Catalyst Rolling Fund — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.5M Checks)
Catalyst Rolling Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas investing in Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$2.5M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 15 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, SaaS
- HQ
- Austin, Texas
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-06-25
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500K – $2.5M
2+ companies
15 partners
Investment Thesis
Catalyst focuses on AI-driven solutions in the B2B SaaS market, aiming to empower businesses with next-gen software tools and applications.
How Catalyst Rolling Fund invests
Catalyst Rolling Fund is a vc firm based in Austin, Texas. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Hardware.
Catalyst Rolling Fund typically writes checks of $500K–$2.5M per investment.
Catalyst Rolling Fund has backed 2 companies in our records, including Insight AI, OptimizeKey.
Partners & Team
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Strategy
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Strategy
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Strategy
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Strategy
Matthew Barnathan
Director of Investor Relations
Chip Hano
Vice President
Rick Burdick
Regional Vice President
Michael Schoonover
Chief Operating Officer
John Aragona
Director of Sales
Larry Milder
President and CEO
Rachel Morgan
GP
Tye Uppinghouse
Vice President
Brandon Schwulst
Vice President
Christopher Cipolla
Vice President of Investment Operations
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
Insight AI
OptimizeKey
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.5M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ray Smith, Marketing Director.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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