Fundraising FoxCatalyze Advisors
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Seed · 8 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Catalyze Advisors was started by a team that first met as early employees at Stripe, where they helped scale the company. Drawing on their operating backgrounds, they provide early-stage funding alongside hands-on advisory services, helping technology startups establish foundational accounting, corporate, regulatory, tax, partnership, and product strategies. The goal is to help founders identify and navigate the key initial challenges that come with starting and growing a company, positioning them for continued growth and success.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 2, 2026.
Team · 8 people
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What they invest in
from 6 of 17 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×4SaaS ×4AI & Machine Learning ×3Fintech ×3Cybersecurity ×1Deep Tech ×1Logistics & Supply Chain ×1Robotics ×1
HQs:United States×5South Africa×1
Investments · 17 tracked
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Agency provides outsourced security and compliance operations for enterprise companies, combining forward-deployed U.S.-based compliance engineers with proprietary AI.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Amir Tarighat(Founder)inTyler Carbone(Founder)in
Co-investorsBBQ CapitalLeonis CapitalManchesterStory Group, LLCPhoenix FundSoma CapitalY Combinator+8 more
AIM develops autonomous technology for earthworks and mining operations, combining robotics and AI built by engineers from Waymo, SpaceX, Google, and Tesla.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsMonroe, US
Adam Sadilek(CEO)in
BoardSven Strohband(Director)in
Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)General CatalystHuman CapitalKhosla VenturesDaft CapitalIronspring Venture+3 more
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Anrok provides an automated tax compliance platform for software and digital goods companies, handling sales tax and VAT across multiple jurisdictions.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Michelle Valentine(Founder)inKannan Goundan(Founder)inMichelle V(Founder)
Co-investorsSequoia CapitalKhosla VenturesSpark CapitalChemistryCollective LiquidityFOG Ventures+4 more
Eisen builds compliance operations infrastructure to help companies manage unclaimed property and escheatment obligations, enabling them to proactively identify customer funds before they are escheated to the state.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US
Allen Osgood(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
Co-investorsCowboy VenturesFirst Round CapitalHomebrewIndex VenturesMissionOG
Hop is a cross-chain token bridge protocol that moves assets between Ethereum and its layer-2 scaling networks.
Co-investors1confirmationCoinbase VenturesDevika Ventures
Pollinate builds AI agents for supply chain operations, starting with procurement automation that extracts supplier invoices from email and reconciles them against purchase orders and receipts across ERP systems.
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSan Francisco, US
Adeep Mitra(Founder)inCorey Berther(Founder)inNam Le(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investors77 Partnersilab AcceleratorY CombinatorBlast.ClubCRV (Charles River Ventures)Insight Partners+2 more
Stitch provides payment infrastructure enabling businesses to accept, send and manage online and in-person payments while offering consumers in South Africa financial management tools.
FintechSaaSSouth Africa, ZA
Mohamed Oueida(Founder & CEO)Kiaan Pillay(Founder)inJunaid Dadan(Founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalCRE Venture CapitalDigital Currency GroupExpansion CapitalFuture AfricaGlynn Capital Management+15 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Balance PaymentsCrosswalk LabsFormaFragmentLocatiblemameonProspectPulleyRibbonWarden Global
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesKhotan (formerly Pollinate) · ycombinator.com · Feb 5, 2026
Anrok · fintech.global · Oct 23, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Catalyze Advisors made?
- Catalyze Advisors has 17 tracked investments.
- What stage does Catalyze Advisors invest at?
- Catalyze Advisors invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Catalyze Advisors focus on?
- Catalyze Advisors focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS.
- Who does Catalyze Advisors co-invest with?
- Catalyze Advisors most often shares deals with Index Ventures, DCVC (Data Collective), First Round Capital, among 41 tracked co-investors.
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