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Catalyst 3D Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Catalyst 3D Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other, Real Estate, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $50K–$200K checks and has 38 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$50K – $200K

Portfolio

38+ companies

Team

11 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on investing in startups that revolutionize 3D design and architecture tech, especially those with novel integrations of AI and BIM.

How Catalyst 3D Ventures invests

Catalyst 3D Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Real Estate, AI / ML. It does not invest in Consumer.

Catalyst 3D Ventures typically writes checks of $50K–$200K per investment.

Catalyst 3D Ventures has backed 38 companies in our records, including 3D Construct, neocognition, Neoco.

Meet the Team

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Amandine Rouillard

Marketing Director

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Nicolas Autret

Partner

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Francis Ho

Partner

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Young Sohn

Managing Partner

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Elena Zhang

Solo GP

3D Design
Architecture Tech
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Lip-Bu Tan

Partner

Mentioned in relation to leading Innovium's Series A round and in firm news as named to TIME100 Most Influential People.

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Young Yuan

General Partner

Zoom

Met when few people wanted to invest in Zoom. Understood Zoom’s mission of customer happiness.

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Francis

Partner

Physics
Computing industry

Has a great background in business, but he also puts in the time and effort to dive deep into the physics.

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Jungsang Kim

General Partner

IonQ

Was able to grasp the massive opportunity ahead of us as a potential game-changer in computing industry.

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Eric S. Yuan

General Partner

Zoom

Met when few people wanted to invest in Zoom. At that time, investors thought the market was too crowded and there wasn't a need for another video conferencing platform.

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Rajiv Khemani

General Partner

Innovium

Without Lip-Bu’s leadership and willingness to lead our Series A round, Innovium would have never existed.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Real Estate
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (38)

Other

3D

3D Construct

3D Design Software
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neocognition

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Neoco

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radixark

NA

Nace AI

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amperesand

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empower semiconductor

AI

AI 21

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anybotics

AR

artera

How to pitch Catalyst 3D Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Real Estate, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $50K – $200K check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Amandine Rouillard, Marketing Director.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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