CV Catalyst Fund
VC Fund
New York, United States
CV Catalyst Fund is a VC fund in New York focused on Beauty and Small and Medium Businesses. In partnership with Comcast Ventures, Catalyst Fund invests in early stage technology startups with underrepresented founders.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries CV Catalyst Fund invests in
Stages CV Catalyst Fund invests in
Countries CV Catalyst Fund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $8.8M–$11M
- Series B
- $27M–$27M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Beauty 3 (23%)
- Small and Medium Businesses 3 (23%)
- Gaming 2 (15%)
- FinTech 2 (15%)
- Consumer 2 (15%)
Stage
- Series A 6 (46%)
- Seed 4 (31%)
- Series B 2 (15%)
Country
- United States 11 (85%)
- Canada 1 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kai Bond
Head of Investments
|
Head of Investments | Total investments: 7 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Players' Lounge
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Players’ Lounge is a real money gaming platform built for video games. Gamers can wager on their own performance or stake others in competitive titles like Call of Duty, Fortnite, and Madden. Whether you’re playing or spectating, Players’ Lounge makes every match a chance to win real money — by betting on your own skill or backing the players youbelieve in.We’re capturing the next generation of bettors — digital natives who prefer interactive, creator-driven experiences over traditional sports. Players’ Lounge turns every match and livestream into a high-stakes opportunity, merging gaming, streaming, and social wagering into one immersive ecosystem. | Seed / May 17, 2021 | |
Camino Financial
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Camino Financial is an AI-powered community lending platform that offers affordable credit and wealth building solutions to overlooked entrepreneurs. The company builds proprietary credit assessment and data aggregation AI to identify, price and provide affordable loans tailored to credit-invisible, cash-heavy businesses. By partnering with otherfinancial institutions, public agencies and mission-aligned companies, Camino Financial is able to pool and distribute low-cost funding and educational resources to entrepreneurs. The winning combination of community-driven partnerships and AI technology results in offering loans with monthly payments 40% lower than alternative products in the market. All loans are tailored for upward mobility, setting entrepreneurs on a graduation path to an expanded suite of credit and other wealth building solutions.Camino Financial is a nationally certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) with oversight by the U.S. Department of Treasury. Since inception, the company has funded over $140,000,000 across the United States, netting above $95,000,000 in incremental revenues and fees saved among its members. Camino Financial is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with supporting offices in Mexico City, Mexico and Bogota, Colombia. | Series A / Apr 30, 2021 | |
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Players' Lounge
|
Players’ Lounge is a real money gaming platform built for video games. Gamers can wager on their own performance or stake others in competitive titles like Call of Duty, Fortnite, and Madden. Whether you’re playing or spectating, Players’ Lounge makes every match a chance to win real money — by betting on your own skill or backing the players youbelieve in.We’re capturing the next generation of bettors — digital natives who prefer interactive, creator-driven experiences over traditional sports. Players’ Lounge turns every match and livestream into a high-stakes opportunity, merging gaming, streaming, and social wagering into one immersive ecosystem. | Seed / Jan 01, 2021 | |
Oui the People
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Oui the People is a luxury shaving brand for ladies that specializes in high-end shaving products. More women shave than not, yet low-quality razors and toxic shaving foams have been their only choice for decades.At Oui Shave they have paired beautifully crafted razors, rich shave oils, and high quality blades to create a luxurious experience.They believe in delivering the best shave you've ever had, with exceptional products that heal, hydrate, and tone. Their products are made in Brooklyn using natural ingredients and small batch production. The result is more than a smooth shave, it's a better shave. As for the convenience of their automatic refill and the added sex appeal? Well...now that's just bragging. And to think...this is the last razor you will ever buy. | Seed / Nov 03, 2020 | |
Landed
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Landed helps essential professionals (including those working in education and healthcare) buy homes and build financial security near the communities they serve through financial solutions, a network of trusted agents and lenders, and homebuying education and support. | $10.5M / Series A / Jun 24, 2020 | |
Squire
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Squire is a booking and payment platform that connects people with great barbers nationwide. Squire provides barbers and shop owners with the ability to operate their businesses with cashless and contactless pay transactions, thereby streamlining service interaction and helping them earn and retain loyal clients as a result. | $27M / Series B / Jun 09, 2020 | |
Squire
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Squire is a booking and payment platform that connects people with great barbers nationwide. Squire makes it easy to discover and book the best barbers wherever you are, in just a few taps. Squire is also the premier management platform for barbershops. Using Squire, barbers are able to engage their customers, process bookings and payments andbetter market their business through Squire’s “barbershop discovery” capabilities. Fully integrated with a point of sale, inventory management and payroll systems, Squire is a one-stop solution for barbershop owners to efficiently operate their business. With headquarters in New York and a presence in major cities in the United States and Canada, Squire has quickly become a market leader in technology solutions for the barbershop industry nationwide.For more information, please visit getsquire.com or download the Squire iOS app from the App Store. | $27M / Series B / Jun 09, 2020 | |
Revl
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Video Souvineers as a Service. Founded by Eric Sanchez, Nelson Vazquez, and Bruce Pla in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $8.8M / Series A / Feb 25, 2020 | |
Hawthorne
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Hawthorne creates personal care products using premium quality ingredients, data-driven algorithms, and smart subscriptions. It makes it easy to elevate consumers with premium quality products that work perfectly for them as an individual. With just a quick quiz, consumers will receive tailored products for all of their bathroom needs. | $8M / Series A / Aug 28, 2019 | |
Ready Maker
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Ready democratizes gaming with The Ready Games- DIY game tournaments- and Ready Maker, a platform for gaming and robotics. Ready opens games creation to the world, with over 1 million makers and players. The Ready Games app delivers three, brand new mobile mini-games every week that anyone can play to win cash prizes. Ready Maker provides acreative platform that builds in the mediums of their client's time - mobile games, robotics, VR/AR. | $5M / Series A / Aug 27, 2019 | |
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FAQ
What does CV Catalyst Fund invest in?
CV Catalyst Fund invests primarily in Beauty, Small and Medium Businesses and Gaming startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 13 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 CV Catalyst Fund's check size?
CV Catalyst Fund typically joins rounds of $8.8M–$11M at Series A and $27M–$27M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds CV Catalyst Fund participates in.
How do I contact CV Catalyst Fund?
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Who are the partners at CV Catalyst Fund?
The team at CV Catalyst Fund includes Kai Bond (Head of Investments). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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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