# Global Catalyst Partners

> Global Catalyst Partners is a VC fund backing Manufacturing and Semiconductor. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Redwood Shores, United States
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/global-catalyst-partners/
- Website: http://www.gc-partners.com

Global Catalyst Partners is an international, multistage, technology-oriented venture capital firm. Their partners have significant operating experience serving in large public companies as well as building entrepreneurial ventures into major public companies.It is GCP's view that all ventures must be global upon inception, optimizinginputs (manufacturing, technology sourcing, financing) and opportunities. Accordingly, GCP has a single fund and operates with a single team assisting each of its ventures globally. GCP has extensive strategic corporate relationships to help companies recruit, source technology, obtain services, and most importantly identify appropriate customers.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 17% |
| Semiconductor | 4 | 17% |
| Software | 3 | 13% |
| Electronics | 3 | 13% |
| Mobile | 2 | 8% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 7 | 29% |
| Series C | 4 | 17% |
| Series A | 3 | 13% |
| Series D | 3 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 13% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 10 | 42% |
| Japan | 3 | 13% |
| China | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arthur Schneiderman | Principal & Co-founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arthur-schneiderman |
| Bell Marania | Administrative Assistant | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bell-marania |
| Koji Osawa | Managing Principal and Co-founder | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koji-osawa |
| Mariko Kotake | Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mariko-kotake |
| Vijay Parikh | Managing Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vijay-parikh |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Countable | Countable provides virtual community management for corporations, non-profits, and political campaigns. They use technology to communicate and human interconnectedness. They produce technology solutions that facilitate community engagement. | $12M | Series A | Oct 20, 2021 |  |
| GROOVE X | GROOVE X is designing and developing a totally new, next-generation household robot that no one has seen before, that truly touches people's hearts and inspires real affection. | $623.7M | Series A | Dec 04, 2017 |  |
| GROOVE X | GROOVE X is designing and developing a totally new, next-generation household robot that no one has seen before, that truly touches people's hearts and inspires real affection. | $198.4M | Seed | Oct 04, 2016 |  |
| Raksul | Raksul.inc is a fabless B2B platform builder. It aims to redesign and simplify value chains in legacy industries. It has enabled the "sharing economy" business model in printing, logistics and advertising, by connecting SME customers directly to excess capacities of existing players in various industries at a low cost. | $20.2M | Series D | Aug 03, 2016 |  |
| Fuller | Fuller is a software development company that builds mobile phone applications and provides internet media services. The company’s products include App Ape Analytics and App Ape Lab.App Ape Analytics is a trend research and analysis app that investigates the usage of Android terminal, and offers the viewing rate data; the number of active usersof the application; and user attribute information such as the user’s age gender, the user who is in possession of the application, and more.App Ape Lab analyzes the trends and offers real-time information of the app market.Fuller was founded in 2011 and is based in Chiba, Japan. | $4.2M | Series C | Jul 20, 2016 |  |
| GROOVE X | GROOVE X is designing and developing a totally new, next-generation household robot that no one has seen before, that truly touches people's hearts and inspires real affection. | $33.3M | Seed | Jan 07, 2016 |  |
| Verient | Verient develops technologies and products that enable financial institutions (FIs) and merchants to customize payment choices for their customers, thereby offering more convenient and more secure transactions for both Internet and in store purchases. This capability results in the capture of additional customer payments, thus increasing revenue,while at the same time reducing fraud losses. | $6M |  | Apr 13, 2012 |  |
| Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment | Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (中微半导体设备（上海）有限公司) is a Chinese global microfabrication equipment company serving customers in the semiconductor industry and relevant high-tech sectors.The company is a specialized supplier of key equipment for the production and development of micron-sized and nanoscale VLSI for the semiconductorindustry in China and Asia.The company is focused on chemical vapor deposition and plasma etching products. | $46M | Series D | Mar 10, 2010 |  |
| Beceem Communications | Beceem Communications is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the emerging WiMAX marketplace. They offer baseband & RF chips as well as complete hardware & software solutions. From the beginning, Beceem has taken a leadership position in everything they do. In 2005, they were the first to market with a pre-WiMAX chipset calledthe MS100, and followed that success with the first Wave 1 (released January 2006) and Wave 2 (released December 2006) mobile WiMAX chipsets. | $20M |  | Apr 22, 2009 |  |
| Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment | Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (中微半导体设备（上海）有限公司) is a Chinese global microfabrication equipment company serving customers in the semiconductor industry and relevant high-tech sectors.The company is a specialized supplier of key equipment for the production and development of micron-sized and nanoscale VLSI for the semiconductorindustry in China and Asia.The company is focused on chemical vapor deposition and plasma etching products. | $58M | Series C | Oct 22, 2008 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Global Catalyst Partners invest in?

Global Catalyst Partners invests primarily in Manufacturing, Semiconductor and Software startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 24 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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### Who are the partners at Global Catalyst Partners?

The team at Global Catalyst Partners includes Arthur Schneiderman (Principal & Co-founder), Bell Marania (Administrative Assistant) and Koji Osawa (Managing Principal and Co-founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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