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Catamaran

Last cheque observed May 2018. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Private equityQuietLast fund $1.9M, Jan 2015

SeedSeries ASeries BManufacturing

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 10 on record
Since the last cheque3085days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$17MRounds led0 of 10Mostly inIndia, 90%
Pitch Catamaran

Catamaran highlights

  1. 01

    10 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series C and Series A: 56% of its rounds

What they do

Catamaran is the family office of Mr. Narayana Murthy, focused on providing growth capital to the manufacturing sector in India.From their own website
Type
Private equity (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
Manufacturing
Based in
Bengaluru, India
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first10 appearances

  1. 2018

    2 rounds

  2. May
    AckoIN · TechCrunch$12MWith 1 other
  3. Apr
    CoverfoxSeries C · IN · FinSMEs$22MWith 2 others
  4. 2015

    4 rounds

  5. Oct
    LookupSeries A · IN$2.5MWith 4 others
  6. Jul
    Bloom & WildSeries A · GB$3.9MWith 3 others
  7. Jul
    InnovitiVenture · IN$5.0MWith 1 other
  8. Jul
    Hector BeveragesSeries C · IN$29MWith 3 others
  9. 2013

    2 rounds

  10. May
    Hector BeveragesSeries B · IN · vccircle.com$8.0MWith 2 others
  11. Apr
    YebhiVenture · IN · techcircle.vccircle.com$12MWith 3 others
  12. 2012

    1 round

  13. Jul
    YebhiSeries C · IN · techcircle.vccircle.com$18MWith 3 others
  14. 2011

    1 round

  15. Jan
    YebhiSeries B · IN · techcircle.vccircle.com$9.0MWith 1 other

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 registration1 named

LDLee D. WeissDirectoriFiling they signed

We also hold 10 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)

11 of 26 we have independently watched raise

AckoAequsAkshayakalpaDailyhuntInnovitiLocoLog9materialsPaperboatdrinksRedditUdaanUdemyAchiralabsAonDeekshalearningManipalglobalMatelNseindiaOneTapPhilanthropyPrionePriorityvendorSedemacThreadsolmarcellus.inport.numberless.techshare.myjosh.in

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.

Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

Restat$409MAug 2013

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Catamaran. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Catamaran put money into.

Quick answers about Catamaran

What does Catamaran invest in?

Catamaran invests most often at Series C and Series A (56% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Manufacturing.

How active is Catamaran?

10 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in May 2018.

What has Catamaran invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Acko (Undisclosed round, May 2018) and Coverfox (Series C, Apr 2018).

How big are Catamaran's cheques?

The median round it joins is $17M.

Does Catamaran lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 10 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Catamaran invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in India (90%) and the United Kingdom (10%).

Is Catamaran investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in May 2018.

Who does Catamaran invest alongside?

Most often Fidelity Growth Partners India (2 rounds together), Nexus Venture Partners (2 rounds together) and Qualcomm (2 rounds together).

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