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Catapult Ventures

VC
San Mateo, CAWebsite

Catapult Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Mateo, CA investing in Developer Tools, Deep Tech. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

AUM

$55M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Catapult Ventures focuses on backing early-stage teams building developer-first and technically complex tools.

How Catapult Ventures invests

Catapult Ventures is a vc firm based in San Mateo, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Developer Tools, Deep Tech.

Catapult Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $55M in assets under management.

Catapult Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including CircleCI.

Meet the Team

DL

Darren Liccardo

Managing Director

RJ

Rouz Jazayeri

Co-Founder

Industry Focus

Invests In

Developer Tools
Deep Tech

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

CI

CircleCI

Developer Tools
How to pitch Catapult Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Developer Tools, Deep Tech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Darren Liccardo, Managing Director.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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