Brian Rich
Managing Partner, Co-Founder @ Catalyst Investors
New York, United States
Brian Rich is a Series B investor at Catalyst Investors in New York focused on Software and SaaS. Brian Rich is responsible for the general management and investment policy of Catalyst Investors. He monitors all of the firm's investment opportunities and provides counsel for all portfolio companies. A veteran investor, he has more than 20 years of experience in the business services, technology and wireless sectors. Brian Rich hasserved on numerous boards at Catalyst and predecessor funds and is currently on the executive committee of the National Venture Capital Association’s inaugural Growth Equity Group. In 2010 he was invited by the FCC to advise on media ownership.Prior to co-founding Catalyst, Brian Rich founded and managed TD Capital (USA) Inc. (“TD Capital”), the entity that made Toronto Dominion Bank’s U.S.-based equity, mezzanine, and limited partnership investments from 1995 to 1999. As group head, he oversaw approximately 40 investments totaling more than $600 million. Before founding TD Capital, Brian Rich was a Managing Director in the bank’s Media, Telecom & Technology Group. Prior to joining TD in 1990, Brian Rich held positions at The Bank of New York and Intel Corporation.Brian Rich earned a BS in Industrial Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 60%
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Industries Brian Rich invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (40%)
- SaaS 1 (20%)
- AgTech 1 (20%)
- Farming 1 (20%)
- Computer 1 (20%)
Stage
- Series B 2 (40%)
- Series C 1 (20%)
- Series D 1 (20%)
- Funding Round 1 (20%)
Investments
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| FieldPulse business management software makes it easy to manage your service business at your office or on the go. FieldPulse helps different service companies such as HVAC contractors, electrical contractors, specialty contractors, remodeling contractors, and many more companies move from pen and paper to the digital age. | $50M / Series C / Aug 11, 2025 | ||
| Burro is a developer of an autonomous farming platform for use on farms and in other tough outdoor environments. It follows people and can autonomously run cargo around, relieving people of strenuous tasks which add little value, so that they can focus on more valuable work. | $24M / Series B / Jan 09, 2024 | ||
| eSUB provides cloud-based project management, timecard management and corporate management for commercial subcontractors of all trades. eSUB creates paperless projects to manage from any device; desktop, laptop, iPad, Tablet or Smartphone. It stores all documents; photos, drawings, PDFs, status reports, and any other documents, in one centrallocation, available for all users to access any time, from any location. | May 23, 2023 | ||
| eSUB provides cloud-based project management, timecard management and corporate management for commercial subcontractors of all trades. eSUB creates paperless projects to manage from any device; desktop, laptop, iPad, Tablet or Smartphone. It stores all documents; photos, drawings, PDFs, status reports, and any other documents, in one centrallocation, available for all users to access any time, from any location. | $2M / Series B / May 01, 2023 | ||
| PresenceLearning makes live, online special education related services available to K-12 students around the United States. As the leader in the delivery of clinical services via the web, PresenceLearning has provided over 2.5 million teletherapy sessions. Services include speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, behavioral interventions andmental health services, assessments, and early childhood services. | $27M / Series D / May 19, 2020 |
Co-Investors
About Catalyst Investors
Catalyst employs a research-driven deal flow origination process to identify high-growth sectors and businesses within technology-enabled services. Catalyst targets growth-stage businesses with proven business models and attractive unit economics and sectors that are being driven by fundamental, long-term growth trends and have substantialaddressable markets. Catalyst makes both control and influential minority investments, typically has meaningful influence and board representation, and seeks to create value after investment through active involvement in creating, evaluating, and monitoring a portfolio company's business strategy, performance against budget, acquisition efforts, and capital structure evolution. Catalyst leverages its Advisory Group of seasoned industry professionals to provide portfolio companies with access to experienced industry executives and referrals to potential customers or strategic partners.
Catalyst Investors Contacts
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Brian Rich
Managing Partner, Co-Founder
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David Sack
Analyst
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Kyle Howard-Johnson
Vice President
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Tyler Newton
Managing Partner
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Gene Wolfson
Partner and Investor Relations
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What does Brian Rich invest in?
Brian Rich invests primarily in Software, SaaS and AgTech startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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