Code Catalyst Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$3.0M Checks)
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.
- Check size
- $500K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 16 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, SaaS, Developer Tools, Enterprise, AI / ML
- HQ
- Austin, TX
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-08-13
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500K – $3.0M
16+ companies
1 partner
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.
Partners & Team
Alex Smith
Founding GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (16)
Other
CI Wizard
Pipeline Pro
JMEM TEK
Developer of one-time programmable (OTP) memory technology for high-security data storage and function activation in IoT, automotive, and electronics.
Quantum Pixel
Developer of color-tunable microLED pixels and display assembly tech for affordable, energy-efficient microLED displays.
Quadric
Developer of edge processors for on-device AI computing, handling matrix, vector, and scalar operations.
Ayar Labs
Optical I/O connectivity solutions.
Neurophos
Computational memory for AI.
Niobium
Microelectronics manufacturing tech.
Salience Labs
Photonic AI chips.
Lemurian Labs
AI hardware.
- •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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