Catalyst Investors

Catalyst Investors
Native name
 Catalyst Investors
Private
Industry Finance, Investments
Founded 2000[1]
Founder Brian A. Rich, Ryan McNally, Chris Shipman
Headquarters New York, NY, New York, NY, USA
Area served
Services
AUM $ 1 billion
Website catalyst.com

Catalyst Investors is a $1 billion venture capital firm which was founded in 2000.[2] It is a private equity firm focused on late stage venture capital and growth equity investments in technology-enabled services which include cloud computing, wireless infrastructure, and digital media.It is ranked by growth cap among the top 25 growth equity firms.[1]

The New York-based firm was founded in 2000 by Brian Rich,[3] Ryan McNally, and Chris Shipman. Rich had previously founded TD Capital, the private equity investment arm of TD Bank, and he currently serves on the Board of Directors[4] for the National Venture Capital Association.

Investments

Catalyst is currently investing its fourth and latest fund, which closed above target[5] at $377 million in 2015[6]

According to the Financial times, Catalyst’s realized investments include SaaS-based anti-virus provider MessageLabs (acquired by Symantec[7]), Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo (acquired by NBC Universal[8]), Aloha Partners (acquired by AT&T), and Mindbody as reported by the Wall Street Journal,[9] which went public in 2015.[10]

The firm’s current investments include Alert Solutions, Ascentis, Clinicient,[11][12] Decisyon,[13] InSite Wireless,[14] Latisys, MediaMath, Mindbody,[15] Reputation Institute,[16] Videology,[17][18] WeddingWire[19] and Xplornet.

External links

References

  1. 1 2 "GrowthCap's Top 25 Growth Equity Firms | GrowthCap Research". growthcap.co. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  2. ↑ "Catalyst Investors | CrunchBase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Veteran Growth Investor Brian Rich: How Catalyst Investors discovers and evaluates opportunities and where it is looking to next | GrowthCap Research". growthcap.co. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  4. ↑ "Board of Directors - NVCA". NVCA. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  5. ↑ "Catalyst Closes Above Target". staging.pepdigest.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  6. ↑ "Catalyst Investors Closes Fund IV With $377M". pevc.dowjones.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  7. ↑ Stafford, Philip (2008-10-09). "MessageLabs sold to Symantec for £397m". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  8. ↑ Sorkin, Andrew Ross (2001-10-12). "NBC Is Paying $1.98 Billion For Telemundo". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  9. ↑ Chapman, Lizette. "Mindbody Raises $50M at $450M Valuation; IPO Likely in 2015". WSJ. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Fitness software firm Mindbody files for IPO: Reuters - PE HUB". PE HUB. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  11. ↑ "Clinicient snags $15 mln from Catalyst Investors - PE HUB". PE HUB. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  12. ↑ "Catalyst Investors invests $15m in Clinicient through Series C round | AltAssets Private Equity News". www.altassets.net. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Decisyon Raises $22 Million Series B Led by Catalyst Investors". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  14. ↑ "Catalyst Investors Backs InSite Wireless - PE HUB". PE HUB. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  15. ↑ Chapman, Lizette. "Mindbody Raises $50M at $450M Valuation; IPO Likely in 2015". WSJ. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  16. ↑ "Reputation Institute Receives Growth Capital from Catalyst Investors - PE HUB". PE HUB. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  17. ↑ "This Video Ad Server Is Now Backed By $121 Million In Venture Funding". Business Insider. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  18. ↑ Empson, Rip. "Another AdTech IPO? Videology Lands $60M From Catalyst, Comcast & Others As Online Video-Ad Market Booms". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  19. ↑ "Exclusive: WeddingWire Says "I Do" to $25 Million in Capital". AllThingsD. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
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