Cathay Innovation
Venture capitalParis · Seed–Late Stage · 34 people tracked
Investment thesis
Cathay Innovation is a multi-stage venture capital firm that backs startups developing technologies reshaping how people live and work, aiming to help founders scale bold ideas into real-world solutions at industrial scale. The firm distinguishes itself from a traditional venture approach by operating a large platform designed to foster collaboration between startups and corporations, leveraging its base of corporate limited partners.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 12, 2026.
Team · 34 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 89 of 205 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×35SaaS ×30Fintech ×23Enterprise Software ×13Healthtech ×11Consumer ×10Crypto & Web3 ×10Digital Health ×10
HQs:United States×21France×10China×6United Kingdom×5Spain×4Germany×3
Who they back
founder profiles across 39 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×212 founders×113 founders×44+ founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 29 founders with education data
University of Cambridge ×5Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile ×3UCLA ×3École Polytechnique ×2Georgetown University ×2KTH Royal Institute of Technology ×2Lycée Sainte-Geneviève ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 30 founders with career history
Klarna ×3École normale supérieure ×2McKinsey & Company ×2Rocket Internet SE ×2Stanford University ×2Universal Music Group ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
4 founders hold a PhD · 7 hold an MBA (of 30 with degree data)
Investments · 205 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 32025 · 12024 · 32022 · 32021 · 12018 · 12016 · 12015 · 114 dated
Embat provides a cloud-based treasury and financial management platform that helps corporate finance teams automate manual tasks and improve visibility and control over their processes.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSMadrid, ES
Antonio Berga(Co-founder)Carlos Serrano García-Lisón(Co-founder)Tomás Gil(Co-founder (former CTO at Fintonic))
Co-investors4Founders CapitalSamaipataCreandum
Laiye offers a Work Execution Platform that lets government and enterprise clients build LLM-driven digital workforces, combining RPA, conversational AI, and intelligent document processing to automate business processes.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBeijing, CN
Yichuan Hu(Founder)
Co-investorsDCP CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersSequoia CapitalWu CapitalZhenFundActivant Capital
Skan AI builds a process intelligence and agentic automation platform that uses computer vision to observe how work actually gets done, generating a "Context Graph of Work" for large, highly regulated enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMenlo Park, US
Avinash Misra(Executive Officer, Director)inManish Garg(Director)inRaman Khanna(Director)
BoardSimon Wu(Director)inJocelyn Goldfein(Director)
Co-investorsBloomberg BetaCiti VenturesDell Technologies CapitalGSR VenturesZetta Venture Partners
Palo Alto, US
Samir Addamine(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardMark Gorenberg(Director)inIvan Chong(Director)
Board seatDenis Barrier· per SEC Form D · $13.2M raise · filed May 2016
Co-investorsAspect VenturesZetta Venture Partners
Peek provides booking software and a marketplace for experiences and activities.
