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Catalyst Investors

Founders Brian Rich Chris Shipman Ryan McNally

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Total investments 54
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$32M
Portfolio companies 32
Rounds per year 2.25
Lead investments 20
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.39
Exits 5
Key employees 6
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Internet
  • Health Care
  • SaaS
  • Computer
Summary

Catalyst Investors is the famous VC, which was founded in 2000. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the New York. The company was established in North America in United States.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Catalyst Investors, startups are often financed by QED Investors, NGEN Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Bessemer Venture Partners, Pelion Venture Partners, Crosslink Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Bessemer Venture Partners, Lead Edge Capital, Silicon Valley Bank.

This organization was formed by Brian Rich, Chris Shipman, Ryan McNally. The overall number of key employees were 6.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Health Care, Digital Media. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight MINDBODY, MediaMath, Jobvite.

The high activity for fund was in 2014. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Opposing the other organizations, this Catalyst Investors works on 20 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2015. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The typical startup value when the investment from Catalyst Investors is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 46 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Augean Robotics

AgTech
Robotics
$24M09 Jan 2024 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Tava Health

Health Care
Medical
Wellness
$20M15 Dec 2023 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Ninety

Small and Medium Businesses
Software
$35M16 Nov 2023 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

eSUB Construction Software

Construction
Project Management
SaaS
Software
$2M23 May 2023 San Diego, California, United States

Breezeway

Internet
Property Management
Rental
Rental Property
Software
$15M04 Oct 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Rivet

Health Care
Information Technology
Medical
SaaS
Software
$20M21 Jun 2022 Sandy, Utah, United States

LinkSquares

Artificial Intelligence
Consulting
Contact Management
Information Technology
Internet
Legal
Legal Tech
Machine Learning
SaaS
Software
$100M04 Apr 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Ekos

Asset Management
Craft Beer
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Enterprise Software
Food and Beverage
SaaS
Software
Supply Chain Management
Wine And Spirits
$21M20 Dec 2021 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

LinkSquares

Artificial Intelligence
Consulting
Contact Management
Information Technology
Internet
Legal
Legal Tech
Machine Learning
SaaS
Software
$40M14 Jul 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
News
LinkSquares Announces $40 Million in Series B Funding Led by Sorenson Capital

– LinkSquares, provider of the fastest and most comprehensive AI-powered contract lifecycle management and analysis tool, announced it has raised $40m in Series B financing led by Sorenson Capital.
– New investors Catalyst Investors, Xerox, Bottomline Technologies, DraftKings’ founders and key legal and compliance executives, as well as existing investors Hyperplane Venture Capital, MassMutual Ventures, First Ascent Ventures participated in the round.
Sorenson Capital Partner Brady Broadbent and Bottomline Technologies General Counsel Danielle Sheer are new appointments to the LinkSquares Board of Directors.
– The company has raised $61.4m to date, and will use the financing to expand its team, advance the LinkSquares technology and develop new strategic business partnerships.

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Total investments 54
Average round size 32M
Rounds per year 2.25
Peak activity year 2014
Lead investments 20
Follow on index 0.39
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.83

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Augean Robotics

AgTech
Robotics
$24M09 Jan 2024 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Tava Health

Health Care
Medical
Wellness
$20M15 Dec 2023 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Ninety

Small and Medium Businesses
Software
$35M16 Nov 2023 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

eSUB Construction Software

Construction
Project Management
SaaS
Software
$2M23 May 2023 San Diego, California, United States

Breezeway

Internet
Property Management
Rental
Rental Property
Software
$15M04 Oct 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Rivet

Health Care
Information Technology
Medical
SaaS
Software
$20M21 Jun 2022 Sandy, Utah, United States

LinkSquares

Artificial Intelligence
Consulting
Contact Management
Information Technology
Internet
Legal
Legal Tech
Machine Learning
SaaS
Software
$100M04 Apr 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Ekos

Asset Management
Craft Beer
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Enterprise Software
Food and Beverage
SaaS
Software
Supply Chain Management
Wine And Spirits
$21M20 Dec 2021 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

LinkSquares

Artificial Intelligence
Consulting
Contact Management
Information Technology
Internet
Legal
Legal Tech
Machine Learning
SaaS
Software
$40M14 Jul 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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