Karyoo

Karyoo has created AI that helps small businesses achieve a successful exit.

Many small-business owners want an exit — i.e., to sell their company — to fuel their legacy and lead them into retirement. But few have access to the tools they need.

As a result, just one out of four owners actually achieves an exit. And most of these are done below the asking price they want.

This is where Karyoo can help. Essentially, its AI enables businesses owners to automate day-to-day tasks, optimize resource allocation, and improve overall operational efficiency.

With its AI, Karyoo is targeting a major opportunity. Its Serviceable Obtainable Market (SOM), for example, includes 24,000 small businesses within the top ten metro markets. This is a $218 million opportunity alone. Targeting the sixteen million small businesses that could benefit from Karyoo’s technology expands this opportunity to thirty-five billion dollars.

Karyoo’s platform uses AI to automatically identify operational gaps and create “no-code” workflows to fix the problems. Owners don’t need technical skills or costly consultants to improve how their companies run.

By simplifying automation and providing real-time insights via a “business scorecard,” Karyoo helps owners free up time, reduce costs, and make their businesses more attractive to buyers.

Its cloud-based, software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform connects different parts of small businesses and keeps everything running smoothly behind the scenes. This gives owners real-time insights through dashboards and scorecards, and gets them ready for a premium exit.

In a use-case example, Karyoo took a small consultancy business and increased its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) by $90,000 a year and its revenue capacity by twenty percent without additional hiring. It took the company’s valuation from $720,000 to $1.2 million.

Karyoo’s cloud-based service is available for a monthly subscription. Pricing is tiered based on the size and needs of each business, including a one-time setup fee and ongoing monthly payments.

All updates and security are handled in the background. Premium services include bespoke consultancy or advanced automation tools.

Karyoo conducted an alpha test of its AI in Q2 2025 and completed a minimum viable product (MVP) this quarter. Full launch is slated for Q1 2026.

Team Background

Peter Thomson - Co-Founder & CEO

Peter has exited multiple tech startups, including a workflow-management venture in 2021.

He has more than thirty-five years in the SaaS industry, most recently as CEO of Nedge Computing Corporation, a software company. Before that, he spent eleven years with Mitratech, a similar software-development firm, as its co-founder and President.

Earlier in his career, Peter was a business advisor and banker with Merrill Lynch, focused on the company’s mergers & acquisitions (M&A) division.

He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Denison University and a Master’s degree in Finance from Carnegie Mellon University.

Franz Torrez - Co-Founder & CTO

Franz has spent more than twenty years in tech, including at three startups.

For eight years, he was a software architect and lead developer with Bolivian Technological Core, an IT-services company. Before that, he was a lead software developer with Austrading International Limited, a China-based software company.

Earlier in his career, Franz spent time as a mobile developer and software architect with various tech and software companies. He earned a Master’s degree in Information Technology from Nanjing University.

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