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Cathay Innovation

Venture capital

Paris · Seed–Growth · 63 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Cathay Innovation backs founders building applied technologies that transform industry and society at industrial scale. Its differentiating approach is a large platform connecting startups with Fortune 500 corporations to embed and scale innovation across the real economy. The firm invests multi-stage across focus areas including applied AI, digital health, fintech, consumer and retail, energy and mobility, crypto, and robotics and IoT. It partners with corporate LPs and industry players such as Sanofi, BNP Paribas Cardif, Pernod Ricard, L'Oreal, TotalEnergies and Valeo to accelerate real-world adoption. Cathay Innovation invests globally across Europe, North America, China, Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 26, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Growth
Check
$5M – $40M
HQ
Paris, FR
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2015
Last 12 months
8 investments
AUM
$2.7B
Tracked investments
232
Unicorns
10
IPOs
1
Acquisitions
5

Team · 63 people

from the firm's website & curated & public directories
Maoxiang Li· Partner
Daniel Balmisse· Managing Partner, Cathay InnoSquare (Fund of Funds)in
Jing Zhao· Partner
Rose Yuan· Investment Directorin
Cong Chen· Corporate Finance
Rongrong Xue· VP, Marketing & Communications
Shengdong Nie· Vice President
Shengjie Mao· VP, Middle Office
Shui Hong· Investment Director
Yingjiao Zhang· Back Office Manager
Zhiqiang Zhang· Middle Office Manager
Ana Rocha· Associate, Cathay Latamin
Angelique Choi· Assistant
Antoine Dauphin· Investor Relations
Arnaud Auger· Director, Deputy Head of C.Lab
Benjamin Jacquard· Operating Partner, Fintech
Beth Faus· Vice Presidentin
Bryan Plaisir· Middle Officer
Cécile Vatelier· Marketing & PR Officer
Céline Boussard· Legal Associate
Céline Dos Santos· Head of Legal & Compliance
Chunyu Zhang· CFO China
Colombe Moinet· Associatein
Djessica Mezoud· Office Manager
Edgar Soret· Investor Relations
Elijah Yi· Vice Presidentin
Julien Vulliez· Head of Middle Office
Ka Man Law· HR Manager
Linda Sor· CFO
Margot Briole· Investor Relations
Mickaël Degorre· Finance Manager
Paul Pouyanne· Vice Presidentin
Romain Dufourcq· Vice President
Sarah El Adak· Marketing & Communications Manager
Silvia Pascual· Strategic Analyst, C.Lab
Valentine Dufeigneux· Marketing & Communications Manager
Victoria Arcangeli· Platform & Ecosystem Associate
Vincent Roy· Data, AI & IT Director
Zhao Wang· Risk & Compliance Officer
Zihan Lin (Robert)· Vice Presidentin

What they invest in

from 121 of 232 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×55SaaS ×42Fintech ×35Enterprise Software ×24Consumer ×17Hardware ×13Healthtech ×13Deep Tech ×12

HQs:United States×35France×15China×9United Kingdom×5Spain×4Brazil×3

Who they back

founder profiles across 73 portfolio companies
23%
solo founders
17 of 73 mapped founding teams
42%
repeat founders
of 99 founders with career history
~3 yrs
old at investment
median across 21 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×172 founders×193 founders×154+ founders×22

Where their founders studiedfrom 91 founders with education data

École Polytechnique ×7HEC Paris ×7University of Cambridge ×6Harvard University ×5Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×5Shanghai Jiao Tong University ×4University of California, Berkeley ×4Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile ×3

What their founders studiedfrom 85 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×34Engineering ×21Business & Management ×18Economics ×11Mathematics & Statistics ×8Finance & Accounting ×7Physics ×6Humanities ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 99 founders with career history

Google ×6Stanford University ×5Meta ×4Klarna ×3Bain & Company ×2Capital Factory ×2École normale supérieure ×2Ecole Polytechnique ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Techstars ×2Y Combinator ×2

16 founders hold a PhD · 12 hold an MBA (of 96 with degree data) · backed the same founder in 2+ companies: 3 founders

