Karan Menon

Karan joined Spinverse at the beginning of 2023 and now leads the Industrial investments team. He supports innovative customer projects from their inception to completion.

Karan’s background is in academia conducting research on digital transformation and data driven business models for manufacturing companies. During his academic career, he refined his skills in industrial and knowledge management research methods, critical thinking, academic writing, teaching, and research & investment project preparation as well as management. Karan has extensive experience in organizing and leading large research consortium projects financed by Business Finland and Academy of Finland.

Karan holds a Ph.D. (Tech.) in Management and Business from Tampere University, M.Sc. (Tech.) in Materials Science from Tampere University of Technology & Bachelors in Engineering in Chemical Engineering from Sardar Patel University (India). He was responsible for creating various international networks across Europe, US and Asia during his doctoral and postdoctoral work at Tampere University.

Karan is passionate about playing cricket, floorball volleyball and badminton. He is an ardent fan of Indian cricket team, Manchester United Football Club and Ilves ice hockey team. He loves to go for a sauna and take a dip into a lake. Karan and his wife love travelling to new cities, countries and they enjoy board game evenings with friends.