Catalyst Edge Ventures — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($1.0M–$3.0M Checks)
Catalyst Edge Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Marketplace, Other, Consumer. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 14 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 14 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Marketplace, Other, Consumer, SaaS, Enterprise, Healthcare, Security, AI / ML
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Seed, Series A
$1.0M – $3.0M
14+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Invests in marketplaces and SaaS tools enhancing workflow, particularly with collaborative tech or commercial transaction layers.
How Catalyst Edge Ventures invests
Catalyst Edge Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Marketplace, Other, Consumer, SaaS, Enterprise. It does not invest in C2C.
Catalyst Edge Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment.
Catalyst Edge Ventures has backed 14 companies in our records, including ShopGrid, VirtualDesk, Catalyst by Wellstar.
Partners & Team
Rajiv Patel
GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (14)
Other
ShopGrid
VirtualDesk
Catalyst by Wellstar
A healthcare-focused venture fund supporting startups in the health sector.
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Curalife
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Otorio
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Lutris Pharma
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Mobileye
Advanced driver-assistance systems and autonomous vehicle technology.
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Marketplace, Other, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $3.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Rajiv Patel, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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