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About
Karl Liapunov is the founder of Starting Cold, a venture partner at Veriten, and a US ecosystem partner at Startuplab. He began his career in energy tech M&A at an investment bank in Houston before relocating to Oslo in 2021 to join Startuplab, where he worked with founders and established an energy and climate tech conference in the Nordics. Of American and Norwegian background, he focuses on connecting Nordic startups with US investors and has helped facilitate international capital into the Norwegian startup ecosystem.
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Experience
- Starting ColdFoundercurrent2026 — presentNew York, United States
- VeritenVenture Partnercurrent2026 — present
- StartuplabUS Ecosystem Partnercurrent2026 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- StartuplabHead of Startuplab Energy & Climate Tech2022 — 2026Oslo, Norway
- StartuplabProject Manager2021 — 2022Oslo, Norway
- ONSChairman of the Board, ONS Scaleups 2026current2025 — presentStavanger/Sandnes, Rogaland, Norway
- DØDS® Diving LeagueTV Commentator2022 — 2025Oslo, Norway
- Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.Investment Banking Analyst, Energy Tech2019 — 2021Houston, Texas
- EVRLANDDigital Marketing Consultant2018
- Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.Investment Banking Summer Analyst2018Houston, Texas Area
- Wve LabsExecutive Team, Senior Project Analyst2018Los Angeles, California, United States
- Wve LabsProject Analyst2017 — 2018Los Angeles, California, United States
- Wve LabsBusiness Development Associate2016 — 2017Greater New York City Area
- Lime Rock PartnersSummer Intern2017Houston, Texas Area
- Results Personal Training Inc.Marketing Intern2015Ridgefield, Connecticut
Skills & more
Languages Danish · Norwegian · Swedish
- Hootsuite Platform Certification 2018 — Hootsuite Academy
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Karl Liapunov?
- Karl Liapunov is the founder of Starting Cold, a venture partner at Veriten, and a US ecosystem partner at Startuplab. He began his career in energy tech M&A at an investment bank in Houston before relocating to Oslo in 2021 to join Startuplab, where he worked with founders and established an energy and climate tech conference in the Nordics. Of American and Norwegian background, he focuses on connecting Nordic startups with US investors and has helped facilitate international capital into the Norwegian startup ecosystem.
- Where does Karl Liapunov work?
- Karl Liapunov is US Ecosystem Partner at Startuplab Ventures.
- Where did Karl Liapunov go to school?
- Karl Liapunov studied at University of Southern California (International Relations Global Business, International Business); University of Melbourne (International Relations Global Business); Franklin Switzerland (International Relations Global Business).
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