Catalyst Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($300K–$1.5M Checks)
Catalyst Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Other, SaaS, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $300K–$1.5M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $300K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, SaaS, Enterprise, Real Estate
- HQ
- Austin, TX
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-09-29
Pre-Seed, Seed
$300K – $1.5M
1+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Catalyst Ventures targets early-stage tech companies that enhance productivity and operational efficiency for SMBs through innovative software solutions.
How Catalyst Ventures invests
Catalyst Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Enterprise, Real Estate. It does not invest in Consumer, Cryptocurrency.
Catalyst Ventures typically writes checks of $300K–$1.5M per investment.
Catalyst Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including HouseCanary.
Partners & Team
Emily Chen
Managing Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
HouseCanary
Real-estate valuation and analytics platform
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $300K – $1.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Emily Chen, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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