# Catalyte funding: rounds and investors > Catalyte has raised $29M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include Palm Drive Capital, K5 Global and Drive Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/catalyte (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Catalyte* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. AI Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$29M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources **$27M** Series A **$1.5M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $1.5M Sept 2023 - **Biggest round:** $27M Series A · Feb 2018 - **Investors:** 7 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 **$27M** Series A **$1.5M** Series A - **First round:** Series A, $27M - **Biggest round:** $27M - **Between rounds:** 5.6 years ## The rounds - **Sept 2023** Series A **$1.5M** *3 new* *1 returning* [K5 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k5-global) [Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drive-capital) [MaC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mac-venture-capital) [Palm Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/palm-drive-capital) Source recorded SEC filing: $1.5M sold, first sale Jun 2023 - **Feb 2018** Series A **$27M** *4 new* [Palm Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/palm-drive-capital) [Cross Culture Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cross-culture-ventures) [Rise of the Rest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rise-of-the-rest) Expon Reported by FinSMEs ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Lillian Meyer** Executive Officer i - **Matthew Derella** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Donald Tang* *Gregory Heard* *Hendrick Lee* *Jacob Hsu* *Michael Rosenbaum* *Sarah Levy* *Sheila Marcelo* ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Series A** 2018 **Series A** 2023 [Palm Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/palm-drive-capital) [K5 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k5-global) [Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drive-capital) [MaC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mac-venture-capital) [Cross Culture Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cross-culture-ventures) [Rise of the Rest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rise-of-the-rest) Expon ## Everyone who backed them [Palm Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/palm-drive-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [K5 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k5-global) Private equity **1** round [Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drive-capital) VC firm **1** round [MaC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mac-venture-capital) VC firm **1** round [Cross Culture Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cross-culture-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Rise of the Rest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rise-of-the-rest) VC firm **1** round Expon no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=catalyte). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Catalyte as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Muse Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/muse-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Leaf Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/leaf-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Rotor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rotor-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Catalyte ### Who invested in Catalyte? Catalyte's investors include Palm Drive Capital, K5 Global, Drive Capital, MaC Venture Capital and Cross Culture Ventures, and 2 more on record. ### How much has Catalyte raised? Catalyte has raised $29M across 2 rounds since 2018. ### When did Catalyte last raise? Catalyte's most recent round was a Series A of $1.5M in Sept 2023. ### What was Catalyte's biggest round? Catalyte's largest round on record is $27M (Series A), in Feb 2018. ### Who backed Catalyte first? Catalyte's first round on record, in Feb 2018, was backed by Palm Drive Capital, Cross Culture Ventures and Rise of the Rest and 1 others. ### What stage is Catalyte at? Catalyte's latest named round is a Series A, in Sept 2023. ### Where is Catalyte based? Catalyte is based in the United States. ## Companies like Catalyte In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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