Who we are
Endeavor Catalyst is the innovative co-investment fund of Endeavor, set up to invest exclusively in Endeavor Entrepreneur-led companies and to sustain Endeavor’s long-term operations in a mission-aligned way. Since launching in January 2012, Endeavor Catalyst has raised over $110M in philanthropically donated and invested capital, and invested into more than 100 Endeavor companies in over 20 markets. To date, Endeavor Catalyst has co-invested alongside a number of leading venture capital and growth equity funds, including Accel Partners, General Atlantic, NEA, Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global. Investments include Globant (NYSE: GLOB) in Argentina, Yemeksepeti.com (acquired by Delivery Hero) in Turkey, and dr. consulta in Brazil.
Current AUM
100M-499M
Sectors
B2B, Cleantech, E-commerce/Consumer Internet, Education, Fintech, Healthcare
Stages
Series A, Series B
Regions
East Asia and Southeast Asia, Europe, Latin America and Carribean, Lusophone (Portuguese) and Anglophone Africa, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), North America, South Asia and Central Asia
Countries
Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, UAE, UK, US
Founding / General Partners
Jackie Carmel, Allen Taylor
Featured Investment
On May 2, 2019, Endeavor Catalyst held its fourth annual investor meeting in San Francisco, California. The gathering was the largest to date and convened over 200 members of the Endeavor Catalyst community, including many of the major investors and donors behind the $110MM+ Endeavor Catalyst funds, as well as entrepreneurs from its 100+ portfolio companies. The day also served as the official launch of Endeavor Catalyst’s third fund, targeting $100MM+. Then, $20MM committed. $10MM from our very own Endeavor Entrepreneurs and $10MM from Endeavor’s global network,https://endeavor.org/blog/catalyst/endeavor-catalyst-announces-full-deployment-80m-fund-ii-plans-fund-iii/