A Little About Us

Launched in 2022, Catalisi was created to invest in Italian and international startups in pre-seed phases with a ticket >100,000 euros for each company. By invitation only, the club is made up of other entrepreneurs and professionals with a solid background in the world of Startups and intends to make 8/10 investments per year. Unlike an investment fund, the club does not have a predefined duration or a formalized management structure: we are much more like a collective. The club operates without any management fees because the goal is to make access to the startup investment market more democratic and inclusive.

The club has the ambition to catalyze the skills, the network and the capital of those who work in startups to support those entrepreneurs who want to have a positive impact on the startup ecosystem and society in general. From day one, startups will be able to choose whether to be supported by the interdisciplinary skills of the club members to speed up the company's decisions, operations and go-to-market during the very first stages of life.

The name Catalisi is not accidental. The word literally means catalysis in Italian, and aligns with our goal to support the startup ecosystem, trying to position the country as a catalyst for innovative companies capable of competing internationally. Although in Italy the venture capital and startup investment market is well covered in the more mature stages, there is still a substantial lack of capital in the very early stages. Catalisi is made up of members who are already part of the ecosystem and already have experience in all the phases that founders will face. Catalisi is therefore an Angels Club “by builders, for builders”.

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