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Jessica Karr
InvestorFounding General Partner at Coyote Ventures
US/Canada
Writes $100K – $500K checks · typically $300K
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About
Jessica Karr is a founding General Partner at Coyote Ventures, a seed-stage fund focused on women's health and wellness. She spent over six years at Impossible Foods as its 12th employee, where she worked on the design and launch of the Impossible Burger, and later helped build a pilot impact-focused venture fund and advised startups internationally on product strategy. She also invests as an angel, serves as a Venture Partner at Republic.co, and is active in Portfolia's FemTech fund.
Contact· published on Jessica's own website
Invests in
ConsumerHealthtechMedical Devices
Experience
- Coyote VenturesFounder & Managing Partnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- PortfoliaLimited Partnercurrent2021 — present
- DuContra VenturesPrincipal2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Jessica Karr, LLCFounder and Principal2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Impossible Foods Inc.R&D Consultant2016 — 2018Redwood City, CA
- Impossible Foods Inc.Senior Research Associate2012 — 2016Redwood City, CA
- UCSDGraduate Researcher2009 — 2011La Jolla, CA
Skills & more
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LaboratoryMolecular BiologyMass SpectrometryPCREvent PlanningProject ManagementMarketingScienceStrategic PlanningSocial MediaProduct DevelopmentLeadership- Registered Yoga Teacher — Stephanie Snyder and Jhon Tamayo Yoga Teacher Trainings, 500 hours
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Investments
Investor
Hera BiotechImpossible FoodsMalama HealthMaudeOpentronsPublicThe Flex Company
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Colleagues at Coyote Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jessica Karr?
- Jessica Karr is a founding General Partner at Coyote Ventures, a seed-stage fund focused on women's health and wellness. She spent over six years at Impossible Foods as its 12th employee, where she worked on the design and launch of the Impossible Burger, and later helped build a pilot impact-focused venture fund and advised startups internationally on product strategy. She also invests as an angel, serves as a Venture Partner at Republic.co, and is active in Portfolia's FemTech fund.
- Where does Jessica Karr work?
- Jessica Karr is Founding General Partner at Coyote Ventures.
- What does Jessica Karr invest in?
- Jessica Karr invests in Consumer, Healthtech, Medical Devices.
- What check size does Jessica Karr write?
- Jessica Karr typically writes checks of $100K – $500K.
- What companies has Jessica Karr invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Hera Biotech, Impossible Foods, Malama Health, Maude, Opentrons, Public, The Flex Company.
- Where did Jessica Karr go to school?
- Jessica Karr studied at UC San Diego (Master of Science, Biochemistry); Presidio Graduate School (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Sustainable Management); Texas State University (Bachelor of science, Biochemistry).
Same school
Also attended UC San Diego628
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Also attended Presidio Graduate School15
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Also attended Texas State University45
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Shared employers
Also worked at DuContra Ventures1
Also worked at Impossible Foods Inc.22
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Also worked at UCSD169
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