Catalyst Investors

What is Catalyst Investors?

Catalyst Investors is a growth equity venture capital firm which was founded in 1999 and is based in New York, New York. The firm specializes in investments in lower middle market companies, located primarily in North America and Europe, focusing on high growth B2B software and business services companies.

They provide equity to enable a company to accelerate growth and sales and marketing, scale an organization, enter new markets, fund acquisitions, or for partial liquidity. Catalyst has a proactive, research-based approach to investment, targeting sectors they understand deeply including Software, Media, Business and Consumer Services.

Specific verticals of interest include Technology-Enabled Services, SaaS, Cloud Computing, Wireless Infrastructure, Education, Healthcare IT, and Digital Media. Their investments typically range from $30,000 to $30 million, with a sweet spot of about $15 million in companies with up to $100 million in revenues, targeting both control and minority equity stakes.

Catalyst aims to act as a 'catalyst' for growth in their portfolio companies, often by encouraging strategic initiatives including team building, acquisitions, or new market entries. They believe in building long-term business value and partner with entrepreneurs who are committed to growing their companies into industry leaders.

Catalyst lists its specialties as Expansion, MBO/LBO, Recapitalization, Consolidation, Seed, Series A, Series B, and has assets under management totaling approximately $377 million.