Investments · 232 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 72025 · 32024 · 102023 · 42022 · 112021 · 72020 · 42019 · 22018 · 22017 · 32016 · 32015 · 157 dated

chimebank-ar21chime.comNASDAQ: CHYMMar 2019 · $200M

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(Founder)inChris Britt(Founder)inKatherine Karas(Executive Officer)Matthew Newcomb(Executive Officer)in

BoardJim Feuille(Director)inShawn Carolan(Director)in

Co-investorsAccess Technology VenturesAdventure FundAliya Capital PartnersAmino CapitalAspect VenturesAurum+39 more

Embatembat.ioin✓ verified

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(Founder)inCarlos Serrano García-Lisón(Founder)inTomás Gil(Founder)inCarlos Serrano(Founder)

Co-investors4Founders CapitalSamaipataCreandumLanaiVentureFriends

Laiyelaiye.cominApr 2022 · $160M✓ verified

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)in

Co-investorsDCP CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersSequoia CapitalWu CapitalZhenFundActivant Capital+2 more

Skanskan.aiin𝕏Feb 2022 · $63M✓ verified

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(Founder)inManish Garg(Founder)inRaman Khanna(Director)in

BoardSimon Wu(Director)inJocelyn Goldfein(Director)in

Co-investorsBloomberg BetaDell Technologies CapitalCiti VenturesGSR VenturesZetta Venture PartnersFOW Partners+2 more

FollowAnalyticsinMar 2015

Palo Alto, US

Samir Addamine(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

BoardMark Gorenberg(Director)inIvan Chong(Director)

Board seatDenis Barrier· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAspect VenturesOrange Digital VenturesSalesforce VenturesSapphire VenturesZetta Venture Partners

Peek Travelpeek.com𝕏May 2018

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)in

BoardPeter Flint(Director)

Board seatDenis Barrier· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsDigital HorizonDigital Horizon VCExpansion Venture CapitalGreat Oaks Venture CapitalHalogen Ventures Management Company LlcManta Ray Ventures+5 more

Quantifindquantifind.comin𝕏Feb 2016

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)inDavid Karnstedt(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardSteve Krausz(Director)inAmy Banse(Director)in

Board seatDenis Barrier· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsArcher Capital GroupArcher Venture CapitalComcast VenturesDns CapitalIn-Q-TelIris Capital+8 more

Unsupervisedunsupervised.cominApr 2021 · $35M

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

Noah Horton(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inTyler Willis(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

BoardTimothy Young(Director)Arielle Zuckerberg(Director)

Board seatDenis Barrier· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCoatue ManagementDisney AcceleratorEniac VenturesKickstart InnovationNextGen Venture PartnersSignalFire+2 more

Zenbusinesszenbusiness.comin𝕏Series B · Sep 2022 · $55M

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(Founder)inShanaz Hemmati(Founder)inRafael Lopez(Executive Officer)inKhadijeh Hemmati(Executive Officer)

BoardJC Glancy(Executive Officer, Director)in

Board seatDenis Barrier· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAlpha PartnersAlumni VenturesATX Venture PartnersBreyer CapitalCleveland AvenueFlucas Ventures+15 more

Abacumabacum.aiin𝕏Series B

Abacum is a financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform designed for mid-market finance teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US

Jorge Lluch(Founder)inJulio Martinez(Founder)inClaire Blood-Cheney(Chief of Staff)Laia Aleu(Talent Aquisition)Stuart Mann(Talent Acquisition)Ashley Mullan(Talent Acquisition)

Co-investorsAtomicoCreandumFJ LabsFOG VenturesKfundQuint Ventures+6 more

Abacumabacum.com

Jorge Lluch(Founder)in

Abup.Comabup.com.br

ABUP is a Brazilian non-profit trade association of companies in the home goods, décor, gifts, tableware, and textiles segment.

Media & EntertainmentSão Paulo, BR

Aeroboticsaerobotics.comin𝕏

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

BenjiBenji Meltzer(Founder)James Paterson(Founder)

Co-investors4Di CapitalAfricInvestBantam GroupNaspersSavannah Fund

AI Rudderairudder.cominMar 2022 · $50M

AI Rudder provides conversational AI voice automation technology that enables enterprise customer engagement across voice and digital channels.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSingapore, SG

Kun Wu(Founder)Teng Ren(Founder)

Co-investorsCoatue ManagementPeak XV PartnersHuashan CapitalTiger Global Management

AKUAakua.co

Carlos Marin(Founder)Courtney Boyd Myers(Founder)Jose Behrend(Founder)Rodrigo Rodrigues(Founder)

Co-investorsHalogen Ventures Management Company LlcCrosslink CapitalH20 CapitalPropel Venture Partners

Alkemicsalkemics.comSep 2016 · $22Macquired by Salsify · May 2021

Salsify offers an Intelligent Product Experience Management (PXM) platform that turns product data into product content and experiences across physical, digital, and AI-driven "agentic" retail channels.

AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS

Co-investorsPartech VenturesSerenaHighland EuropeIndex VenturesSEB AllianceSerena Capital

Almaalma.eu

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

Co-investorsBoxGroupInsight PartnersOptum VenturesPrimary Venture PartnersRainfall VenturesSound Ventures+2 more

Alorsfaimalorsfaim.comin
alt.bankaltbank.com.br

alt.bank offers a white-label credit platform that lets companies launch their own branded credit card in about 30 days without becoming a financial institution, providing BIN sponsorship, card issuance, KYC/AML, antifraud, and a proprietary credit engine.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Co-investorsAccial CapitalSquareOne CapitalUnion Square Ventures (USV)Anthemis Venture

alteryxalteryx.comin𝕏May 2017

Alteryx is a platform that automates data preparation, connection, and analysis using a no-code interface.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareIrvine, US

Dean A. Stoecker(Executive Officer, Director)Andy MacMillan(Chief Executive Officer)inJon Pexton(Chief Financial Officer)Nali Giliana(Chief Strategy Officer and Chief of Staff)inJill Bone(Chief People Officer)inSteven Birdsall(Chief Revenue Officer)in

Co-investorsAdams Street PartnersConnetic VenturesContour Venture PartnersICONIQInsight PartnersPoint Reyes Management+3 more

AMI Labsamilabs.xyzMar 2026

AMI Labs develops advanced AI systems that understand the real world through world models and action-conditioned architectures, enabling intelligent agents with persistent memory, reasoning, and safety controls for industrial automation, robotics, and healthcare applications.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsParis, FR

Yann LeCun(Founder)Alex LeBrun(Founder)inLaurent Solly(Founder)inMichael Rabbat(Founder)inPascale Fung(Founder)inSaining Xie(Founder)in

Co-investors20VCAglae VenturesAlpha Intelligence CapitalAlpha Square GroupAvenir Growth CapitalBerliner Volksbank Ventures+51 more

Anotherbrainanotherbrain.aiin

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)in

Co-investorsAlpha Intelligence CapitalDaphni

Aqaraaqara.com𝕏

Aqara provides smart home and IoT solutions with over 1,000 connected devices and platforms that integrate spatial intelligence, advanced sensors, and AI to enable spaces to adapt to occupants' needs.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerHardwareIoTPropTech

Co-investorsJoy Capital

Aqemiaaqemia.comin

Aqemia applies atomic-scale physics and generative AI to accelerate drug discovery and molecular design, enabling faster identification of innovative medicines for unmet therapeutic needs.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech

Maximilien Levesque(Founder)inEmmanuelle Martiano-Rolland(COO and Co-Founder)inEmmanuelle Martiano(Founder)Emmanuelle Martiano Rolland(Founder)Maximilien Levesque Emmanuelle Martiano(Founder)

PartnerJacky Abitbol· led

Co-investorsElaiaPSL Innovation FundBpifranceEurazeo

Atlasatlas.soin𝕏

Atlas is a customer support platform that helps startups deliver white-glove support and manage customer relationships to reduce churn.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Jon O'Bryan(Founder)inRahul Asati(Founder)inArpit Maheshwari(Founder)Avi Singh(Founder)inCarlo Dela Rosa(Founder)Christian Mochen(Founder)

Co-investorsSoma CapitalY Combinator6th Man VenturesAccelALLVPData Tech+18 more

Autonewsautonews.comin𝕏

Co-investorsTrucks VC

Backchannelbackchannel.com

Guillermo Arslanian(Founder)inGuillermo Freire(Founder)in

Beemtrybeem.comin𝕏

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-investorsAlumni VenturesAvesta FundTechstarsTruStage VenturesCathay CapitalMassive+1 more

