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Catalytic Spark Capital

VC
Denver, COWebsite

Catalytic Spark Capital is a Seed venture capital firm based in Denver, CO investing in Other. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

Portfolio

6+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Investing in combustion and ignition advancements in high-performance applications such as motorsports and industrial solutions.

How Catalytic Spark Capital invests

Catalytic Spark Capital is a vc firm based in Denver, CO. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other.

Catalytic Spark Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.

Catalytic Spark Capital has backed 6 companies in our records, including RaceTech Innovations, elevate, tristanwalker.

Meet the Team

MR

Marco Ruiz

Solo GP

Combustion
High performance
TW

Tristan Walker

Partner

Black-owned seed and pre-seed venture capital
enterprise and consumer companies
AE

Amazon executives

Executive Mentorship

accelerate success
technical support
scaling resources

1:1 mentorship

R

Risingstars

Managing Partner

venture capital fund
Economic Sovereignty
AI/ML
fintech
future of work

striving for a world where Economic Sovereignty is the new standard

BB

Black Business Accelerator

Initiative

Black business owners
sellers in Amazon's store

to help Black business owners succeed

FC

Female climate tech entrepreneurs

Investors

climate tech
innovations

committed to investing in innovations

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (6)

Other

RA

RaceTech Innovations

Motorsports technology
EL

elevate

Venture Capital·Seed/Pre-seed
TR

tristanwalker

Venture Capital·Seed/Pre-seed
GR

Growth Warrior Capital

Venture Capital·Early-stage
EM

Emerging Majority

Venture Capital·Early-stage
RI

risingstars

Venture Capital·Pre-seed
How to pitch Catalytic Spark Capital
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Marco Ruiz, Solo GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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