Sam Pasupalak, whom he's known since an earlier company, reflecting a pattern of betting on people he's watched and trusted over many years rather than on newer connections.