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Karen Burns

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Founder & CEO at Fyma

London, England, United Kingdom

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Chen Yang SiaunlockedKaren: together at BPP Law School (2016)
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×2Karen: together at University of Glasgow
×4Karen: together at BPP Law School

About

Karen Burns is CEO and co-founder of Fyma, a company that applies computer vision to existing cameras to provide real estate developers and asset managers with analytics on footfall, utilisation, accessibility, and dwell time. She has led the company for six years across business structuring, fundraising, and product strategy, and previously scaled a tech consultancy and managed financial reporting for a £13m operational budget at the Care Quality Commission. She studied real estate strategy at Oxford Saïd Business School, serves as a Programme Director at Cambridge Spark, and sits on the advisory board of the UK PropTech Association and ULI's Tech and Innovation Council Europe.

Founder & CEO at Fyma

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Fyma's investors · 4

Change VenturesTallinn · $100K – $750K checksQuadri VenturesNew York · $1.5M – $5M checks · since 2023Second Century VenturesChicago · since 2023SuperAngelTallinn · $108K – $540K checks

Experience

  1. FymaCEO, Co-Foundercurrent2020 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  2. Cambridge SparkProgram Directorcurrent2026 — present
  3. Cambridge Judge Business SchoolGuest Speakercurrent2025 — presentCambridge, England, United Kingdom
  4. 10F ConsortiumContributing Authorcurrent2025 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  5. UK PropTech Association (UKPA)Steering Committee Membercurrent2025 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  6. Urban Land InstituteTechnology & Real Estate Council Member, Europecurrent2023 — present
  7. Forbes CouncilsOfficial Member2022 — 2023
  8. New London ArchitectureExpert Panel Member Built Environment Technology2021 — 2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  9. CGIDirector Of Business Development2018 — 2019Tallinn, Estonia
  10. CGIConsulting Director - Cybersecurity2017 — 2018Tallinn
  11. British-Estonian Chamber of CommerceMember of Board2017 — 2019
  12. British-Estonian Chamber of CommerceChairperson2018 — 2019Tallinn
  13. MooncascadeHead of Business Development2015 — 2017Estonia
  14. Abu Dhabi Film CommissionIndependent Contractor2013 — 2014Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  15. Estonian InstituteProject Lead2011 — 2013Tallinn, Estonia
  16. Care Quality CommissionManager Project Management Office2007 — 2011London Area, United Kingdom

Skills & more

Real Estate1Real Estate Development1Commercial Real Estate1Future TrendsAiBusiness Development13Cross-functional Team Leadership8Digital Strategy4Product Development4Finance5Budgets4Business Process Improvement4
+8 moreProject ManagementBudgetingStart-upsMarketingTechManagementLeadershipStrategy

Languages English · German · Latin · Russian

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Karen Burns?
Karen Burns is CEO and co-founder of Fyma, a company that applies computer vision to existing cameras to provide real estate developers and asset managers with analytics on footfall, utilisation, accessibility, and dwell time. She has led the company for six years across business structuring, fundraising, and product strategy, and previously scaled a tech consultancy and managed financial reporting for a £13m operational budget at the Care Quality Commission. She studied real estate strategy at Oxford Saïd Business School, serves as a Programme Director at Cambridge Spark, and sits on the advisory board of the UK PropTech Association and ULI's Tech and Innovation Council Europe.
Where does Karen Burns work?
Karen Burns is Founder & CEO of Fyma.
What companies did Karen Burns found?
Karen Burns founded Fyma.
Where did Karen Burns go to school?
Karen Burns studied at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (Exec, Real Estate); BPP Law School (Graduate Diploma in Law, Law); UCL (Master of Arts - MA).

Founder mafias

Cambridge Spark mafia2

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Shared employers

Also worked at UK PropTech Association (UKPA)1

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