About
Karel Zheng, among Europe's youngest GPs, pairs an East–West upbringing (China/Czech Republic) with consulting, VC, operator and SaaS founder experience to back underestimated founders building technical infrastructure and AI‑native products.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceFintechHealthtechSaaS
Experience
- KAYA VCGeneral Partnercurrent2025 — presentPrague, Warsaw, San Francisco, London, Budapest
- KAYA VCInvestor2018 — 2025Prague, Warsaw, San Francisco, London
- E2BInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- Better StackInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- getviktor.comInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- Jutro MedicalInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- TopKInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- pen.devInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- GenPeach AIInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- EigenPalInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- BlurryInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- CyberlyInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- Minerva HumanoidsInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- Artificial.AgencyInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- RiptidesInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- SuperlinkedInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- TrueClaimInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- NOVA ET VETERAAdvisorcurrent2022 — present
- AccomangoFounder2020 — 2022
- The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Analyst2018
Education
- Charles UniversityBachelor's degree, Mathematics2016 — 2019
Skills & more
Mathematics38Data Analysis32Business Strategy14Turbo Pascal4Venture CapitalInvestment Strategies1Startup Development1Start-up VenturesStart-up ConsultingInvestmentsAcoustic GuitarStrategy38
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TeamworkManagementEnglishMicrosoft ExcelMathematicaC#PostgreSQLPython (Programming Language)Series ApytLanguages Chinese · Czech · English · German · Qingtian Dialect (Chinese Dialect) · Slovak · Spanish
From Karel's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Charles University49
Karel TušekManaging Partner at Tachles VCSteven PeraltaVP, Investments at Acumen AmericaMax PalkoPrincipal at Rockaway VenturesKateřina HavrlantOperating Partner at Rockaway VenturesKristina ShershunTalent Partner at MitonCNikos BalamotisVenture Partner at MitonC
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