MarketplacesSaaSTravel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US
Oskar Bruening(Executive Officer, Director)inRuzwana Bashir(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPeter Flint(Director)
Board seatDenis Barrier· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsDigital HorizonDigital Horizon VCHalogen Ventures Management Company LlcManta Ray VenturesR136 VenturesRivet Ventures+2 more
Quantifind provides AI-powered enrichment and investigation tools for financial crime compliance, helping investigators reduce false positives and accelerate case reviews using entity resolution, risk scoring, and unified intelligence from sanctions lists, news articles, and corporate records.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechGovTechMenlo Park, US
Ari Tuchman(Founder)inJohn Stockton(Founder)in
Board seatDenis Barrier· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsComcast VenturesDns CapitalIn-Q-TelIris CapitalSummit PartnersUS Venture Partners
Finder for Teams is an AI-powered analytics platform that automatically discovers patterns in data warehouse systems and identifies business outcomes that impact KPIs.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBoulder, US
Board seatDenis Barrier· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementKickstart InnovationNextGen Venture PartnersEniac VenturesLong Journey VenturesSignalFire
ZenBusiness provides an all-in-one platform combining AI-powered guidance (Velo) with customer support to help entrepreneurs start, protect, and grow their businesses through business formations and compliance services.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkLegalTechSaaSAustin, US
Ross Buhrdorf(CEO)inShanaz Hemmati(Founder)inRafael Lopez(Executive Officer)Khadijeh Hemmati(Executive Officer)
BoardJC Glancy(Executive Officer, Director)in
Board seatDenis Barrier· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsATX Venture PartnersBreyer CapitalCleveland AvenueFlucas VenturesFluent VenturesGeekdom+12 more
Jorge Lluch(Founder)in
Aerobotics develops AI and drone-based software to help fruit growers, packers, and shippers measure crop health and estimate yields using aerial imagery analysis.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningHardwareCape Town, ZA
Benji
Co-investors4Di CapitalAfricInvestBantam GroupNaspers
Owkin develops AI Scientist, an autonomous AI system that uses biological large language models and multimodal patient data to accelerate drug discovery for pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechDigital HealthHealthtechSilicon Valley, FR
Thomas Clozel(Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)inGilles Wainrib(Co-Founder and Former Chief Scientific Officer)in
PartnerJacky Abitbol· led
Co-investorsBridford Investments (Bridford Group)F-Prime CapitalFrstGV (Google Ventures)Alpha Intelligence CapitalOTB Ventures+1 more
AI Rudder provides contact center automation for enterprises, including AI voice agents, predictive dialers, and a low-code platform (BotLab) for building conversational AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementPeak XV Partners
Co-investorsSerena
alma provides IT-focused project management services, defining project goals and milestones with clients and delivering tailored solutions through a single point of contact.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
iskn builds tools that connect physical drawing and writing to digital workflows using its proprietary magnetic sensing technology (GMS).
Creator EconomyFuture of WorkHardware
Co-investorsHCVCBezos ExpeditionsBpifranceGreycroftHiro CapitalHV Capital+3 more
AnotherBrain develops a bio-inspired artificial intelligence, embedded on an ASIC chip, that learns autonomously, explains its decisions, and runs in real time without big data or cloud while using little energy.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductors
Bruno Maisonnier(Founder)
Co-investorsAlpha Intelligence CapitalDaphni
Aqara (Lumi United Technology) builds smart home hardware and software, including presence and motion sensors, smart locks, lighting, plugs, cameras, and hubs, with integrations for Apple Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa, SmartThings, and Matter.
HardwareIoTPropTech
Co-investorsJoy Capital
Aqemia is a drug discovery company that uses generative AI and quantum-inspired physics to design new small-molecule medicines and advance its own drug discovery pipeline.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
PartnerJacky Abitbol· led
Co-investorsElaiaPSL Innovation FundBpifranceEurazeo
Beem is a fintech app offering instant cash advances up to $1,000 with no credit checks or income restrictions, personal loans up to $100,000, and AI-powered financial tools for budgeting, price comparison, and job matching.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsAvesta FundTechstarsTruStage VenturesCathay CapitalMassiveSouth Park Commons
Beem Energy designs and assembles solar energy products in Nantes, France, including solar roof systems (3–9 kWc) and home batteries, paired with an app to track production, self-consumption, and savings.
CleantechConsumerEnergyNantes, FR
Ralph FEGHALI(Founder)in
Co-investors360 CapitalKima Ventures
Benewake (北醒) designs and manufactures LiDAR distance-measurement sensors, including single-point, 2D, and 3D LiDAR products used for drones, autonomous driving, robotics, level detection, intelligent transportation, and IoT applications.
