About Catapult
Catapult is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of Palo Alto, United States. As of Apr 2025, Catapult has invested in 164 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Biostate Overall, Catapult portfolio has seen 15 unicorns, 7 IPOs and 51 acquisitions including key companies like Carta, Casper and Ginkgo Bioworks. A lot of funds co-invest with Catapult, with names like Matter Venture Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
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Catapult's List of Top Investments
Catapult has a portfolio of 164 companies, including 15 unicorns. Their most notable investments include Carta and Gusto.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, Mexico and 6 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 33 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Catapult:
1. Carta
Software-based equity management solutions. It offers features solutions for valuation, equity planning, transfer agents, electronic securities, scenario modeling, fund administration, portfolio data collection, and more. It offers solutions to multiple sectors including private companies, investors, and public companies. It also offers ESOP management solutions.
Key facts about Carta
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series G
- Total Funding till date: $1.16B
- Employee Count: 2,356 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Meritech, Silver Lake and 137 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series G, Aug 13, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Gusto
Cloud-based payroll, benefits, and HR software for small and medium-sized businesses. Its core offering is software delivered online, with API integrations and automation features designed to help SMBs manage back-office operations more efficiently.
Key facts about Gusto
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $718M
- Employee Count: 4,595 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, Glynn Capital and 85 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, May 13, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Casper
Manufacturer of foam and hybrid mattresses, pillows, and bedding accessories. The product line includes adjustable bed frames, headboards, sheets, mattress protectors, and duvets. These items are engineered to provide support and comfort for sleep. The business operates through an online store and physical retail locations.
Key facts about Casper
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Dec 31, 2020
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $340M
- Employee Count: 802 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: K2 Global, avenuealtd.com and 56 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Mar 27, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Autonomous labs for biotechnology, empowering scientists to design the living world. They provide autonomous labs and cloud lab services, enabling scientists to automate experimental work and focus on insight and creativity. The company offers solutions and datapoints services to design experiments and address research goals. Their autonomous systems lift the burden of manual lab work, empowering scientists to ask critical questions. They provide hardware, software, support, and cloud lab resources. The company's vision is to enable programming biology, curing diseases, and growing everything imaginable. This is a B2B tech company offering SaaS solutions for biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
Key facts about Ginkgo Bioworks
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $796M
- Employee Count: 638 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Allen & Company, T. Rowe Price and 53 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Dec 13, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Public
5. Lumosity
Lumosity provides web and app-based games to develop core cognitive abilities. Works closely with academics and its technology fuels studies being conducted by researchers at Harvard, Stanford, UCSF etc. Also provides a program for K-12 schools called the Lumosity Education Access Program (LEAP), which seeks to study the effects of cognitive training on students performance. Was founded in 2005 but was launched in 2007. Has 70M+ active users.
Key facts about Lumosity
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $67.4M
- Employee Count: 71 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Harrison Metal, Founders Circle Capital and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Angel, Jun 11, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Catapult's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Biostate and most recent follow-on round was in Biostate.Catapult's Investments by Stage
Catapult has made 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $4M.Catapult's Investments by Sector
Catapult has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, HealthTech and Life Sciences. Notably, it has invested in 144 Tech companies, 97 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 83 Software companies and at least 75 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
HealthTech | 1 |
Life Sciences | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Catapult's Investments by Geography
Catapult has made most investments in United States (1).Catapult's recent investments
Catapult has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Catapult:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 29, 2025 | United States | Series A | 9734 | [+4] | |
Jul 09, 2024 | United States | Seed | 6485 |
Unicorns in Catapult's Portfolio
Catapult has 15 unicorns in its portfolio - Deepgram, RapidSOS, Gecko Robotics and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Deepgram. It became a unicorn in 2026.Here is a list of unicorns in Catapult's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
66 | Provider of AI-based speech transcription software | 2015 | San Francisco | Series C | bdidtjg | ||
70 | Provider of an intelligent safety platform connecting data to first responders | 2012 | New York City | Series E | oacbhvz | ||
59 | AI and robotics for infrastructure inspection, maintenance, and operational excellence | 2013 | Pittsburgh | Series D | gi{ksre | ||
62 | Developer of an AI-powered platform for streamlining retail checkout processes | 2013 | Palo Alto | Series B | uyowjkc | ||
59 | Provider of unified identity platform securing classic and AI infrastructure | 2015 | Oakland | Series C | lssjrmf |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Catapult's Portfolio
7 of Catapult's portfolio companies have become public. SES Technologies got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in Feb 2022 and Ginkgo Bioworks got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).Here are Catapult's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 04, 2022 | - | - | 6571 | |
Sep 17, 2021 | - | - | 1428 | |
Jun 09, 2021 | - | - | 5168 | |
Jan 15, 2021 | - | - | 7184 | |
Sep 26, 2019 | - | - | 2482 |
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Acquired companies in Catapult's Portfolio
51 companies from Catapult's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was CareRev in Jan 2026 by IntelyCare for $*****.Here are Catapult's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 08, 2026 | - | - | 9167 | |
Oct 01, 2025 | - | - | 7872 | |
May 22, 2025 | - | - | 9584 | |
Apr 30, 2025 | - | - | 9929 | |
Nov 04, 2024 | - | - | 9518 |
Co-investors of Catapult
Over the past 2 years, 10 investors have co-invested in Catapult's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Top Co-investors of Catapult: 7 investors entered a company along with Catapult. These include investors like Matter Venture Partners (1 company).
- Invested after Catapult: A total of 3 investors have invested in Catapult's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Accel (1 company), Gaingels (1 company) and Mana Ventures (1 company).
Recent News related to Catapult
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Biostate AI Raises $4M in FundingFinSMEs•Jul 09, 2024•Matter Venture Partners, Vision Plus Capital, Catapult, California Institute of Technology and 2 others
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Gricd becomes ‘Figorr’, secures $1.5m seed funding to push insurance for perishable goodsBusinessDay•May 15, 2023•Figorr, Katapult, Jaza Rift Ventures, VestedWorld and 7 others
