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Code Catalyst Ventures

VC
Austin, TXWebsite

Code Catalyst Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Other, SaaS, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 16 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

Portfolio

16+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on backing technical founders building tools that make software engineers more productive, including B2B SaaS platforms and AI-powered developer tools.

How Code Catalyst Ventures invests

Code 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, Developer Tools, Enterprise, AI / ML. It does not invest in Consumer, Healthcare.

Code Catalyst Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.

Code Catalyst Ventures has backed 16 companies in our records, including CI Wizard, Pipeline Pro, JMEM TEK.

Meet the Team

AS

Alex Smith

Founding GP

DevOps
AI-first SaaS
Productivity Tools

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Developer Tools
Enterprise
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Consumer
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (16)

Other

CI

CI Wizard

Developer Tools
PI

Pipeline Pro

DevOps
JM

JMEM TEK

semiconductors·seed·Silicon Catalyst Ventures

Developer of one-time programmable (OTP) memory technology for high-security data storage and function activation in IoT, automotive, and electronics.

QU

Quantum Pixel

displays/photonics·seed·Silicon Catalyst Ventures

Developer of color-tunable microLED pixels and display assembly tech for affordable, energy-efficient microLED displays.

QU

Quadric

AI/semiconductors·seed·Silicon Catalyst Ventures

Developer of edge processors for on-device AI computing, handling matrix, vector, and scalar operations.

AY

Ayar Labs

photonics·growth·Silicon Catalyst Ventures

Optical I/O connectivity solutions.

NE

Neurophos

AI/hardware·growth·Silicon Catalyst Ventures

Computational memory for AI.

NI

Niobium

semiconductors·growth·Silicon Catalyst Ventures

Microelectronics manufacturing tech.

SA

Salience Labs

photonics/AI·growth·Silicon Catalyst Ventures

Photonic AI chips.

LE

Lemurian Labs

AI/semiconductors·growth·Silicon Catalyst Ventures

AI hardware.

How to pitch Code Catalyst Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Alex Smith, Founding GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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