HardwareMobility & TransportationRoboticsBeijing, CN
Bioptimus builds multimodal foundation models for biology, including H-Optimus for histology and M-Optimus which integrates pathology, spatial transcriptomics, and genomics, to extract clinically relevant insights from patient data.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthParis, FR
Jean-Philippe Vert(Founder)inEric Durand(Founder)Felipe Llinares-López(Founder)Rodolphe Jenatton(Founder)Zelda Mariet(Founder)
Co-investorsAndera PartnersFELIX CAPITALFrstHeadlineHeadline Growth Management, LLCHitachi Ventures+3 more
Co-investorsAfricInvest
Bryj develops a mobile app growth platform for enterprises that combines app creation, engagement, acquisition, and AI-driven insights to help brands launch, grow, and optimize mobile applications.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsAspect VenturesSalesforce Ventures
Chime is a US financial technology company offering fee-free checking and savings accounts, debit and credit-builder cards, early access to direct-deposited pay and no-fee overdraft cover.
San Francisco, US
Ryan King(Co-founder)inChris Britt(Co-founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAmino CapitalAspect VenturesClocktower VenturesCoatue ManagementCrosslink CapitalFlex Capital Partners+18 more
CloudPick develops AI-powered checkout and inventory management solutions for retail stores using computer vision and machine learning.
AI & Machine LearningIoTRetail TechShanghai, CN
Alex Ng(Founder)Jeff Feng(Founder & CEO)Rosie Zhang(Founder)in
Co-investorsFIRSTLIGHT CapitalGlobal BrainIntel Capital
Cosmo Tech provides AI Simulation software to help organizations improve decision intelligence and manage complex problems, with a focus on supply chain and digital transformation.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsAster CapitalInsight PartnersInven Capital
Vicente Arias(Founder)in
Cryptio provides cryptocurrency transaction tracking and analytics across multiple blockchains.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureBrooklyn, US
Antoine Scalia(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardBartosz Jacubowski(Director)Louis Coppey(Director)in
Co-investors1k(x)1kxBlockrocketBlueYard CapitalDraper AssociatesKima Ventures+2 more
Curve Pay is a digital wallet that combines multiple bank cards into one, letting users switch which card paid for a purchase after the fact, avoid foreign exchange fees, and earn cashback on top of existing card rewards.
ConsumerFintech
Shachar Bialick(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsCohen CircleFuel Venture CapitalHanaco Venture CapitalLifeX VenturesMouro CapitalOutward VC+7 more
David Energy builds technology to enable electricity grids powered by 100% clean, renewable energy.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyHardwareNew York, US
James McGinniss(Executive Officer, Director)inAhmed Salman(Executive Officer)Brian Maxwell(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsDesigner FundEqual VenturesGreat Oaks Venture CapitalJetstreamLorimer VenturesOceans Ventures+3 more
Co-investorsHummingbird VenturesIndex VenturesPrime VenturesToba Capital
German multinational online food ordering and delivery company (DHER.DE).
Berlin, DE
Nikita Fahrenholz(Founder)Niklas Östberg(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalAsgard - human Capital for AIExpon CapitalFJ LabsGerman Startups GroupHDS Capital+14 more
Descartes Systems Group provides logistics and supply chain management software used to optimize transportation, logistics, and supply chain operations for companies of varying sizes.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsJMI Equity
Tanguy Touffut(Founder)in
Entalpic uses AI and atomistic simulations to design molecules and materials for industrial surface chemistry processes, combining machine learning with quantum simulations and experimental feedback loops to accelerate materials discovery.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew MaterialsParis, FR
Co-investorsFelicis VenturesBreega
ether.fi offers non-custodial crypto financial products, including staking, DeFi strategy vaults for ETH, BTC, and stablecoins, and a cashback debit card usable at over 100 million locations with no credit checks.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Rok Kopp(Founder)inMike Silagadze(Founder)in
Co-investorsArrington CapitalChapter OneCoinFundCollider VenturesDraper DragonFjor Founders+14 more
Kredivo Group builds financial services products including buy-now-pay-later and personal lending for consumers, and point-of-sale financing solutions for ecommerce merchants, alongside a digital banking and savings platform for goal-based financial management.
