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Catalyst Retail Labs

VC
New York City, NYWebsite

Catalyst Retail Labs is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York City, NY investing in Other, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $150K–$1.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$150K – $1.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Backing founders building the future of retail operations with SaaS tools and AI models that streamline inventory, marketing, and customer engagement.

How Catalyst Retail Labs invests

Catalyst Retail Labs is a vc firm based in New York City, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, AI / ML. It does not invest in Fintech, Healthcare.

Catalyst Retail Labs typically writes checks of $150K–$1.0M per investment.

Catalyst Retail Labs has backed 2 companies in our records, including NextShop AI, CatalogFlow.

Meet the Team

DK

David Kim

Partner

Retail SaaS
AI
Enterprise Tools

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Fintech
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

NE

NextShop AI

Retail Tech
CA

CatalogFlow

Marketing Tech
How to pitch Catalyst Retail Labs
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $150K – $1.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as David Kim, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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