# Berkeley Catalyst Fund: portfolio, investments and team

> Berkeley Catalyst Fund is a vc firm based in United States. 2 investments on record, latest Mar 2021. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/berkeley-catalyst-fund (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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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.

Quiet New fund $7.5M, Feb 2023 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A AI & Machine Learning AgTech (FarmTech) Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record

Since the last cheque **2051** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$49M** Rounds led **0 of 2**

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## Berkeley Catalyst Fund highlights

- 01 2 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series B: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> Filed 3 private fund offerings with the SEC, the most recent in 2023-02 From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** AI & Machine Learning AgTech (FarmTech) Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)
- **Based in:** Davenport, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances**

- **2021** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Arima Genomics, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/arima-genomics-inc)** Series B · US · Firms' own news pages **$7.0M** With 7 others
- **2018** 1 round
- **Sept** **[4D Molecular](https://millionrounds.com/company/4d-molecular)** Series B · US · Endpts **$90M** With 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 registration **3 named**

DL **Drew Lanza** Managing Member of the Managing Member i Filing they signed

LA **Laura A. Smoliar** Managing Member of the Managing Member i Filing they signed

TH **Ted Hou** Managing Member of the Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing 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

[Amplicore](https://millionrounds.com/company/amplicore)[Applaud+](https://millionrounds.com/company/applaud)[Arimagenomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/arima-genomics)[Circle Pharma Transparent 05_28_19](https://millionrounds.com/company/circle-pharma)[Frontier Medicines transparent](https://millionrounds.com/company/frontier-medicines)[madorra logo 05_23_19](https://millionrounds.com/company/madorra) 022021Oyla-Potrait 4DMT WB 02_11_19 Acrigen WB 06_25_19 Akadeum-Logo-Transparent DNAlite (citris logo) 05_28_2019 Demetrix Logo 02_01_19 Inhalon LogicInk Logo 02_01_19 Nelumbo Black 05_28_19 Newomics Transparent Logo 05_28_19 PPZ black text square SimpleLab Logo E-mails (1) Valitor Square Logo 05_23_19 WHI%2Bstacked%2B04_03_19 aligned_carbon_logo_300+copy color@2x invenio transparent small 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.

New fund on file

**$7.5M**

raised in Feb 2023

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$49M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 2 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Mar 2021

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B *2*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2018 2021

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## 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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