Exposition Ventures is proud to share that Karen Kerr, PhD, General Partner at the firm, has been recognized in the Forbes 50 Over 50: Investment list. The recognition highlights women whose work is shaping the future of investing, and it reflects Karen’s decades-long contribution to venture capital, deep technology, and industrial innovation.
Karen brings a rare combination of scientific depth, operating insight, and investment experience to Exposition Ventures. On the firm’s team page, she is listed as General Partner, part of a leadership group positioned at the intersection of deep tech and heavy industry. Public bios from organizations including Evergreen Climate Innovations and mHUB describe her as a founder or senior leader at Exposition Ventures and note prior leadership roles at GE Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, the University of Southern California, and Intellectual Ventures.
Her background helps explain why this recognition matters. Karen has spent more than two decades helping build and back technology-based businesses, with particular strength in industrial systems, advanced manufacturing, energy, supply chain innovation, and frontier science. She is also a member of the charter class of Kauffman Fellows and holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Chicago.
At Exposition Ventures, that experience translates into a clear investment philosophy: back the foundational technologies and founders powering the next industrial age. The firm’s broader positioning centers on practical industrial businesses built on technical innovation, and Karen’s recognition by Forbes reinforces the strength of that perspective and the quality of the leadership behind it.
We congratulate Karen on this well-deserved honor and are excited to continue building alongside founders who are transforming breakthrough technologies into real industrial progress.