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GTM Catalyst Fund

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite

GTM Catalyst Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, AI / ML, SaaS. The firm typically writes $400K–$1.2M checks and has 134 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$400K – $1.2M

Portfolio

134+ companies

Team

16 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Empowering early-stage companies in the GTM space with a focus on AI-enhanced solutions.

How GTM Catalyst Fund invests

GTM Catalyst Fund is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, SaaS.

GTM Catalyst Fund typically writes checks of $400K–$1.2M per investment.

GTM Catalyst Fund has backed 134 companies in our records, including anduril, anthropic, applied intuition.

Meet the Team

TC

Teresa Carlson

President

PK

Paula Knight

Vice President of Brand and Creative

DB

Dave Breslin

Executive Vice President

LN

Langa Ntuli

Event Specialist

AS

Adit Swarup

Partner

RD

Robin Dechant

Partner

JH

Jessica Hale

Chief Legal Officer

MG

Mirza Galeano

Director of General Practice Services

CC

Courtney Celona

Director of Investor Relations

RD

Ryan Doherty

Director

PK

Paul Kwan

Partner

AI
Investment

General Catalyst's Paul Kwan sits down with Cameron McCord to unpack the founding insight behind Nominal.

DA

Dario Amodei

Team

AI transformation

Building Anthropic with the ambition and seriousness this moment demands.

MT

Mark Thatcher

General Partner

GTM Strategy
AI
EG

Eric Glyman

Eric Glyman

finance

Convened CFOs, founders, and finance leaders for an intimate retreat exploring the forces transforming finance.

PC

Patrick Collison

Patrick Collison

finance

Convened CFOs, founders, and finance leaders for an intimate retreat exploring the forces transforming finance.

HT

Hemant Taneja

Managing Partner

AI
Finance

Hemant Taneja’s inaugural quarterly review reflects on building the AI era with our souls intact.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (134)

Other

AN

anduril

AN

anthropic

AP

applied intuition

CO

commure

HE

helsing

HI

hippocratic ai

LE

legora

MA

maven

ME

mercor

RA

ramp

How to pitch GTM Catalyst Fund
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $400K – $1.2M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Teresa Carlson, President.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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