ConsumerFintech
Akshay GargAlie TanDennis LerchlUmang Rustagi
Co-investors500 Global500 Startups VietnamOpenspace Ventures
Finalcad offers a mobile and web application for construction site monitoring, quality control, safety tracking, and team coordination across multiple work packages.
Construction TechPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsMolten VenturesSerenaAster CapitalCAP HORN VCDraper EspritSalesforce Ventures+1 more
Co-investorsCNIOMERS Ventures
Fiture makes an interactive fitness mirror with a built-in camera that provides real-time feedback and gesture controls for at-home workouts.
HardwareSports TechWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementPICUS CAPITAL
Flowdesk provides virtual asset broker-dealer, OTC trading, and liquidity provision/market making services for clients, quoting prices from proprietary models and routing orders to external exchanges and market makers.
Crypto & Web3FintechDubai, AE
Guilhem Chaumont(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAglae VenturesCoinbase VenturesFabric VenturesFEBE VenturesFermionIsai+5 more
Ghost is an open-source publishing platform that lets professional publishers build websites, publish content, send email newsletters, and offer paid memberships and subscriptions.
Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Co-investorsBain Capital CryptoSpeedinvest
Fundbox provides fast, flexible capital access to small businesses through technology-driven lending solutions.
Fintech
Prashant Fuloria(Chief Executive Officer)inRina Jariwala(Chief Operations Officer)inAnchit Singh(Chief Business Officer)inRenuka Nayani(Chief Financial Officer)inTodd Hamblet(Chief Legal Officer)inOfer Karp(Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investorsAllianz XAmplo VenturesArbor VenturesBlumberg CapitalEntrée CapitalFounders Circle Capital+9 more
GenLogs provides truck intelligence through roadside sensors, satellites, and data integration, serving brokers, shippers, law enforcement, and finance companies with real-time visibility on motor carriers across America.
Data & InfrastructureLogistics & Supply ChainArlington, US
Ryan Joyce(Executive Officer, Director)Joseph Sherman(Executive Officer, Director)Sherman Sherman(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMorgan Hitzig(Director)inTalal Attieh(Director)in
Co-investorsAutotech VenturesBattery VenturesHeartland VenturesHeartland Ventures S7HOF CapitalIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)+5 more
Getaround is a car-sharing marketplace that allows users to book and rent vehicles from private and professional owners through a mobile app, with keyless vehicle access and included trip liability insurance.
MarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Jessica Scorpio(Founder and Vice President of Marketing)Sam Zaid(Founder & CEO)inElliot Kroo(Founder)inJeffrey Russakow(Director)Spencer Jackson(Executive Officer)Tom Alderman(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsAster CapitalBraemar Energy VenturesEvolution VC PartnersG SquaredHinge CapitalK2 Global+9 more
Ghost builds dedicated consumer hardware and software for running personal AI agents on infrastructure the user owns, rather than on cloud providers.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerHardware
Co-investorsAudaciousBackwards CapitalEqual VenturesL CattertonUnion Square Ventures (USV)
Kayrros combines satellite imagery, Earth observation, and AI to track human activity and its environmental footprint worldwide, providing geospatial analytics on climate risks, energy flows, and supply chains.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnergyParis, FR
Co-investorsIndex VenturesKorelya CapitalOpera Tech Ventures
Marketplace enabling individuals and businesses to buy, send and pick up any product within the same city.
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalConvivialité VenturesDozen InvestmentsEntrée CapitalExpon CapitalGR Capital+2 more
Heetch operates a ride-hailing app connecting passengers with drivers, positioning itself on low commission rates for drivers.
ConsumerMarketplacesMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsAfricInvestAster CapitalKima VenturesAlvenFELIX CAPITALIdinvest Partners+1 more
Housfy is a Spanish platform offering real estate and home services — property sales, residential rentals, mortgage brokering, and home services such as renovations and moves — through a single digital platform (My Housfy) supported by local offices.
