Karl Muth Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

Scotland, United Kingdom

I'm, along with my partner, excited to be an investor in this club. I'm a believer in having a diverse set of shareholders from around the world, especially in a business where it may be important to draw upon shareholders' networks, relationships, and opportunities.I was an early supporter of various drafts in 2011 of what became the JOBS Act (2012) and.

New England

I work on finding the edges of what can be done with current data and current systems while not being afraid to examine what could be done with different data or alternative systems. My focus is less on sharpening already-sharp pieces of the system (though systems optimization is part of what I do) and more on finding new ways to use what we know to help.

New York, United States

I joined Venture for America's board in 2023 because I was drawn to the organization's work and its intersections with a primary theme of my own career: how can we harvest and study the costly and hard-won lessons of entrepreneurship and make entrepreneurial paths more inviting, more accessible, and, ultimately, more successful? Having seen the barriers to.

Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

At the Cambridge Centre for International Research, I am an Affiliated Scholar and an expert across a wide range of interdisciplinary topics, with a particular focus on law, comparative law, public policy, and structures (including markets) that facilitate interactions between individuals, firms, and states.I am often called upon by UK regulators and MPs.

United States

Canopy Aerospace is a materials science company with roots at the University of Chicago that works to better-understand, better-apply, and iterate beyond exotic materials first discovered/fabricated in government labs (including the space program and defense labs). I am proud to have supported this firm as an investor and as an advisor to its senior.

Greater Chicago Area

KYRAL has grown and pivoted in the time since its founder was my New Venture Strategy student; I'm honored to be among its advisors today as it unites medical records digitization, healthcare practice knowledge, and artificial intelligence implementation. I began advising KYRAL when it was still a very-early-stage project (pre-product, pre-funding).

United States

Advisor to Maiden Labs, a partner to the MIT Digital Currency Initiative and chain-agnostic, origin-agnostic research collaborator to multiple CBDC and CBDC-adjacent blockchain projects. Began advising Maiden informally in 2020 and came aboard in an advisor role in 2021.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

There is perhaps no single course in my academic journey that more informed, and altered, my perspective as an executive, founder, and investor in early-stage companies the way New Venture Strategy (BUS34102 in the University of Chicago's MBA program) did. I'm deeply honored to return to the University of Chicago to teach New Venture Strategy and to share.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

I created the most advanced course taught in this program on the formation and financing of new ventures, with an emphasis on venture capital financing, private equity financing, key documents and negotiation processes, and interactions between executives, the Board of Directors, and investors.I designed this coursework years ago and have worked to tailor.

Greater Chicago Area

We listen to songs longer when we like them; we watch videos longer when they interest us. Haystack's technology exploits this behavior and uses principles from behavioral economics and audience analytics to improve search results within audio (music, podcast, etc.) and video libraries, elevating the best content.Long before the 2023-present AI boom, I was.

London Area, United Kingdom

I founded Haystack, a venture focused on developing and improving search engine technology built around user behavior. I left the CEO role in 2018, but remain on Haystack's Board of Directors.

Northern District Of Illinois

Worked closely with defense team as primary expert on startup financing for 18+ months to prepare for March-April 2023 nationally-publicized securities fraud trial involving alleged $1B fraud at venture-backed firm once valued at >$6B and backed by Goldman Sachs, Google, and various other well-known firms. This was the largest trial (in terms of charging.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

My work at American Family Insurance reached across the enterprise, from the boardroom and the CEO's office to the most senior legal and strategy aspects of the firm. I also worked on nearly all lines of business during my time at American Family, from vanilla P&C to Commercial Lines (including Commercial Farm & Ranch) to the Life Company (and its various.

Online And In-Person (Various Locations)

I taught a mix of introductory and advanced courses at Northwestern University. I taught Bachelor's (e.g. ECON326) and Master's (e.g. MPPA404) courses in macro- and microeconomics, but also teach advanced courses related to my international research interests - these courses included advanced macroeconomic policy analysis (e.g. MPPA450) and courses focused.

