Seed stage VC firm serving entrepreneurs from emerging ecosystems outside Silicon Valley, across N America and Europe, and helping them achieve global scale
Palo Alto, CA
Joined September 2017
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2022 Is The Year Emerging Markets VC Comes of Age. Here's Why. Our Managing Partner, @jonathan_tower's latest post. bit.ly/3qTz1tM
Who are the @8vc LPs out there that still want exposure to great early stage VC opportunities via a top performing manager but without all the toxic politics and headline risk? Come talk to us at @Catapult_VC
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Can’t wait for 2022! Lots on our roadmap! 🌎
Year-end Observation: When we formed @Catapult_VC 3 yrs ago, we sometimes felt we were shouting into the wind about the importance of investing in frontier markets, underserved founders and thinking outside the Silicon Valley box. Many LPs shrugged. They’re not shrugging anymore
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No one would invest their entire net worth in one stock but many VCs think nothing of only investing in US startups. Diversify. US startup investing is saturated. Valuations prove that. @Catapult_VC believes emerging markets are demonstrating stronger growth and upside. Join us!
Pakistan is a thing
1/ When I first started looking at Pakistani startups in 2019, the average annual VC funding in Pakistan was under $10M. This year, we've crossed $300M. We've come a long way, kudos to hundreds of incredible founders and the investors supporting them bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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Go fishing where the other fishermen are not. Kinda encapsulates @Catapult_VC global seed strategy in a nutshell.
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Greetings from Istanbul. Seeing the grit, determination, and resilience of founders from these fast-emerging markets just never gets old. Truly inspiring and makes me so proud of the mission at @Catapult_VC to support these founders. ✊
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The future of seed is here:
1. Legacy VCs raising large seed funds to blunt the effect of Tiger et al as those firms invest earlier;
2. Specialized, Domain- and geo-specific firms like @Catapult_VC that have deep networks, credibility, and access.
All others will get squeezed
Portfolio pride: The team at Landed just raised $31mm to continue on its mission of helping essential workers (teachers, healthcare professionals et al) become homeowners. Way to go Alex Lofton! bit.ly/2Xods8p
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Congrats to Catapult family company RepairSmith on the fresh $42mm in funding to take on-call, on-site car repair to the next level! tcrn.ch/3y6BvFo
We congratulate Catapult family companies @cartainc and @GustoHQ for their selection to Forbes' 2021 Cloud100 list! forbes.com/cloud100/#5c2f54b…
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Catapult is proud to be featured on Raise’s 2021 market map of Emerging Venture Funds to watch. Thanks @benjamindblack and @raiseconference for the continued support! 👇👇
The RAISE Market Map for Emerging Venture Funds is here. Congratulations to the featured firms. hubs.la/H0Rs8Fg0. #venturecapital #RaiseSummit2021#emergingmanager
Easily THE conference for emerging venture managers and the visionary LPs that support them. Invaluable. Keep up the great work @raiseconference and @benjamindblack.
We categorized the emerging #VentureFunds that attended #RAISE2020 by industry and AUM, creating a market map of sorts with 47 Generalist funds including MIR Ventures, @TenOne10 and @Catapult_VC: hubs.la/H0TrHHd0 #RAISESummit2021
Transformational companies and founders come from every corner of the globe, not just Silicon Valley and a handful of hubs.
Talent is evenly distributed but capital is not. @Catapult_VC is out to change that by backing underserved geographies with our $150m fund. Join us.
Our Managing Partner @jonathan_tower is the guest on this week's Startup Success podcast discussing how @Catapult_VC invests 'outside the Silicon Valley box' and its worldview post-pandemic.
Link to the full audio is here: bit.ly/3hBsLSA
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We're excited for @chorus_ai for its $575mm acquisition by @zoominfo. Quite the journey since our initial involvement in 2015. A great outcome for a superb team! tcrn.ch/36y41nZ
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