Karthee Madasamy

Karthee has a bachelor's in electronics and communication engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy in Chennai, India, and a master's in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. Karthee also holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Karthee is the Founding Managing Partner at MFV Partners, a Silicon Valley based, early-stage deep tech venture fund targeting technology startups disrupting traditional industries like Logistics, Automotive, Manufacturing, and others. Karthee invests in frontier-tech startups in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Quantum Computing, and data platforms. He represents MFV Partners’ investments in PsiQuantum (Quantum Computing Hardware), Agility Robotics (Humanoid Robotics for Manufacturing), and Sun Mobility (EV Tech platform), among others. 

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Before MFV, Karthee spent 11 years as a Corporate Vice President and Managing Director at Qualcomm Ventures, where he invested across the US, Israel, and India. He started Qualcomm Ventures' investment activities in both Israel and India. Some of his notable investments include Waze (acquired by Google), MapMyIndia (NSE: MAPMYINDIA), Validity Sensors (acquired by Synaptics), and BORQS (NASDAQ IPO), among others. He continues as an independent director at MapMyIndia.

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Before Qualcomm Ventures, Karthee led technical and product marketing roles in three semiconductor and wireless startups in Silicon Valley, specializing in 3G, WiFi, and Bluetooth. 

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Karthee has a bachelor’s in electronics and communication engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy in Chennai, India, and a master’s in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. Karthee also holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Karthee is also a Kauffman Fellow.

Karthee is serving his fellowship at Mobile Foundation Ventures as a member of Class 24. His mentor is Rob Rueckert (Class 12), Managing Director at Sorenson Ventures.