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Berkeley Catalyst Fund

Last cheque observed Mar 2021. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietNew fund $7.5M, Feb 2023VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries AAI & Machine LearningAgTech (FarmTech)Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 2 on record
Since the last cheque2051days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$49MRounds led0 of 2
Pitch Berkeley Catalyst Fund

Berkeley Catalyst Fund highlights

  1. 01

    2 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series B: 100% of its rounds

What they do

Filed 3 private fund offerings with the SEC, the most recent in 2023-02From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries A
Sectors
AI & Machine LearningAgTech (FarmTech)Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Based in
Davenport, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first2 appearances

  1. 2021

    1 round

  2. Mar
    Arima Genomics, Inc.Series B · US · Firms' own news pages$7.0MWith 7 others
  3. 2018

    1 round

  4. Sept
    4D MolecularSeries B · US · Endpts$90MWith 9 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration3 named

DLDrew LanzaManaging Member of the Managing MemberiFiling they signed
LALaura A. SmoliarManaging Member of the Managing MemberiFiling they signed
THTed HouManaging Member of the Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed

We also hold 6 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

6 of 24 we have independently watched raise

AmplicoreApplaud+ArimagenomicsCircle Pharma Transparent 05_28_19Frontier Medicines transparentmadorra logo 05_23_19022021Oyla-Potrait4DMT WB 02_11_19Acrigen WB 06_25_19Akadeum-Logo-TransparentDNAlite (citris logo) 05_28_2019Demetrix Logo 02_01_19InhalonLogicInk Logo 02_01_19Nelumbo Black 05_28_19Newomics Transparent Logo 05_28_19PPZ black text squareSimpleLab Logo E-mails (1)Valitor Square Logo 05_23_19WHI%2Bstacked%2B04_03_19aligned_carbon_logo_300+copycolor@2xinvenio transparentsmall resilient biotics

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Quick answers about Berkeley Catalyst Fund

What does Berkeley Catalyst Fund invest in?

Berkeley Catalyst Fund invests most often at Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI & Machine Learning, AgTech (FarmTech) and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML).

How active is Berkeley Catalyst Fund?

2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Mar 2021.

What has Berkeley Catalyst Fund invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Arima Genomics, Inc. (Series B, Mar 2021) and 4D Molecular (Series B, Sept 2018).

How big are Berkeley Catalyst Fund's cheques?

The median round it joins is $49M.

Is Berkeley Catalyst Fund investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Mar 2021.

What kind of investor is Berkeley Catalyst Fund?

Berkeley Catalyst Fund is a VC firm based in Davenport, United States.

Has Berkeley Catalyst Fund raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Feb 2023, reporting $7.5M raised.

Where does this information on Berkeley Catalyst Fund come from?

From 2 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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