Kartik Sathappan

Kartik Sathappan is a prolific investor, serving as General Partner at Families Fund (starting 2025) and an Investor at Social Graph Ventures (since 2024). He is also an active Angel Investor through 25kchecks.com since 2017, having made over 38 investments with one unicorn exit. His investment focus areas include education, nutrition, fertility, games, AR/VR, food and beverage, web3/blockchain, and consumer health. nitter+5

As an entrepreneur, Kartik co-founded and served as CEO of Mysterious (YC W22) from 2021 to 2023, which was a crypto-native chat platform and previously involved in wills and estate management for crypto under the name Bifrost. He has expressed strong views on the intersection of capitalism and family well-being, advocating for market-based solutions to issues in education, childcare, and overall family support. nitter+4

Kartik has a strong product management background, with roles at Panda (2019), Neighborly (Blockchain Product Manager, 2018), and Intuit (2016-2017). His experience also extends to software engineering, including an internship at Apple in 2015 where he contributed to FaceTime features and was involved in a patent for video capture in low-light conditions. clay+3

He is a podcaster, co-hosting "Out Of Office" with Jack Dwyer, where they interview founders about their early-stage experiences. Kartik also shares his thoughts on various topics, including urban development and education, through his Substack and posts on X, indicating an interest in societal and technological discourse. sathaxe+5