Social Innovator in Residence: Karine Sarkissian

Karine Sarkissian is a founding partner at Tamar Capital (2016), a single-family office based between the Middle East, the UK, and the US. She oversees the FO’s Impact and Venture portfolio. Designer and Design Strategist by background, Karine has extensive experience in social innovation for urban and economic development initiatives within New York City and Internationally. Leveraging her expertise, she co-founded Le Studio as part of Tamar Capital to actively support portfolio companies and investors alike through design, impact measurement, and strategy development. Since inception 2 years ago, Le Studio has supported more than 50 aspiring entrepreneurs across 4 continents.

Karine also co-created and co-facilitated the Open IDEO NYC Chapter, served as a Design for America mentor to graduate students within New York University, as well as a Hult Prize accelerator mentor. She often freelances as a graphic designer and illustrator, and spends most of her time outside or in the ocean.

Karine was the Fall 2022 Social Innovator in Residence with the ERA Chair in Social Innovation and the DESIS Lab at NOVA SBE.

Follow Karine on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/karinesarkissian/ and Twitter: @karinesark

Learn more about her work at Tamar Capital: https://tamar.capital/

and Le Studio https://lestudio.io/ 

Discover her portfolio: http://karinesarkissian.com

Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard

Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva

Music: Guilhem Tamisier

Art work: Guilhem Tamisier

The Podcast was recorded and produced in the Fidelidade Creative Studio @ Nova SBE