DRIVE Catalyst
VC Fund
Taipei, Taiwan
DRIVE Catalyst is a VC fund in Taipei focused on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Venture Capital Arm of the Far Eastern Group
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 18%
Last updated:
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Industries DRIVE Catalyst invests in
Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningSoftwareAnalyticsE-Commerce
Stages DRIVE Catalyst invests in
Series ASeries BSeedPre-SeedSeries C
Countries DRIVE Catalyst invests in
United StatesHong Kong
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 5 (45%)
- Machine Learning 4 (36%)
- Software 3 (27%)
- Analytics 2 (18%)
- E-Commerce 2 (18%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (27%)
- Series B 3 (27%)
- Seed 2 (18%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (9%)
- Series C 1 (9%)
Country
- United States 9 (82%)
- Hong Kong 1 (9%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intrinsic Power provides smart energy management systems with chargers, solar inverters, and energy storage onboard. | Seed / Jul 15, 2026 | ||
| Element Energy, a startup with technology that significantly improves the performance, lifetime, reliability and cost of large battery packs used in a wide range of applications including stationary and renewable energy storage and hybrid and electric vehicles. | $73M / Series B / Nov 14, 2023 | ||
| Ambercycle is a material science company that transforms textile waste into fresh materials for brands and producers. Ambercycle is assembling the world's used-up textiles into one centralized ecosystem, including everything from loose bits to tattered t-shirts. Ambercycle isolates components in intricate fabrics using a molecular regenerationtechnique to produce raw materials from streams that are typically challenging to recycle. Ambercycle enables regional and international players to easily reroute their waste products back into supply chains. | $5M / Nov 02, 2023 | ||
| Citrine Informatics is a computer software company that specializes in the fields of big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. It features a software platform that ingests and analyzes vast quantities of technical data on materials, chemicals, and devices to streamline R&D, manufacturing, and supply chain operations for anyorganization that produces a physical product. The company was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Redwood City, California. | $16M / Series C / Nov 14, 2022 | ||
| Multiscale Technologies developed an AI platform that accelerates R&D and the discovery of new materials by 100X. The platform digitizes all forms of data (tabular, pdf, simulations etc.) and uses its own unique knowledge fusion platform to connect experiments, simulations, and materials domain expertise to provide predictive analyses andrecommendations for any manufacturing company that does R&D for new materials in their current/future products. | $7.4M / Seed / Oct 04, 2022 | ||
| Novoloop is an upcycling company that provides a proprietary lifecycling platform to create chemicals and materials from plastic waste. Its Accelerated Thermal Oxidative Decomposition (ATOD) process chemically breaks down plastic films and packaging into monomers, which are then reassembled into virgin-quality TPU and recycled+ formulations. Thecompany operates a demonstration pilot plant in India in partnership with Aether Industries, producing up to 70 metric tons of TPU annually from mixed plastic waste. | $10M / Series A / Apr 08, 2022 | ||
| AiFi's platform uses computer vision and real-time sensor intelligence to understand how people, objects, and environments interact within a physical space. By creating a continuously updated spatial understanding of the environment, AiFi allows physical locations to perceive, reason, and respond in real time.AiFi’s technology powersapplications such as frictionless checkout, real-time inventory awareness, and operational insights in retail environments. Beyond retail, the platform is designed to be extensible to any physical space where understanding movement, behavior, and context is critical. By bridging the gap between the digital and physical worlds, AiFi helps organizations operate more efficiently, improve user experiences, and unlock new ways of interacting with physical environments.At its core, AiFi transforms physical spaces into software-defined environments by making them measurable, adaptable, and intelligent. | $65M / Series B / Mar 11, 2022 | ||
| Pickupp is a technology-enabled platform dedicated to supporting merchants and individuals with on-demand retail solutions as well as optimized and cost-effective deliveries. With their diverse supply network - walkers, motorcycles, vans, they can satisfy any door-to-door delivery needs at a low cost.Pickupp's services lie in the highlyoptimized batching and chaining technology, they provide tailored last-mile service for both bulk and ad-hoc deliveries. Merchants no longer have to bear the high cost of a delivery fleet and can de-bottleneck peak sales period by utilizing the idle and available logistics manpower out there, scaling their business without sacrificing speed and cost.Their flexible delivery window and scheduling feature for routine deliveries and sporadic demand spikes have already assisted 7,000+ online and offline retailers to delight their customers with same-day deliveries. | $37M / Series B / Dec 08, 2021 | ||
| Landing AI empowers customers to harness the business value of AI by providing enablement tools and transformation programs. One of the company’s core products is LandingLens, an end-to-end AI platform specifically designed for industrial customers to build, deploy and scale AI-powered visual inspection solutions. Founded by one of the mostrecognizable names in AI, Dr. Andrew Ng, (founding lead of the Google Brain team and former Chief Scientist at Baidu), and a world class team, Landing AI is uniquely positioned to help companies across the globe successfully move their AI projects from proof-of-concept to full-scale production. Additional information is available at: www.landing.ai. | $57M / Series A / Nov 08, 2021 | ||
| Pickupp is a technology-enabled platform dedicated to supporting merchants and individuals with on-demand retail solutions as well as optimized and cost-effective deliveries. With their diverse supply network - walkers, motorcycles, vans, they can satisfy any door-to-door delivery needs at a low cost.Pickupp's services lie in the highlyoptimized batching and chaining technology, they provide tailored last-mile service for both bulk and ad-hoc deliveries. Merchants no longer have to bear the high cost of a delivery fleet and can de-bottleneck peak sales period by utilizing the idle and available logistics manpower out there, scaling their business without sacrificing speed and cost.Their flexible delivery window and scheduling feature for routine deliveries and sporadic demand spikes have already assisted 7,000+ online and offline retailers to delight their customers with same-day deliveries. | $15M / Series A / Jul 05, 2021 | ||
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FAQ
What does DRIVE Catalyst invest in?
DRIVE Catalyst invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did DRIVE Catalyst last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for DRIVE Catalyst closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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