Emre Karatas is an investor and partner at Virtue VC, an earliest-stage healthcare venture capital firm in Austin, Texas. He co-founded the firm with Sean Doolan and has experience in early-stage health financings.
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- Global Founders Capital · building the health/bio practice
- Virtue VC · Investor & PartnerNow
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Who is Emre Karatas?
Emre Karatas is an investor and partner at Virtue VC, an earliest-stage healthcare venture capital firm in Austin, Texas. He co-founded the firm with Sean Doolan and has experience in early-stage health financings.
How much does Emre Karatas invest?
Emre Karatas invests through Virtue, which writes checks of $500K to $10M at pre-seed, seed.
How do I pitch Emre Karatas?
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What did Emre Karatas do before Virtue?
building the health/bio practice at Global Founders Capital.
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