Growth Catalyst Partners
VC Fund
Chicago, United States
Growth Catalyst Partners is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Marketing and Advertising. GCP was founded by Jim TenBroek and Scott Peters, each with successful track records spanning over 20 years in the target industry sectors.Jim was a Managing Director for five funds spanning almost 20 years at Wind Point Partners and, prior to that, spent three years with GTCR. Scott was Co-President of The Jordan, Edmiston Group("JEGI"), having joined the firm in 1997 after four years with Veronis Suhler Stevenson. The combination of successful private equity investing with vertically focused investment banking, proprietary origination and innovative value creation strategies provide GCP with a distinct competitive advantage.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
- Fund size:
- $200M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Growth Catalyst Partners invests in
Stages Growth Catalyst Partners invests in
Countries Growth Catalyst Partners invests in
Contacts
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James O'Callaghan
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James TenBroek
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Marissa Nazario
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Scott Peters
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Marketing 3 (20%)
- Advertising 3 (20%)
- Financial Services 3 (20%)
- Email Marketing 2 (13%)
- Digital Marketing 2 (13%)
Stage
- Private Equity 10 (67%)
- Series B 1 (7%)
- Series F 1 (7%)
- Funding Round 1 (7%)
- Secondary Market 1 (7%)
Country
- United States 9 (60%)
- India 3 (20%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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James O'Callaghan
Managing Director & Vice President
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Managing Director & Vice President | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
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James TenBroek
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Marissa Nazario
Chief Financial Officer
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Chief Financial Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Scott Peters
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Third
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Third delivers comprehensive social commerce solutions—from shoppable livestreams and creator collaborations to UGC video creation, paid media management, and platform strategies—for brands leveraging TikTok Shop and next-gen channels. | Private Equity / Mar 25, 2026 | |
Veritas Finance
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Veritas Finance focuses on meeting the financial needs of the micro, small, and medium enterprises. Veritas Finance Private Limited is an organization started with the primary intention of reaching out to the customers who either have no access or inadequate access to financial services in the informal sector. 'Veritas' in Latin meanstruth. True to its name, Veritas is focused on making a true impact through inclusive access to financial services on the customers engaged in informal activities.The company is run by professionals with rich experience in the financial services industry that aims to make availing credit easy to this segment and make a positive impact on the lives of millions of Indians engaged in informal activities and who actually build the nation. | $58.8M / Series F / Oct 07, 2021 | |
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Veritas Finance
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Veritas Finance focuses on meeting the financial needs of the micro, small, and medium enterprises. Veritas Finance Private Limited is an organization started with the primary intention of reaching out to the customers who either have no access or inadequate access to financial services in the informal sector. 'Veritas' in Latin meanstruth. True to its name, Veritas is focused on making a true impact through inclusive access to financial services on the customers engaged in informal activities.The company is run by professionals with rich experience in the financial services industry that aims to make availing credit easy to this segment and make a positive impact on the lives of millions of Indians engaged in informal activities and who actually build the nation. | $8M / Secondary Market / Oct 07, 2021 | |
Utkarsh Small Finance Bank
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Utkarsh Small Finance Bank provides a range of banking services. | $28.6M / Mar 22, 2021 | |
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Utkarsh Small Finance Bank
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Utkarsh Small Finance Bank provides a range of banking services. | $33.2M / Private Equity / Mar 22, 2021 | |
Mintifi
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Mintifi is India’s first online lending platform with the mission of achieving financial empowerment for small and medium businesses. They provide loans and other simple lending solutions to SMBs in the fastest and easiest way possible. Mintifi has partnered with various companies, including WhatsApp, to offer its services through digital channels.This allows businesses to easily access Mintifi's financing solutions and manage their supply chain operations more efficiently. | $6M / Series B / Mar 18, 2021 | |
Equine Network
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Equine Network is the provider of proprietary sports content, information, and tech-enabled services. | Private Equity / Dec 01, 2020 | |
The Stable, Part of Accenture Song
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The Stable is a fully integrated commerce agency that helps consumer brands activate and sell product across all channels of commerce.The agency creates value for clients leveraging a full suite of omnichannel capabilities including retail representation, eCommerce services, media campaigns & optimization, brand/product development andinsights, to generate revenue for clients across brick and mortar, eCommerce and Direct to Consumer (DTC) channels.The diverse client base combined with integrated capabilities and a flexible service model form a market-leading platform that not only amplifies economic potential for clients, but also ensures they are well positioned for where the future of retail is headed. | Private Equity / Apr 15, 2020 | |
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The Stable, Part of Accenture Song
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The Stable is a fully integrated commerce agency that helps consumer brands activate and sell product across all channels of commerce.The agency creates value for clients leveraging a full suite of omnichannel capabilities including retail representation, eCommerce services, media campaigns & optimization, brand/product development andinsights, to generate revenue for clients across brick and mortar, eCommerce and Direct to Consumer (DTC) channels.The diverse client base combined with integrated capabilities and a flexible service model form a market-leading platform that not only amplifies economic potential for clients, but also ensures they are well positioned for where the future of retail is headed. | Private Equity / Apr 15, 2020 | |
GovExec
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GovExec has empowered the government ecosystem to engage and support government leaders as they work to achieve their missions across federal, defense, and state and local agencies. All powered by the largest and most sophisticated database in the public sector, GovExec’s platform services are three-fold—data that informs, media that connects, andmarketing services that activate. | Private Equity / Mar 01, 2020 | |
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What does Growth Catalyst Partners invest in?
Growth Catalyst Partners invests primarily in Marketing, Advertising and Financial Services startups, most often at Private Equity and Series B stage. Most of the 15 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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The team at Growth Catalyst Partners includes James O'Callaghan (Managing Director & Vice President), James TenBroek (Managing Partner) and Marissa Nazario (Chief Financial Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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