Catalyze Capital
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Catalyze Capital is a closed-end investment fund based in Amsterdam that invests in early-stage science and technology companies across Europe. It focuses on Life Science, Sustainable and Deep Tech innovations, typically at Seed and Series A stages.
Catalyze Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It invests directly in companies, from seed to Series A, in life Science, sustainable and deep Tech. Its stated cheque size is up to € 1.5 million.
“Catalyze Capital invests up to € 1.5 million in small-to medium enterprises registered in Europe. We focus on companies and academic spin-offs in Seed and Series A stages, supporting them to grow and build value.”
— Catalyze Capital, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Invests in
- Europe
- Sectors
- Life Science, Sustainable, Deep Tech
- Cheque size
- up to € 1.5 million
- How to reach it
- Its contact page on its own site
Team, as Catalyze Capital publishes it
- peter Schoevers Managing Partner
- Benjamin Sieters Investment Director
- Max van Zandvoort Investment Analyst
- Theodoor Rutgers Investment Partner
- Jalal Es-Sbai Investment Partner
- Marlene Végh Catalyze Group CEO
- Jan-Hein Auf dem Brinke Chief Financial Officer
Names and roles exactly as listed on catalyze-capital.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 12 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Swedish Industrial Development Fund 2 shared companies: gesynta.se, meltandmarble.com
- Amboy Street Ventures, LLC 1 shared company: gesynta.se
- HealthCap 1 shared company: gesynta.se
- Stephen Industries Inc Oy 1 shared company: gesynta.se
- XGEN Venture SGR SpA 1 shared company: gesynta.se
- Beiersdorf Venture Capital 1 shared company: meltandmarble.com
- Good Startup 1 shared company: meltandmarble.com
- Lever VC 1 shared company: meltandmarble.com
- Nordic Food Tech Venture Capital Oy 1 shared company: meltandmarble.com
- Brandenburg Kapital 1 shared company: adrenomed.com
and 2 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Catalyze Capital publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://catalyze-capital.com/name, hq_country, hq_city, status, approach_url
- https://catalyze-capital.com/about/is_investor, layer, type, invests_in_geographies, description
- https://catalyze-capital.com/focus/stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote
- https://catalyze-capital.com/team/people
Record 21431 · added 2026-11-12 · link last verified 2026-11-12 · confidence high
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