What does Cathay Innovation invest in?
Cathay Innovation invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Sustainability, Tech For Good and Sustainable Development Goals.

United States · Investor
Last cheque observed Mar 2026; 3 cheques on record.
VC firmDeploying nowNew fund $1.0B, May 2025
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2 cheques in the last 12 months
Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds
Led 1 rounds
Founded in Paris in 2015, Cathay Innovation is a multi-stage venture capital firm backed by industry.From their own website
Every round we can evidence, newest first3 appearances
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2 rounds
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The latest companies Cathay Innovation put money into.
Cathay Innovation invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Sustainability, Tech For Good and Sustainable Development Goals.
3 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Mar 2026.
Its most recent investments on record: BackChannel (Seed, Mar 2026), Vambe (Series A, Dec 2025) and Akua (Seed, Oct 2025).
The median round it joins is $8.5M.
Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.
Most often Atlantic (2 rounds together) and Atlantico (2 rounds together).
Cathay Innovation is a VC firm based in San Francisco, United States.
Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in May 2025, reporting $1.0B raised.
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