Kristjan Laanemaa spent six years managing investments for Skype's founding engineers before spinning that work into Karma Ventures, giving him an unusually direct connection between Estonia's first major tech success and today's deep-tech companies. He relies on a curated group of high-caliber technical advisors including Skype's founding engineers to evaluate deep-tech risks, allowing Karma to write substantial checks at early go-to-market stages when other funds remain uncomfortable with the technology risk.