FintechMarketplacesPropTechBarcelona, ES
Jordi Cidin
Co-investorsDN CapitalTorch CapitalBanco SantanderClaret Capital PartnersFrog Capitalnoa
Huma is a cloud platform that provides regulated AI infrastructure for healthcare and life sciences organizations, enabling them to build AI-driven applications, analytics, and clinical workflows across 70+ countries through a federated network model.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechLondon, GB
Dan Vahdat(Founder)in
Co-investorsFuture Positive CapitalHitachi VenturesKickstart InnovationRaptor GroupRho Capital PartnersRho Ventures+2 more
Co-investorsInsignia Ventures PartnersOpenspace VenturesTekton Ventures
Igloo is an insurance technology company that builds and distributes insurance products—such as transit and gadget insurance—through partner APIs, using AI and big data for pricing, risk assessment, and claims.
AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTech
imagino builds customer engagement platform (CEP) software that lets organisations use their existing customer data in place — accessing data for specific use cases and writing updates back to source systems rather than building a separate customer database.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSCachan, FR
Stéphane Dehoche(Founder)inThomas Boudalier(CTO)
Co-investorshenQ vc
Stéphane Dehoche(Founder)in
Inato operates a platform that connects patients with clinical trials in their communities, improving access and diversity in medical research.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Kourosh Davarpanah(Founder)in
Co-investorsFly VenturesKima VenturesObvious VenturesSerenaElaia
Isomorphic Labs applies artificial intelligence to drug discovery, working to develop treatments for serious diseases.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtech
Demis Hassabis(Founder)in
Co-investorsCapitalGGV (Google Ventures)AlphabetMGXTemasekThrive Capital+2 more
Co-investorsAfricInvest
Co-investorsIndex Ventures
Kueski provides digital lending and payment services in Mexico, offering personal loans and a buy-now-pay-later product (Kueski Pay) for online and in-store purchases without a credit card.
FintechMexico City, MX
Adalberto Flores Ochoa(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPeter Kellner(Director)inPatrick Gallagher(Director)
Co-investorsCapria VenturesCore Ventures GroupCrunchFundFluent VenturesG SquaredNimble Partners+8 more
Kuona provides an AI-based retail intelligence platform that optimizes pricing, promotions, and commercial strategies to increase revenue and profit.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS
Co-investorsCapria VenturesFEMSA VenturesMuse CapitalCometa
Le Monde is a French restaurant in New York City's Morningside Heights neighborhood, serving guests since 1999 with a French dining menu.
ConsumerNew York, US
Co-investorsBranded Strategic HospitalityGreycroftHiro CapitalNVIDIA
LeadIQ is a B2B sales prospecting platform that provides contact and account data to enrich CRMs, track when champions change roles, and automate outbound workflows.
Data & InfrastructureSaaSSales Tech
Mei Siauw(Founder)in
Co-investorsSocial StartsAlumni VenturesEight Roads Ventures
LeadIQ is a B2B sales prospecting platform that provides contact and account data to enrich CRMs, track buyer role changes, and automate outreach for revenue teams.
Data & InfrastructureSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Mei Siauw(Founder)in
Co-investorsAllied Venture PartnersDraper AssociatesFresco CapitalPoplar VenturesUnanimous CapitalAlumni Ventures+2 more
Ledger provides hardware and software cryptocurrency wallet solutions that enable users to buy, swap, earn, and manage digital assets with security features and portfolio tracking capabilities across multiple blockchain networks.
Crypto & Web3FintechHardware
Charles Guillemet(CEO)in
PartnerJacky Abitbol· led
Co-investorsActivant CapitalAglae VenturesClub Italia Investimenti 2Digital Currency GroupDraper AssociatesDraper Dragon+9 more
Lifepal is an online insurance marketplace that acts as an intermediary between customers and insurance companies, offering objective guidance and comparison to help individuals choose insurance policies that fit their budget and needs.
