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Software company providing no-code workflow automation software for businesses, focused on streamlining business processes.
Catalytic has raised $41.3M across 4 funding rounds.
Key people at Catalytic.
Catalytic has raised $41.3M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Catalytic is a privately held software company that provides internet services and no-code platforms to automate and streamline complex enterprise business processes across multiple global industries. The platform enables organizations to build customized digital workflows for routine operational tasks, specifically focusing on multi-step administrative approvals, large-scale data processing, and seamless third-party system integrations. Operating within the broader software and internet services sector, the firm targets commercial enterprises seeking to digitize and accelerate their internal operations without requiring extensive software engineering resources or specialized technical personnel. As a dedicated business-to-business technology provider, the organization delivers its core automation infrastructure to help corporate clients reduce manual data entry, minimize human error, and improve overall workflow efficiency across various administrative and operational departments. Catalytic was officially founded in the year 2015 by technology entrepreneur and executive Ravi Singh.
Key people at Catalytic.
Catalytic has raised $41.3M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $30.0M Series B in February 2019.
Catalytic is not a single company but a term referring to catalytic capital, a type of investment that accepts higher risk or lower returns to enable impact-driven projects, mobilizing conventional capital for social, environmental, or innovative outcomes.[1][4][6] Providers include foundations, family offices, DFIs, and specialized firms like the Catalytic Impact Foundation (a non-profit VC funding life sciences for unmet healthcare needs) or Catalyst Investments (an Israeli multi-fund VC firm backing tech growth).[2][3] These entities focus on seeding unproven models, scaling impact enterprises into new markets, and sustaining subsidy-dependent operations, particularly in climate, healthcare, and tech sectors.[1][6][7]
This approach bridges gaps in traditional investing, supporting startups and intermediaries in impact areas like sustainable infrastructure, medical tech, and Israeli innovation, while de-risking for broader investor participation.[3][5][7]
The concept of catalytic capital gained formal definition in the 2019 Tideline report *Catalytic Capital: Unlocking More Investment and Impact*, which outlined its role across asset classes to pioneer, scale, and sustain impact investments.[1][4] It evolved from impact investing discussions, with initiatives like the Catalytic Capital Consortium (C3), launched around 2020, promoting its use for SDGs amid crises like the pandemic.[6]
Specific firms trace distinct paths: Catalyst Investments began in 1999 with its first fund for maturing Israeli tech, expanding to growth-stage and China-focused funds by 2022.[2] The Catalytic Impact Foundation emerged as a non-profit VC applying traditional discipline to philanthropic healthcare investments.[3] Catalyst Investors (US-based) started in 1999 targeting B2B growth equity.[5]
Catalytic capital rides the impact investing wave, addressing funding gaps for high-risk tech in climate resilience, AI-driven health, and global expansion amid ESG pressures and SDGs.[6][7][9] Timing aligns with post-pandemic recovery and climate urgency, where conventional VC shies from unproven models; it unlocks pipelines for scalable startups by proving viability.[1][6]
Market forces like DFI involvement and corporate sustainability goals favor it, influencing ecosystems by sustaining hard-to-reach innovations (e.g., hydroponics, mental health tech) and fostering diversity in funding.[3][5] Firms like General Catalyst extend this to resiliency and AI, amplifying tech's societal role.[9]
Catalytic approaches will expand with rising climate and health demands, integrating AI for faster de-risking and blended finance models to hit SDGs by 2030.[6][7] Expect more funds targeting emerging markets and women-led tech, evolving influence through policy advocacy and tech-health crossovers. As impact metrics mature, catalytic players like Catalyst variants will redefine VC, turning "uninvestable" ideas into ecosystem staples—unlocking the next wave of resilient innovation.
Catalytic has raised $41.3M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Catalytic's investors include Sunil Kurkure, B Capital Group, BoxGroup, Brand Foundry Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, The Finger Group, TLV Partners, Bobby Goodlatte, Eric Stein, Richard Branson, August Capital.
