Investment Analyst
Contrarian VenturesCheck size: €1M-€4M published ticket range, primarily at seed.
The official roster identifies Kotryna Karpauskaite as Investment Analyst. This profile applies Contrarian Ventures's published strategy and does not infer undisclosed personal signing authority or a narrower individual mandate. Relevant founder fit follows the firm's thesis: Act as an early lead or co-lead for climate-tech founders rebuilding energy, transport, buildings and industry, excluding food and agriculture.
At firm level, Contrarian Ventures is aligned with act as an early lead or co-lead for climate-tech founders rebuilding energy, transport, buildings and industry, excluding food and agriculture. This is firm-level guidance, not an invented personal preference.
No personal pass list is public. Opportunities outside Contrarian Ventures's stated stages, sectors, geography or team criteria should be treated as lower fit rather than a confirmed personal rejection rule.
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Kotryna Karpauskaite is currently Investment Analyst at Contrarian Ventures, as listed on the firm's official roster. Where the roster does not publish a longer biography, this profile avoids inferring prior employers, education, deals or decision authority.