FintechInsurTechMarketplaces
Co-investorsPruVen Capital Partners
Mezo is a Bitcoin-backed lending and yield platform that allows users to borrow stablecoins (MUSD) using Bitcoin as collateral and earn yield through managed vault strategies.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Matt Luongo(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsBaseTwoDraper DragonFlowdeskMulticoin CapitalNascentPantera Capital+7 more
Co-investors6th Man VenturesCoinbase VenturesLattice CapitalNIVRRE Ventures
Co-investorsRising Tide Africa (RTA)EchoVC Partners
MOGIC is a digital agency based in Leipzig, Germany that designs, develops, and operates websites, online portals, online shops, web-based software, and mobile apps.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaSLeipzig, DE
Matthias Hennig(Geschäftsleitung (Management))Stefan Berger(Geschäftsleitung (Management))Gunter Schwarz(Geschäftsleitung (Management))
Momenta develops autonomous driving software for automakers, offering L2/L2+ assisted driving and L3 autonomous driving systems for mass-produced vehicles.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechMobility & TransportationRoboticsBeijing, CN
Co-investorsBlue Lake CapitalGranite AsiaNIO CapitalShunwei Capital
Morpho is a decentralized lending protocol that provides enterprise-grade infrastructure for launching lending products.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Paul Frambot(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsEntropy Industrial CapitalFlowdeskIOSG VenturesMirana VenturesMulticoin CapitalPantera Capital+9 more
Nabla provides an AI assistant for clinical documentation and workflows, used by healthcare organizations and clinicians.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechParis, FR
Alex LeBrun(Founder)Martin Raison(Founder)
PartnerJacky Abitbol· led
Co-investorsfirstminute capitalHighland EuropeHV Capital
Nelly develops digital solutions to reduce administrative burden for healthcare professionals and improve patient experience.
FintechHealthtechSaaS
Dr. Tobias H(Founder)inLukas Eicher(Founder)inNiklas Radner(Founder)inRasmus Schults(Founder)in
Co-investorsCalm/Storm VCHeliad AGNotion Capitalb2ventureLakestar
Ontruck offers an AI technology layer that connects to transport management systems to optimize road freight operations, including smart pricing, route planning, and shipment forecasting.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesLogistics & Supply Chain
iñigo juantegui(Founder)in
Co-investors42CAPAcurio VenturesClimate InvestmentEmblemPoint Nine
OpenLegacy provides an AI-driven platform for modernizing legacy systems such as mainframes and IBM i, automatically mapping dependencies and generating cloud-native APIs to enable phased migration without rewrites.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwarePrinceton, US
Romi Stein(Founder)
Co-investorsCommerzVentures
Meghan McCormick(Founder)in
Chika Nwosuin
Payflow is a financial wellness platform for employers that enables employees to access earned wages on demand instantly and provides flexible compensation benefits through a mobile app and card.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechSaaSMadrid, ES
Avinash Sukhwai(Founder)inBenoit Menardo(Founder)inAvinash Sukhwani(Executive Officer, Director)inBenoist Menardo(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardCedric Asselman(Director)Elisabet Faus Morros(Director)
Co-investorsCarolus InvestCats.vcCusp CapitalExtension FundRocket Internet SESprint Vc+3 more
Qover provides an embedded insurance orchestration platform with insurance APIs that businesses can integrate into their apps or websites to offer insurance products such as purchase protection, event cancellation, travel coverage and motor insurance.
