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Karol Lasota

Investor

Deal Team at Inovo VC

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

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.

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Experience

  1. Inovo.vcPartnercurrent2025 — present
  2. Inovo.vcInvestment Principal2021 — 2025
  3. OxlaCOO2020 — 2021
  4. DaftcodeVice President | Venture Building2020 — 2021Warszawa, Woj. Mazowieckie, Polska
  5. CateringooChief Operations Office & Co-founder2019 — 2021Warszawa, woj. mazowieckie, Polska
  6. CateringooCEO & Founder of Caterfly - merged with Cateringoo2018 — 2019Warszawa, woj. mazowieckie, Polska
  7. DaftcodeAssociate Venture Building2018 — 2020
  8. PFR VenturesInvestment Associate2018Warszawa, woj. mazowieckie, Polska
  9. PFR VenturesInvestment Analyst2017 — 2018Warszawa, woj. mazowieckie, Polska
  10. EYM&A2016 — 2017
  11. Inovo.vcInvestment Analyst2015 — 2016
  12. PKF ConsultCorporate Finance Analyst2014 — 2015Warszawa, woj. mazowieckie, Polska
  13. Salvor Market ResearchConsulting Intern2014Warszawa, woj. mazowieckie, Polska

Skills & more

Start-upsVenture CapitalProduct DevelopmentFinancial ModelingOperations ManagementFundraisingInvestmentsMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Online MarketplaceBusiness AnalysisData ScienceFund of Funds (FOF)
+4 moreTeam ManagementNegotiationLeadershipSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

Languages English · Polish

From Karol's professional profile.

Colleagues at Inovo VC

Ariel Finkelstein
Investor at Inovo VC
Damian Zapłata
Investor at Inovo VC
Daria Meysztowicz-Matusiak
Investor at Inovo VC
Dawid Sugier
Investor at Inovo VC
Jędrzej Brożyna
Analyst at Inovo VC
Maciej Małysz
Investor at Inovo VC
Marcin Pietras
Investor at Inovo VC
Michal Rokosz
Partner at Inovo VC

Frequently asked questions

Who is Karol Lasota?
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.
Where does Karol Lasota work?
Karol Lasota is Deal Team at Inovo VC.
Where did Karol Lasota go to school?
Karol Lasota studied at SGH Warsaw School of Economics (Master’s Degree, Accounting and Finance); SGH Warsaw School of Economics (Bachelor's degree, Quantitative Methods in Economics and Information Systems); Kozminski University (Bachelor's degree, Finance and Accounting).

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