Smartkarma
Company

Last deal

Amount

Corporate Round

Stage

09.07.2019

Date

3

all rounds

$21M

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date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Smartkarma is an independent financial research platform that provides analysis and context about Asian markets.

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Also Known As

Smartkarma Innovations

founded date

01.09.2014

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Corporate Round

IPO status

Private

Description

Smartkarma is a collaborative marketplace that brings together investors, analysts, academics, and data scientists to provide unconflicted and unmatched analysis on companies, markets, and industries. The platform allows investors to optimize their research spend, enhance returns, and access a wide range of global analysis of the Asian markets. Smartkarma aims to challenge conventional thinking and foster a new standard of industry dialogue and cooperation.
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Smartkarma Innovations Pte Ltd
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3
Lee Mitchell
Lee Mitchell

Lee Mitchell

current job

Smartkarma
Smartkarma

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1

Lee Mitchell

Raghav Kapoor
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Raghav Kapoor

Raghav co-founded Smartkarma with a vision to bring simplicity, efficiency and transparency to the world of investing. As CEO, Raghav drives product strategy, technology development and a relentless pursuit of perfection in every aspect of the company’s operations. Over his career, Raghav has worked in various positions of leadership across major financial institutions and also as an entrepreneur. Prior to co-founding Smartkarma, Raghav was a Managing Director at Religare Capital Markets from 2010 to 2014.He joined Religare upon the successful exit of Aviate Global (Asia), where he was a Founding Partner. From 2006 to 2009, Raghav was Vice President of Regional Equities Sales at Citigroup, where he grew and managed several large relationships. Outside of his passion for technology, Raghav brings to Smartkarma his love for investing. He was ranked as Asia’s Number 1 investment idea generator from 2011 to 2013, based on the performance analysis of over a million top investment ideas.

current job

Smartkarma
Smartkarma

organization founded

1

Raghav Kapoor

Jon Foster
Jon Foster

Jon Foster

Co-Founder of Smartkarma.

current job

Smartkarma
Smartkarma

organization founded

1

Jon Foster

Employee Profiles
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Michael Tegos

Michael Tegos

Content Editor

Supreet Sethi

Supreet Sethi

Head of Engineering

Ken Tran

Ken Tran

VP Product

Tim Bruenjes

Tim Bruenjes

Managing Director (Europe)

Lukáš Kurucz

Frontend developer

Nicolas Van Broekhoven

Insight provider

Lee Mitchell

Lee Mitchell

Co Founder

Raghav Kapoor

Raghav Kapoor

CEO & Co-Founder

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