About
Karol Lasota works on the deal team at Inovo VC. He previously co-founded Cateringoo, a B2B food marketplace that raised a seed round and scaled to roughly $1M GMV, 15 employees, and over 100 enterprise customers, and later served as COO at two VC-backed startups, Oxla (data infrastructure) and Climatica (AI climate insurtech). Earlier in his career he was VP at the venture builder Daftcode and worked in tech M&A, a VC fund of funds, and a VC fund, participating in more than ten investments and M&A deals totalling over $100M.
Experience
- Inovo.vcPartnercurrent2025 — present
- Inovo.vcInvestment Principal2021 — 2025
- OxlaCOO2020 — 2021
- DaftcodeVice President | Venture Building2020 — 2021Warszawa, Woj. Mazowieckie, Polska
- CateringooChief Operations Office & Co-founder2019 — 2021Warszawa, woj. mazowieckie, Polska
- CateringooCEO & Founder of Caterfly - merged with Cateringoo2018 — 2019Warszawa, woj. mazowieckie, Polska
- DaftcodeAssociate Venture Building2018 — 2020
- PFR VenturesInvestment Associate2018Warszawa, woj. mazowieckie, Polska
- PFR VenturesInvestment Analyst2017 — 2018Warszawa, woj. mazowieckie, Polska
- EYM&A2016 — 2017
- Inovo.vcInvestment Analyst2015 — 2016
- PKF ConsultCorporate Finance Analyst2014 — 2015Warszawa, woj. mazowieckie, Polska
- Salvor Market ResearchConsulting Intern2014Warszawa, woj. mazowieckie, Polska
Education
- SGH Warsaw School of EconomicsMaster’s Degree, Accounting and Finance2016 — 2018
- SGH Warsaw School of EconomicsBachelor's degree, Quantitative Methods in Economics and Information Systems2013 — 2016
- Kozminski UniversityBachelor's degree, Finance and Accounting2012 — 2015
Skills & more
Start-upsVenture CapitalProduct DevelopmentFinancial ModelingOperations ManagementFundraisingInvestmentsMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Online MarketplaceBusiness AnalysisData ScienceFund of Funds (FOF)
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Team ManagementNegotiationLeadershipSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Languages English · Polish
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Same school
Also attended SGH Warsaw School of Economics88
Pablo GoceAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment GroupKonradInvestment Team at Hummingbird VenturesMaciej SkarulGeneral Partner at Ff Venture CapitalMagda PoslusznyPrincipal at Partech VenturesTomasz KościelniakAssociate at SMOK VenturesTomasz SwiebodaInvestor at Inovo VC
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Also attended Kozminski University20
Dawid PrzybyszInvestor at One Way VenturesMaria PiotrowskaSenior Associate at VentureFriendsZachariasz StawowiakChief of Staff at Pointer.CapitalLucas MerlePartner at eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERSWojciech NiesytoPartner at Kogito VenturesAnna MlekoInvestment Manager at OTB Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Inovo.vc12
Maria PiotrowskaSenior Associate at VentureFriendsTomasz SwiebodaInvestor at Inovo VCMichał RokoszInvestor at Inovo VCMaciej MałyszInvestor at Inovo VCDawid SugierInvestor at Inovo VCZuzanna KompowskaInvestor at Inovo VC
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