Code Catalyst Ventures
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.
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.
Meet the 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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