Konstantin Othmer

Konstantin Othmer is a serial technology entrepreneur and angel investor. His LinkedIn profile lists Recursive Ventures in Las Vegas and describes him as an “Entrepreneur and investor, currently investigating opportunities to transform healthcare.” He studied at the California Institute of Technology from 1984 to 1988, and sources including LinkedIn and CloudCar materials list his education as electrical engineering/economics.

Othmer began his career at Apple, where CloudCar’s company profile says he became a Distinguished Engineer and worked on Macintosh graphics. He later held senior operating roles across several technology companies: vice president of product development and customer support at Catapult Entertainment, founding CEO of ePeople, CEO of Core Mobility from 2001 to 2009, and co-founder/board member of Carrier IQ.

At CloudCar, Othmer was founder and CEO before Philipp Popov succeeded him as CEO in 2016. CloudCar developed connected-car and infotainment software; Jaguar Land Rover launched CloudCar’s justDrive technology in 2014 and announced a $15 million minority investment in CloudCar in January 2017, alongside adoption of CloudCar’s next-generation cloud services platform.

He is also connected to Speechpad, where sources list him as co-founder and CEO, and to Recursive Ventures, where the firm’s site lists him as Partner. Recursive says Othmer “began his career as an engineer with Apple” and later founded companies in online gaming, enterprise software, mobile, crowdsourcing, and automotive. The firm also states that, as an angel investor, he has invested in dozens of startups including Tesla, Ring, Life360, and Canva.

• Recursive Ventures states that it invests in “US Pre-seed and Seed Tech Startups disrupting industries with Artificial Intelligence (AI).”
• The firm’s pitch form screens for companies that are pre-seed or seed stage, have U.S.-based founders, target the U.S. market, and have a data/AI focus.
• Recursive says it can “make decision in days, not weeks,” starts by reviewing the pitch deck, holds founder meetings, and then spends a few days on diligence with its expert network.
• Recursive says it intentionally does not lead rounds, but may co-lead pre-seed/seed rounds, and focuses on helping founders close seed rounds and later raise Series A/B capital.
• Othmer’s personal investing history suggests comfort with technical founders and products across mobile, automotive, consumer, enterprise software, health technology, and AI/data-enabled platforms.
• His LinkedIn “About” line indicates a current interest in healthcare transformation, and recent disclosed activity includes Cloud DX, Spiden/Liom, and aiomics.