KS

Kartik Sathappan

Investing at Families Fund

San Francisco, California

Work Experience

  • General Partner

    2025

    I launched Families Fund to back founders rebuilding the systems families actually rely on. We invest at the intersection of broken institutions, shifting policy, and applied AI. This is a rare opportunity to reshape American family life and generate real returns. As a solo GP, I lead pre-seed and seed deals with high-leverage, mission-aligned startups. Most of my deal flow comes through founder relationships I’ve built over a decade as an operator and angel, with 30+ investments and one unicorn. If you’re building for families or investing in the future of how we live, learn, and grow — let’s connect.

  • Investor

    2024

    Investing in the top social crypto companies alongside 1kx, Polygon, and more.

  • Angel Investor

    2017

    38+ investments, one unicorn exit 🦄 -Highlights: Groq, Superhuman, Turing

2021 - 2023

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2021 - 2023

    We're building the first design -> code tool that actually works.

2019 - 2019

  • Product Manager

    2019 - 2019

    3D, voice, consumer - stay tuned

2019 - 2019

  • Fellow

    2019 - 2019

    https://www.beondeck.com/#odf On Deck Cohort 2

2018 - 2018

  • Product Manager - Blockchain

    2018 - 2018

    -Modernizing public finance -First blockchain-based bond approved by a city government (Berkeley)

2016 - 2017

  • Product Manager

    2016 - 2017

    -Launched TurboTax’s first beyond tax product with 3rd party partner Earnest -Improved offer conversion by 130% through enhanced messaging around consent screens -Pioneering diversity within the TurboTax product by launching our first screen with multicultural avatars -Managing both cross-functional and interdependent teams across the company -Improving the user experience through analytics and regular customer interview sessions

2015 - 2015

  • Software Engineer Internship

    2015 - 2015

    -Won the App Store Marketing Challenge with "Game of the Day" which was announced on stage at WWDC17 (100+ other Apple interns competed) -Published US Patent 10,277,829 -Integral in the direction and ideation, especially concerning the customer experience, for the challenge -Designed and developed original software products for FaceTime using Xcode, C, and Objective-C -Created and prototyped new features with the IMG team’s existing codebase

2014 - 2014

  • Media & Technology Operations Intern

    2014 - 2014

    -Created the Video Quality Control software product for pre-air assets from the ground up -Implemented the Video QC as a backend service using Java, FFmpeg, OpenCV, Maven, and Spring -Created the front-end components for both my own Video QC service as well as the Transcoding Service -Took advantage of AngularJS to create dynamic single-page applications