# Catamount Ventures

> Catamount Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Education. See 69 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 69
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 14%
- Fund size: $80M
- Last fund: Jul 2009
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/catamount-ventures
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/CatamountVC
- Website: http://www.catamountventures.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Catamount-Ventures/160366154030193

Catamount Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Education. Catamount Ventures focuses on investing in early stage startups. They back world-class entrepreneurs with a plan to change the world through innovation and creativity. Their capital, connections, and coaching help grow category leaders with a strong mission at their core.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $2.1M–$13M |
| Series B | $1.4M–$15M |
| Series C | $2.3M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 13 | 19% |
| Education | 6 | 9% |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 4 | 6% |
| EdTech | 3 | 4% |

72 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 17 | 25% |
| Series B | 12 | 17% |
| Series C | 12 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 10 | 14% |
| Series D | 4 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 32 | 46% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amit Patel | Principal | 21 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amit-patel-2 |
| Jed Smith | Founder, Managing General Partner | 14 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jed-smith |
| Kate Chhabra | CFO & Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kate-chhabra |
| Mark Silverman | Managing Director | 14 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-silverman |
| Tory Patterson | Managing Partner | 29 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tory-patterson |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Panorama Education | Panorama Education is the leading platform for student support and learning. The platform connects MTSS, learning, surveys, and graduation pathways, helping K-12 districts use data and AI to understand student needs and take effective action. Panorama enables better decisions and improved outcomes for more than 15 million students nationwide acrossinstruction, student support, special education, and graduation pathways. | $60M | Series C | Sep 02, 2021 |  |
| Presence | 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 |  |
| Modumetal | Modumetal has enabled a revolutionary new class of nanolaminated materials with broad application in structural, corrosion and high temperature performance of coatings, bulk materials and partsModumetal is based on the interaction of different materials at their interfaces. By laminating metals, Modumetal creates a new way to influence materialproperties. By growing metal using low-cost electrochemical methods, Modumetal enables a whole new class of applications of these materials.Modumetal is currently producing nanolaminated alloys for applications in construction, energy and aerospace markets. | $14M |  | Jan 29, 2019 |  |
| MasteryConnect | MasteryConnect helps educators identify levels of student understanding, target students for intervention, personalize learning, and use data to evaluate their own practice. It specializes in the fields of educational technology, software as a service, education, and professional development.The company was founded in 2009 and headquartered inSalt Lake City, Utah. | $5M | Series C | Dec 14, 2016 |  |
| Banyan Water | Banyan Water provides smart water management as a service for commercial and institutional businesses using real-time technologies and related services to save money and enhance properties. The company helps businesses find and maintain water savings opportunities throughout their portfolios. The company serves business decision-makers in thehospitality, property management, real estate investment, living community, landscaping, and academic sectors.It was founded in 2011 and based in Austin, Texas. | $1.5M |  | Jun 27, 2016 |  |
| EdSurge | EdSurge is the leading site for educators, entrepreneurs and investors involved in education technology. They help educators discover the best products for their students; they inspire developers to build what educators and learners need; they help investors understand the emerging market. EdSurge is regularly cited as the most influentialbrand for education technology news and information. EdSurge hosts the most comprehensive database of edtech products, companies, and topics online in addition to more traditional daily reporting of news in the education technology ecosystem. It also runs a vibrant jobs board for entrepreneurs and educators. Alongside its online presence, EdSurge hosts the San Francisco education technology meetup, a robust nationwide series of Summits, a high-profile awards program called the Digital Innovation in Learning Awards. It is also hosts a service called Edtech Concierge, designed to support education leaders in choosing tools. The organization itself is operated as a technology-journalism hybrid, employing equal parts technologists, educators and journalists. The company's goal is to promote the smart adoption of education technology through impartial reporting on products and news, research, online community building and services, events and tools. EdSurge is a venture-backed company that has also received grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. | $2.8M | Series A | Dec 13, 2015 |  |
| Presence | 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. | $25M | Series C | Nov 17, 2015 |  |
| Quri | Quri is a retail intelligence company that provides instant visibility into the performance of products and promotions in retail stores. Quri enables brands and retailers to measure and optimize the exact shopper experience, maximizing in-store product revenue and profitability. Quri is powered by a nationwide, on-demand mobile field force ofsecret shoppers who can be immediately deployed to any retail location in the U.S., providing real-time actionable data and insights to brands and retailers. | $17M | Series C | Oct 14, 2015 |  |
| Modumetal | Modumetal has enabled a revolutionary new class of nanolaminated materials with broad application in structural, corrosion and high temperature performance of coatings, bulk materials and partsModumetal is based on the interaction of different materials at their interfaces. By laminating metals, Modumetal creates a new way to influence materialproperties. By growing metal using low-cost electrochemical methods, Modumetal enables a whole new class of applications of these materials.Modumetal is currently producing nanolaminated alloys for applications in construction, energy and aerospace markets. | $33.5M |  | Aug 25, 2015 |  |
| Monica Healthcare | Based in the United Kingdom, Monica Healthcare is developing a series of innovative wearable devices that will use wireless technologies to facilitate globally accessible obstetric services in the home and hospital. The patented technology is based on the acquisition of electro-physiological signals that can be passively detected by electrodespositioned on the maternal abdomen. | $3M | Seed | Feb 04, 2015 |  |

10 of 69 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Catamount Ventures invest in?

Catamount Ventures invests primarily in Software, Education and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 69 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Catamount Ventures's check size?

Catamount Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$13M at Series A, $1.4M–$15M at Series B and $2.3M–$25M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Catamount Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Catamount Ventures?

Public channels for Catamount Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Catamount Ventures?

The team at Catamount Ventures includes Amit Patel (Principal), Jed Smith (Founder, Managing General Partner) and Kate Chhabra (CFO & Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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