Beembeem.energy

Ralph FEGHALI(Founder)inPierre-Emmanuel ROGER(Founder)in

Beem Energybeemenergy.frin

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

Benewakebenewake.com

Benewake is a global lidar (laser radar) products and solutions provider founded in 2015 that serves autonomous vehicles, intelligent transportation, and industrial sensing applications.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareIoTMobility & TransportationRoboticsBeijing, CN

Bioptimusbioptimus.cominFeb 2024 · $35M

Bioptimus is an AI-first biotech company developing a universal AI foundation model that connects biology across scales, from molecules and cells to tissues and whole organisms, to support biomedical research and innovation.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechParis, FR

Eric Durand(Founder)inFelipe Llinares-López(Co-founder & VP of AI)inRodolphe Jenatton(Founder)inZelda Mariet(Founder)inJean-Philippe Vert(Founder)inDavid Cahané(Co-founder & General Manager)

Co-investorsAndera PartnersFELIX CAPITALFrstHeadlineHeadline Growth Management, LLCHitachi Ventures+7 more

Bobbob.ecoin𝕏

Bob Eco produces electric two-wheelers (motorcycles) and operates battery-swapping stations, with a focus on markets in Africa and Southeast Asia.

CleantechCrypto & Web3Mobility & Transportation

Boomplayboomplay.com𝕏

Boomplay is a music streaming and download platform offering access to over 100 million songs and videos, primarily serving African listeners and content creators.

ConsumerMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsAfricInvestSeas Capital

Boost TechnologyinPre-Seed · Jun 2020

Seattle, US

Sean Abdul-Hamid(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsFMOLightboxLightrockStride Ventures

Bryjbryj.aiin𝕏

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

Cloudpickcloudpick.cominMar 2022

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(云拿科技创始人兼CEO (Founder & CEO))inRosie Zhang(Founder)in

Co-investorsFIRSTLIGHT CapitalGlobal BrainIntel Capital

Cognition AIcognition.aiin𝕏

Cognition develops Devin, an autonomous AI software engineer agent that plans, writes, tests, and deploys production code within existing development environments to augment human engineering teams.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Scott Wu(Founder)inWalden Yan(Founder)inSteven Hao(Founder)in

Co-investors137 Ventures20VC8VCAbstract VenturesAlpha Wave GlobalAndreessen Horowitz+30 more

Cosmo Techcosmotech.comin𝕏

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

Coverfycoverfy.com

Vicente Arias(Founder)in

Co-investorsSabadell Venture Capital

Cryptiocryptio.coin𝕏

Cryptio provides cryptocurrency transaction tracking and analytics across multiple blockchains.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureBrooklyn, US

Antoine Scalia(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardBartosz Jacubowski(Director)Louis Coppey(Director)in

Co-investors1k(x)1kxBlockrocketBlueYard CapitalDraper AssociatesKima Ventures+2 more

Curvecurve.comin𝕏Acquired

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)inAnna Mostyn-Williams(Founder)Frances "Franco" Stevens(Founder)Tom Foster-Carter(Founder)

Co-investorsCohen CircleFuel Venture CapitalHanaco Venture CapitalLifeX VenturesMouro CapitalOutward VC+11 more

DataSinedatasine.comin

London, GB

Co-investorsTechstarsTwin Ventures

David Energydavidenergy.comin𝕏Series A · Sep 2024 · $23M

David Energy builds technology to enable electricity grids powered by 100% clean, renewable energy.

CleantechClimate TechEnergyHardwareNew York, US

James McGinniss(Founder)inAhmed Salman(Founder)inBrian Maxwell(Founder)inAhman Salman(Founder)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBlue Ivy VenturesBoxGroupDesigner FundEqual VenturesFive Four Ventures+8 more

DealCartdealcart.ioin𝕏Pre-Seed · Jul 2022 · $5M

Xoilac TV is a Vietnamese website that streams live football matches for free, covering domestic and international leagues along with other sports.

