Katapult

company

About

Katapult is an investment company and accelerator, focused on highly scalable impact climate, ocean and agri-tech startups.

  • 11 - 50

Details

Industries
Clean Energy,CleanTech,Energy Efficiency,Financial Services,FinTech,GreenTech,Smart Building,Smart Cities,Transportation
Founded date
Jan 1, 2017
Number Of Employee
11 - 50
Operating Status
Active
Investor Type
Accelerate,Venture Capital

We want to build a world in which all humans can thrive. We believe that capital and business can solve the world’s grand challenges. Our impact goals are to make impact investing mainstream and to steward exponential technologies to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

We invest in and support early stage impact tech startups, funds and projects, with a mission to solve the world’s most pressing problems through the use of exponential technologies. We believe that all investing needs to be impact investing. To meet our vision we lead by example and are creating a movement that other investors are following. Through our investment vehicles (Accelerators and Fund), Katapult Future Fest and Katapult Foundation we are building the impact investing field and attracting new capital. We are working on catalyzing HNWI, family offices and foundation capital into impact investing by both giving them opportunities to co-invest and by offering support and education.

An important part of our thesis is not only finding businesses that are solving the world’s greatest challenges but also how we can contribute as an impact investor to stewarding technologies as a force for good. Technology can be a catalyst for good but also cause great harm. As the world adopts ever more transformative tech, we believe that maximizing the chance of good outcomes requires responsible stewardship and clear intentionality.

We believe that the earlier in the company life-cycle this is made explicit, the greater the chance of positive impact. Active engagement and leveraging all aspects of Katapult supports our investees and cements a multi-stakeholder approach to decision making. We will set the standard for how to operate at the intersection of impact and tech.

Through our focus on Ocean, Climate and Africa we take a holistic approach to solving society’s largest challenges. By promoting healthy oceans, a stable climate and sustainable food systems we drive towards building a thriving world for all.

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
3
1
Katapult has made 3 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 10, 2022, when Afrikamart raised 0.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Nov 10, 2022 Afrikamart
Non-Equity Assistant Logistics Yes
Aug 28, 2019 Esusu Financial
Seed $1.60M Credit
Aug 2, 2018 Esusu Financial
Seed $400K Credit