INSPIRING FOUNDERS
We are convinced that CARAT's know-how fuel our success. The team’s deep backgrounds in our industry and their experience as operators helped us sharpen our execution plan.
JOEL DAWSON
CEO and Founder THW
"CARAT's profound grasp of the edge computing market and unparalleled support in accelerating customer acquisition resonates deeply with us.
Armar Kapadia
CEO & Founder at Aarna Networks
“The CARAT team possesses both depth and breadth of advanced technologies, making them ideally suited to support us as we grow our immersive data visualization company.
SUZANNE BORDERS
CEO and Founder BadVR
“The most important quality you seek in a partner is trust. While Ray and the team at CARAT possess all of the desired attributes a founder seeks, their authenticity and trustworthiness stand out to me.”
EDWARD KERR
CEO and Founder Practis
"We choose our partners and investors carefully to build a well-managed profitable company and the options for rewards will be plentiful. Thank you CARAT Team for your support and expertise”
Sam Young
CEO and Founder NuEnerChi
“I've known several of Carat's principals for years and have confidence in their depth of experience and ability to help startups like ours become winners.”
William Kallman
CEO and Founder MobyNet Corp.
“The CARAT team has a profound knowledge of advanced manufacturing and everything that matters to creating value for investors and founders. CARAT was crucial in their guidance toward the successful execution of our business goals.”
Roberto Gawianksi
CEO and Founder Smart3D
"Our Pre-Seed was 2x oversubscribed, but we made room for Carat. In diligence, they moved quickly and understood our novel science, starting with first principles before widening to market opportunity. Since close, they've been responsive and brought seasoned perspective to every conversation. We look forward to the collaboration."
Adam Brenner
CEO and Founder, Dugu Systems
“Carat’s value isn’t just capital deployment. It’s disciplined engagement. Their weekly involvement across product, positioning, and introductions has had a measurable impact on our trajectory. They operate with the intensity and pattern recognition of experienced builders, which is exactly what early stage companies need.”
Adam Kohm
CEO and Founder SCIP
>25
EXITS
6
IPO’s >20%
30
NEW TARGET INVESTMENTS AND FOLLOW-ON ROUNDS
$600M
CAPITAL RAISED AS
FOUNDERS & OPERATORS
>70%
EXITS WITH STRATEGICS
“The information disclosed above represents the results of investments on which members of the Carat Partner’s team participated in their prior roles.