About Global Catalyst Partners
Global Catalyst Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1999. It is primarily based out of Palo Alto, United States. As of Sep 2016, Global Catalyst Partners has invested in 22 companies. It primarily invests in Series C round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Semiconductors. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Veeple Overall, Global Catalyst Partners portfolio has seen 5 IPOs and 10 acquisitions including key companies like SoundHound, AMEC and Actelis. A lot of funds co-invest with Global Catalyst Partners, with names like Walden International sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Global Catalyst Partners has team of 5 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series B, Series C & 3 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Global Catalyst Partners' List of Top Investments
Global Catalyst Partners has a portfolio of 22 companies. Their most notable investments are in SoundHound and Miradia.Their portfolio spans across United States, China, Japan and 2 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Semiconductors and 9 other sectors, across stages such as Series B, Series C and 3 more. Here is the list of top investments by Global Catalyst Partners:
1. SoundHound
Provider of cloud and AI-based sound recognition solutions for multiple applications. It is a mobile application for consumers to search and discover music via voice control. The engine is based on its proprietary technologies speech-to-meaning and deep meaning understanding, it allow users to ask multiple questions and filter results. Features include natural language understanding, speech recognition, audio and music identification, multi-lingual text-to-speech, and more. It offers applications for iOS and Android users.
Key facts about SoundHound
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Santa Clara (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $191M
- Employee Count: 778 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Walden Venture Capital, Global Catalyst Partners and 25 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Feb 22, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. AMEC
AMEC is a China based developer of semiconductor processing technology and equipment. In addition to semiconductors AMEC products are also used for developing LEDs, power devices and to build memory and logic devices. AMEC is working out of Aisa which is hub of world's semiconductor manufacturing industry giving it access to expansive global supply chain. AMEC won gold award at 2014 China International Industrial Fair. In 2022, the company recorded annual revenues of $0.73B and a net profit of $0.19B.
Key facts about AMEC
- Founded Year: 2004
- Location: Shanghai (China)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $186M
- Employee Count: 453 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Global Catalyst Partners, Goldman Sachs and 21 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Mar 01, 2010, $*****
- Highlight: Public
3. Actelis
Provider of networking solutions for intelligent traffic, rail, and city systems. The company delivers connectivity for apartments, businesses, and residential broadband. It offers backhaul services integrating industry, IoT, city, and campus Wi-Fi. Product offerings include Ethernet switches, fiber optic switches, and power over Ethernet switches. The company provides cybersecurity, broadband amplifiers, repeaters, and enclosures. Its technology includes fiber optics, G.fast, G.hn, G.SHDSL, and VDSL2. The company offers Ethernet networking, carrier Ethernet, and cybersecurity solutions.
Key facts about Actelis
- Founded Year: 1998
- Location: Fremont (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1M - $10M as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $162M
- Employee Count: 89 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, Adams Street Partners and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Sep 29, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Public
4. Fuller
Mobile app development and analytics platform. It offers App Ape, a mobile app analytics tool that enables app developers to conduct market research and surveys. It also connects the users to Google analytics to manage indicators analyzing their applications. It is a trend research and analysis app that investigates the usage of the android terminal and offers the viewing rate data, the number of active users of the application, and user attribute information such as the users age, gender, and more.
Key facts about Fuller
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Kashiwa (Japan)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $7.33M
- Employee Count: 128 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Global Catalyst Partners, TBS Innovation Partners and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Mar 06, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Public
5. Raksul
Raksul is online platform that connects clients with printing companies in Japan. It partners with different printing companies to provide printing directly from the website. Once the customer enters his printing needs, it has an algorithm to find them the best printer and price for their needs. From there, the printing company takes over and delivers the goods to the user.Charges a commission feed on every transaction. Claims to have 100,000 clients as of February 2015.
Key facts about Raksul
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: Shinagawa (Japan)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $71.1M
- Employee Count: 161 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Global Catalyst Partners, Fidelity Investments and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Aug 04, 2016, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Global Catalyst Partners' Investments by Stage
Global Catalyst Partners has made 8 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $17.7M, 6 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $26.9M, 4 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $4.62M, 1 investment in Seed stage and 1 investment in Series D stage with an average round size of $21.5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series B | 8 |
Series C | 6 |
Series A | 4 |
Seed | 1 |
Series D | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Global Catalyst Partners' Investments by Sector
Global Catalyst Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Semiconductors, Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Telecom and Auto. Notably, it has invested in 17 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 15 Tech companies, 11 Software companies and at least 10 companies focusing on Tech hardware.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Semiconductors | 7 |
Enterprise Applications | 5 |
Consumer | 2 |
Telecom | 2 |
Auto | 1 |
Others | 8 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Global Catalyst Partners' Investments by Geography
Global Catalyst Partners has made most investments in United States (14), followed by Japan where it has made 3 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 14 |
Japan | 3 |
China | 1 |
Israel | 1 |
Netherlands | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Global Catalyst Partners' recent investments
Global Catalyst Partners has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Global Catalyst Partners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 01, 2016 | Japan | Seed | 5786 | - | |
Jul 20, 2016 | Japan | Series C | 3946 | [+2] | |
Feb 27, 2015 | Japan | Series A | 1440 | [+4] | |
Feb 06, 2014 | Japan | Series B | 5875 | [+8] | |
May 26, 2010 | United States | Series D | 5817 | [+2] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Global Catalyst Partners' Portfolio
5 of Global Catalyst Partners' portfolio companies have become public. Fuller got listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TYO), in Jul 2025 at marketcap of $13M and Actelis got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) at marketcap of $67.5M.Here are Global Catalyst Partners' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 24, 2025 | Feb 27, 2015 | Series A | 8144 | |
May 13, 2022 | Dec 1999 | Series B | 7022 | |
Apr 28, 2022 | Oct 07, 2008 | Series B | 5907 | |
Jul 26, 2019 | Oct 06, 2006 | Series B | 2797 | |
May 31, 2018 | Feb 06, 2014 | Series B | 9128 |
Acquired companies in Global Catalyst Partners' Portfolio
10 companies from Global Catalyst Partners' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Velio in Oct 2016 by ULU for $*****.Here are Global Catalyst Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 13, 2016 | Jul 23, 2001 | Series C | 5471 | |
Jul 07, 2014 | Feb 09, 2006 | Series B | 6988 | |
Oct 13, 2010 | Jun 30, 2005 | Series B | 2257 | |
Sep 23, 2010 | Nov 20, 2006 | Series C | 9918 | |
May 04, 2010 | Oct 23, 2007 | Series D | 6648 |
Team profile of Global Catalyst Partners
Global Catalyst Partners has a team of 5 members including 2 Partners and 1 Principal located in United States. Global Catalyst Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Global Catalyst Partners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Palo Alto | - | ||
Principal | San Francisco | - | - |
Co-investors of Global Catalyst Partners
Over the past 27 years, 137 investors have co-invested in Global Catalyst Partners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Global Catalyst Partners: USVP, Walden International and 11 others have invested in rounds before Global Catalyst Partners. There is 1 company where USVP has invested before Global Catalyst Partners and 1 company where Walden International has invested before Global Catalyst Partners.
- Top Co-investors of Global Catalyst Partners: 62 investors entered a company along with Global Catalyst Partners. These include investors like Walden International (5 companies).
- Invested after Global Catalyst Partners: A total of 62 investors have invested in Global Catalyst Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Samsung (2 companies), Global Catalyst Partners Japan (2 companies) and Samsung Venture Investment (2 companies).
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