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

I was hired by the co-founders to join FRST as its CEO; I grew the team to include over 20 personnel, raised over $3M in financing, and supervised the development and launch of its products. At the time of my departure, FRST enjoyed relationships with exchanges, hedge funds, and token issuers. FRST was a key innovator in storing blockchain data and.

Greater Chicago Area

I served on the Board of Directors of Arturo during its first phase of development - an exciting period in which Arturo won its earliest customers, made key executive hires (including CEO), and continued to improve the capabilities of its software. During this time, I architected its spin-off from a larger firm, hired and coached Arturo's senior.

I led the spin-out of Arturo from its Fortune 500 parent firm, from coordinating legal processes (articles filed 9/9/2016) and allocation of personnel and intellectual property to working directly with the CEO, Chief Business Development Officer, and key stakeholders within the parent firm (including the executive in charge of the firm's venture capital.

London, England, United Kingdom

Prepared and presented briefings to civilian, diplomatic, intelligence, and military audiences regarding the behaviors, capabilities, and organizational structures of certain organizations in the East Africa region, including analyses of how these organizations have responded, and might in the future respond, to pecuniary and nonpecuniary incentives. This.

Anchorage, Alaska Area

I made decisions regarding the investment positions of a privately-held firm headquartered in the Anchorage, Alaska area with assets on three continents. This included a variety of roles and responsibilities, including serving as CEO. While the company began holding exclusively US-based assets, during this period we acquired assets in Europe (2010-12) and.

Various

I worked with Thiel Fellows entrepreneurs and their teams connecting them with resources, investors, further research/reading, and key hires. This included working closely with Fellows as they explored business model design, technological challenges, and regulatory questions.I am a strong believer in the Thiel Fellows model and believe the results (from.

Redmond, Washington, United States

Announced at Microsoft's Global Startup Day in San Francisco, I was hugely excited to work with the very first Microsoft Ventures (now M12) accelerator cohort in the U.S. This was a key moment in Microsoft's envisioning of, and investing in, the future from IoT to AI to data science tools to cybersecurity to the concept of a more quantitatively-analyzable.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

As part of the second wave creditor disputes arising from the sudden failure of Corus Bankshares (which resulted in its wind-down, NASDAQ delisting, and bank failure), I was brought in as a party familiar with the previous events and qualified to advise the primary successor creditor as to a $1.8B tranche (distressed valuation) composed of four sleeves of.

United States

I led, on behalf of a third-party buyer-broker entity, senior-level conversations around the wind-down of a $1.8B tranche (valuation reflects impairments) of orphan assets belonging to a NASDAQ-delisted failing bank with a high Texas ratio in the wake of the financial crisis.My work included preparing and presenting CEO-level briefings, fairness opinions.

Gulu, Uganda

Chicago, Illinois

Gulu, Uganda; Kampala, Uganda; Nairobi, Kenya; Other Locations

As a Consulting Economist, I lived and worked in East Africa for 30 months assessing market opportunities for agricultural and commercial lines insurance policies in the region. This work included experimental work with local businesses, assessments of willingness-to-pay and diagnostic examination of likely premium levels, and design of both insurance and.

London, United Kingdom

San Francisco Bay Area

I co-founded the firm and managed the company "from day one to exit" in CFO and Director roles, including during its transition to successor management. During that time, it grew from an idea to a media enterprise with over seventy media properties. From winning early support from Annenberg and Google to having one of our projects eventually transform into.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Concentration In Economics

Activities and Societies: Dean's List, Tennis Club (Co-Chair)

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Master Of Philosophy (M.Phil.)

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Activities and Societies: Dean's List, Moot Court Honors Board

Undergraduate-Level Legal Studies, Internationaal Recht

The Negotiation Masterclass, Executive Education (Negotiation)

The Emerging Leaders Program, Executive Education (Leadership)

The Directors' Consortium, Executive Education (Corporate Governance)

Portfolio Management Program, Executive Education (Portfolio Management)

Corporate Strategy Program, Executive Education (Corporate Strategy)