FintechInsurTechSaaSBrussels, BE
Quentin Colmant(Founder)in
Qualified provides an AI SDR product called Piper that automates inbound sales development functions to convert prospect traffic into qualified pipeline for B2B sales teams.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Gopal Patel(Founder)in
Co-investorsNorwest Venture PartnersRedpoint VenturesSalesforce VenturesSapphire VenturesGreatPoint Ventures
Qualified Health AI provides AI infrastructure and governance solutions for health systems to deploy generative AI safely and deliver measurable value across clinical, operational, and financial workflows.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSan Carlos, US
Justin Norden(Founder & CEO)inKedar Mate(Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer)inShantanu PhatakwalainBeau Norgeotin
BoardSooah Cho(Director)inMohamad Makhzoumi(Director)in
Co-investorsHealthier CapitalFlare Capital PartnersFrist Cressey VenturesGreatPoint VenturesMenlo VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)+2 more
Range provides a platform combining financial infrastructure, risk intelligence, and controls to help companies adopt digital assets, treating fiat and stablecoins as equally first-class for finance teams operating across both.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintechSaaSZurich, CH
Andres Monteoliva(Co-founder & CEO)inMichael Schadhauser(Co-founder & CTO)inPaula Pettit(VP Strategy & Growth)inSyed Choudhury(Head of Marketing)in
Co-investorsChronos VenturesMaven 11Scale Venture Partners
Range is a construction field documentation app that organizes job site photos by location, manages punch lists and tasks, records inspections, and generates PDF reports for daily logs and punch lists.
Construction TechPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsAcorn Pacific VenturesGradient VenturesScale Venture Partners
Reebelo sells refurbished consumer electronics including laptops, tablets, smartwatches, and home appliances at discounted prices compared to new products.
Circular EconomyConsumerE-commerce
Co-investorsGandel InvestPolipo Ventures
Resilience Care develops digital remote patient monitoring solutions that capture and structure patient-reported data for oncology, psychiatry, and gastroenterology care.
Data & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtechParis, FR
Nicolas Helleringer(Founder)
Co-investorsPICUS CAPITALSingular
Salsify offers an Intelligent Product Experience Management (PXM) platform that turns product data into commerce experiences across physical, digital, and AI-driven ("agentic") shelves.
E-commerceMarketing TechSaaS
Jeremy Redburn(Founder)inRob Gonzalez
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalHighland EuropeMatrixUnderscore VCVenrockWarburg Pincus+1 more
Sidecar Health offers ACA-compliant major medical insurance plans for large employers, providing price transparency and direct access to care through fully insured and self-funded administrative services options.
HealthtechInsurTech
Patrick Quigley(Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder)inVeronica Osetinsky(Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder)
Co-investorsAlpha EdisonComcast VenturesDrive CapitalGreatPoint VenturesK2 HealthVenturesKoch Disruptive Technologies+6 more
Co-investorsDaphni
A website and WeChat mini-program builder that lets users create sites and online stores without coding or design skills.
Developer ToolsE-commerceSaaS
Syndicate provides infrastructure to scale the Ethereum blockchain, supporting staking and development operations on the network.
Crypto & Web3Mountain View, US
William Raphael Papper(Executive Officer, Director)Ian John Lee(Executive Officer, Director)ian //(Founder)in
Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzArchetypeAtelierBlueYard Capital+12 more
Co-investorsDASH VenturesFirstCheck AfricaNorrsken22
Terminal connects fast-growing technology companies with remote engineering talent from around the world through AI-powered recruiting and remote management services.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Dylan Serota(CEO + Co-founder)Clay Kelloggin
Co-investors8VCAtomicSemperVirens Venture Capital
Tucuvi provides digital health management solutions that enable remote monitoring and follow-up care for patients with various chronic conditions and post-treatment recovery through structured questionnaires and symptom assessment tools.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
María González Manso(Founder)inMarcos Rubio(Founder)in
Co-investorsDraycottFrontline VenturesShilling VCShip2BTheVentureCityKfund
Co-investorsQiming Venture Partners
UpDoc builds agentic clinical AI that connects with patients between appointments to gather structured health data, coordinate with care teams, and deliver physician-prescribed interventions for chronic disease management.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Ashwin Nayak(Founder)in
A newsletter providing news coverage and analysis of the startup ecosystem and technology industry.
Media & Entertainment
Alex Konrad(Founder)in
Co-investorsKindred VenturesTapestry VC
Vambe offers an AI platform that centralizes customer conversations from WhatsApp, Instagram, webchat and other channels into a single customer profile, and uses AI agents to qualify leads, schedule meetings, process payments, and update CRMs.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSales Tech
Nicolas Camhi(Founder)inMatias Perez Pefaur(Founder)inDiego Chahuan(Founder)in
Co-investorsChile VenturesMONASHEESNazca
Wallbox makes charging stations and related hardware for electric vehicles.