E-commerceFintechMarketplacesMedia & Entertainment

Ammar Naveed(Founder)inHaider Raza(Founder)inFazel RehmaninSyed RazaTanzila Asim ZafarinUsman Dealcart

Co-investors500 GlobalAmaana CapitalFatima Gobi VenturesGobi PartnersShorooq Partnersi2i Ventures+4 more

Deliveroodeliveroo.com

Greg Orlowski(Founder)Will Shu(Founder)

Co-investorsHummingbird VenturesIndex VenturesPrime VenturesToba CapitalAccelBlue Wire Capital+5 more

Delivery Hero AGdeliveryhero.com

German multinational online food ordering and delivery company (DHER.DE).

Berlin, DE

Nikita Fahrenholz(Founder)Niklas Östberg(Founder)inKolja Hebenstreit(Founder)Lukasz Gadowski(Founder)Markus Fuhrmann(Founder)

Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalAsgard - human Capital for AIExpon CapitalFJ LabsGerman Startups GroupHDS Capital+20 more

Descartesdescartes.comin𝕏Sep 2020 · $18.5M

Descartes operates the Global Logistics Network (GLN), a platform connecting shippers, carriers, and logistics service providers to manage shipments, transportation, customs compliance, and regulatory processes using data and AI.

Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Co-investorsJMI EquityBlackFin Capital PartnersSerena

Descartes Underwritingdescartes-underwriting.com

Tech-driven climate risk insurance

Tanguy Touffut(Founder)in

Co-investorsHighland EuropeMundi VenturesSerena

Diniedinie.comSeed · Jul 2021 · $4M

Dinie provides embedded credit and B2B payment solutions for platform operators, allowing them to offer financial products to their customer base without holding capital or banking licenses.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSão Paulo, BR

Andrea Burattini(Founder)in

Co-investorsBeta VenturesDOMO.VCFlourish VenturesLatitud VenturesAccion Venture LabCapital Lab Ventures+4 more

Entalpicentalpic.aiinJan 2024

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

Alexandre Duval(Founder)Mathieu Galtier(Founder)Victor Schmidt(Founder)

Co-investorsFelicis VenturesBreega

EtherFiether.fiin𝕏

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+19 more

Facilyfacily.com.br

Diego Dzodan(Founder)Luciano Freitas(Founder)Vitor Zaninotto(Founder)

Co-investorsCanaryGelt VCMONASHEESNotable Capital

FinAccelfinaccel.coin

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 VenturesAlpha JWC VenturesDuriansJungle Ventures+3 more

Finalcadfinalcad.comin

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

FirstVetfirstvet.comNov 2020 · $35M

Swedish veterinary telemedicine company offering on-demand video consultations with licensed vets for pet owners.

David Prien(Founder)Joakim Widig(Founder)Joakim Widigs(Founder)Lars-Martin Norviit(Founder)Per Victor(Founder)

Co-investorsCNIOMERS VenturesCreandumMubadala Capital

Fiturefiture.comin𝕏

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 & FitnessChengdu, CN

Fu Qiang(Co-Founder & former CTO)Tang Tianguang(Co-Founder & CEO)inZhang Yuansheng(Co-Founder & President)

Co-investorsCoatue ManagementPICUS CAPITAL

Flowdeskflowdesk.coin𝕏Jan 2024

Flowdesk Omega FZE is a VARA-licensed broker-dealer that provides virtual asset execution and liquidity provision/market making services, dealing on its own account and as agent for clients.

Crypto & Web3FintechDubai, AE

Guilhem Chaumont(Founder)inCharles Tighe(General Manager)Romain Berry(Chief Risk Officer)inPaul Bugnot(Founder)

Co-investorsAglae VenturesCoinbase VenturesFabric VenturesFEBE VenturesFermionIsai+9 more

Form CRSframerusercontent.com

Adam Kirk(Founder)Ajay Kulkarni(Founder)Alberto Taiuti(Founder)Alex Yu(Founder)Alexandra Mysoor(Founder)Alexis Rivas(Founder)

Co-investorsOpen Field Capital01 Advisors1984 Ventures Management, Llc359 Capital8VCAcrew Capital+59 more

Fuelghost.io

Ghost is a publishing platform that enables independent creators and professional publishers to build websites, publish content, send newsletters, and manage paid memberships.

Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

Co-investorsBain Capital CryptoSpeedinvest

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

AkuapayAmiLabsAscendia Autism CareAuraAutonomous Vehicle AI Brain CompanyAveliaBamboo Debt Capital Markets PlatformBeatbotBio-LinkBob Build On BitcoinBochuangBouffaloChatailCliviCoherentColizeyCompany Building AI Systems with Persistent MemoryCompany Building Biological Artificial SuperintelligenceDatawordsDelivery Hero Portfolio CompanyDrivyEvolutisFastoneFinalcladFinancial Services Platform for Africa and AsiaForooFuturusGclGlovoHenryHkgHuiying MedicalHuma FinanceHumanoid Robotics CompanyInatoIntplogJoynextJoyxKaiOSKona AI Model CompanyKredeteLeboincoinLechebangLloyds Banking GroupMatbookMgx Deep WisdomMigoMoonshot AI (Kimi)Moose KnucklesNasdaq ChymNasdaq PddNasdaq YbNeonNile AgNyse WbxOZÉPaycarPayticPDD Holdings / TemuPingPowellRe FireSaagieShenfu JianxingShopalShutterstock

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Exits · 6

1 IPOs · 5 acquisitions · showing 2

chimebank-ar21NASDAQ: CHYMAlkemicsacq. by Salsify

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

IPO stake values · per SEC filings

Value of this firm's stake in each portfolio company at its IPO price, from the prospectus principal-stockholder table.

CompanyOwnedIPO priceAt IPOStake value
chimebank-ar213.5%$27.00Jun 2025$311.9M

Source: SEC S-1 / 424B prospectus filings. Stake value = shares beneficially owned × the initial public offering price, as disclosed — a market value at IPO, not a return multiple (the firm's original cost is not disclosed).

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Cathay Innovation made?
Cathay Innovation has 232 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited, including 11 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 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, FJ Labs, Alumni Ventures, among 537 tracked co-investors.

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AI in Enterprise ft Cathay Innovation Partner Simon Wu

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Denis Barrier (Cathay Innovation) : La mise en relation les start-up et les talents

BFM Business · Denis Barrier

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Sarah Chen-Spellings · Rajive Keshup

FrenchWeb : Vincent Deruelle FrenchFounders et Denis Barrier Cathay Innovation

Frenchfounders · Denis Barrier

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Co-investors · 26

Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures (AV) is a venture capital firm that co-invests alongside lead VCs in startups, backing founders with capital and access to a large investor and operator community.

$100K – $10M
Tiger Global Management

Tiger Global Management operates public equity strategies (long/short, long-focused and crossover) and a private equity business investing in early- through late-stage growth companies across new and existing industries.

$1M – $100M
Menlo Ventures

Menlo Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm backing transformative technology companies, with a strong current emphasis on artificial intelligence across enterprise, healthcare, and consumer markets.

$1M – $20M
PICUS CAPITAL

Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy, partnering closely with founders on strategic and operational challenges to build global companies.

$100K – $5M
GreatPoint Ventures

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.

$250K – $20M
Global Founders Capital

Global Founders Capital (GFC) is the global venture capital platform of Rocket Internet, investing early and across sectors in fast-growing technology companies.

Both backed · 3
Delivery Hero AGPayflowBamboo Debt Capital Markets Platform
$1M
Citi Ventures

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.

Both backed · 3
Flourish Ventures

Flourish Ventures is a global venture capital firm focused on financial health and fintech innovation, investing in early-stage companies across the US and emerging markets. It grew out of the Omidyar Network and is funded entirely by the Omidyar family.

$100K – $5M
Bond Capital Management

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.

$100K – $25M
Latitud Ventures

Latitud is an early-stage venture firm backing Latin American founders, providing first checks with founder-friendly terms and a fellowship program that connects LatAm talent to Silicon Valley.

Both backed · 2
$100K – $5M
Ensemble VC

Ensemble VC is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on backing extraordinary founding teams, with the stated mission of accelerating the pace of innovation.

Notable Capital

This page announces that GGV Capital split into two separate firms in March 2024: Granite Asia (Singapore, covering APAC) and Notable Capital (US, based in Silicon Valley with offices in San Francisco and New York, investing in the US, Israel, Europe, and Latin America).

Both backed · 1
Facily
$5M – $50M
▶14 more co-investors

Gradient VenturesOak HC/FTHustle FundCommerce VenturesKaszek VenturesDrive CapitalApax DigitalalboSandalphon CapitalEverywhere Ventures23andMePassion CapitalScaleUP VenturesAtman

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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