Karel Zheng became one of the youngest General Partners in European venture capital at KAYA VC after experiencing every side of the early-stage table—from BCG intern to VC analyst to operator at portfolio company Twisto to co-founder of B2B SaaS company Accomango. His East-West upbringing between China and the Czech Republic, combined with hands-on experience founding and pivoting his own company, shapes his approach to backing underestimated founders building technical infrastructure and AI-native products.
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KAYA
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AI, Health, SaaS, Fintech, Ecommerce
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Pre-Seed - Series A
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€100K - €3M
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KAYA is one of Central & Eastern Europe's earliest and most successful VCs with a 15-year track record, two homegrown unicorns (Rohlik and Docplanner), and a true multi-stage model that backs founders from pre-seed through Series A with up to €20m per company via follow-ons. The fund built an in-house data-intelligence platform that tracks startups globally and acts as a regional hub engineering follow-on rounds from top-tier funds like Index and Goldman Sachs while hosting large grassroots engineering meetups across CEE.
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