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KAROLINE STAROSTIK
40 year-old entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Karoline Starostik is the daughter and granddaughter of Czech immigrants who settled in Brazil. Ever since a very young age, Ms. Starostik has been passionate about business and philanthropy. At 15 years old she started interning at her family’s business - Cia. Providencia / KAMI Non Wovens - and moved up the ranks before leading a successful exit in 2014. As a child, she helped underprivileged children in Curitiba, Brazil through her volunteer work with Associação Santa Rita de Cassia.
Ms. Starostik is the founder and CEO of Riviera Venture Capital, the VC and major shareholder of Nouvenn Corporation - an Industry 4.0 revolutionary tech company. She is co-founder of F&F Importações in Curitiba, Brazil.
Ms. Starostik founded the William Starostik Foundation to aid the elderly in need. She is on the board of Instituto Anami, a chimpanzee sanctuary founded by her grandparents, Milan and Ana Starostik, to protect primates and improve their quality of life after being rescued from captivity. She is currently based in California, South of Brazil and Monaco. Her hobbies include playing tennis, swimming, reading, going to rad concerts and Sunday brunches.