CleantechHardwareMobility & Transportation
Enric Asuncion(Founder)in
Co-investorsLabel InvestmentsWIND Ventures
Wayve develops embodied AI technology to enable autonomous vehicle systems for assisted and automated driving.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareMobility & TransportationRoboticsLondon, GB
Alex Kendall(Co-Founder & CEO)inAmar Shah(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalBritish Business BankIcehouse VenturesSoftBank GroupSoftBank Vision FundTeachers' Venture Growth+17 more
Xepelin offers a digital platform providing working-capital financing to businesses, including invoice advances, supplier payment financing, and supply-chain finance programs.
FintechSaaS
Guillermo Molina Carvallo(Founder)in
Co-investorsAvenir Growth CapitalBattery VenturesFluent VenturesKaszek VenturesKayyak VenturesLatitud Ventures+9 more
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Co-investorsAugust CapitalB Capital GroupBessemer Venture PartnersBlumberg Capitalboldstart venturesBoundary Capital+40 more
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Cathay Innovation made?
- Cathay Innovation has 147 tracked investments, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Cathay Innovation invest at?
- Cathay Innovation invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Cathay Innovation's typical check size?
- Cathay Innovation typically writes checks of $5M – $40M.
- What sectors does Cathay Innovation focus on?
- Cathay Innovation focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Digital Health, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, IoT, Mobility & Transportation, Retail Tech, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Cathay Innovation located?
- Cathay Innovation is headquartered in Paris, FR.
- Does Cathay Innovation lead rounds?
- Cathay Innovation typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Cathay Innovation co-invest with?
- Cathay Innovation most often shares deals with AfricInvest, Insight Partners, Menlo Ventures, among 310 tracked co-investors.
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Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in transformative, early-stage AI companies across every layer of the modern AI stack, from applications and middleware to data infrastructure and foundation models.
GreatPoint Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by former entrepreneurs who aim to be hands-on partners to the teams they back, helping with fundraising, customer introductions, and executive recruiting.
Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm that partners closely with founders on strategic and operational challenges to help build global companies.
Kaszek is an investment firm run by tech entrepreneurs that partners with founders across Latin America, providing capital along with hands-on expertise in strategy, operations, team-building, growth, technology, and fundraising.
Alumni Ventures (AV) is a venture firm that gives accredited individual investors access to professionally managed, diversified venture portfolios by co-investing alongside leading lead VC firms. It offers annual funds, syndicate deal-by-deal investing, and various investor clubs.
Tiger Global is a research-driven investment firm that partners with innovative companies across various stages of their lifecycle, taking a long-term approach.
Gradient Ventures is a seed fund focused on backing founders building artificial intelligence companies, offering hands-on support alongside capital.
Oak HC/FT is a growth equity firm that partners with founders building companies in healthcare and financial services, with a focus on enterprise technology and AI.
Bond is a venture capital fund spun out from Kleiner Perkins that combines Mary Meeker's famous multi-hundred-page "Trends" reports with late-stage investing, positioning itself as both a macro research house and capital provider for category-defining Internet and software businesses. The fund operates with a small, senior-heavy partnership that blends operators and growth investors, focusing on companies that have already proven product-market fit and helping them architect global expansion and IPO readiness.
Global Founders Capital (GFC) is the global venture capital platform of Rocket Internet, investing early and across sectors in fast-growing technology companies.
Citi Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Citi, based in Palo Alto with additional offices in New York, Shanghai, and Singapore. The unit makes equity investments and develops innovations that align with Citi's strategic priorities, working with both internal business units and external companies.
Latitud is an early-stage investor and community platform connecting Latin American startup talent with Silicon Valley, including a Fellowship program for founders.
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Firms observed investing alongside Cathay Innovation, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Cathay Innovation's recorded portfolio.
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