# MassMutual Catalyst Fund

> MassMutual Catalyst Fund is a VC fund in Springfield backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Springfield, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.massmutual.com/impact-investing/catalyst/application

MassMutual Catalyst Fund is a VC fund in Springfield focused on FinTech and Financial Services. MassMutual Catalyst Fund is building a diversified portfolio of early-stage and mid-stage companies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 38% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 38% |
| Health Care | 2 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |
| Medical | 1 | 13% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clarity Pediatrics | Clarity Pediatrics is reimagining pediatric chronic care, starting with ADHD. Nearly 10% of American children are diagnosed with ADHD, and for parents it can feel impossible to get the right care. We are building a virtual pediatric ADHD clinic that delivers trusted care to all families. Our new clinical model is tech-enabled, backed by the bestscience, and has the potential to deliver exceptional health outcomes to transform a child’s trajectory. | $14.5M | Series A | Dec 17, 2025 |  |
| knownwell | knownwell is on metabolic health and obesity medicine. It touts itself as a healthcare provider that serves people of all sizes. It provides primary care, nutritional advice, behavioral health treatments, and services for metabolic health. | $25M | Series B | Oct 20, 2025 |  |
| Goalsetter | Goalsetter is a goal-based savings and gifting platform, made just for kids and powered by those who love them. It combines the best of goal-based savings platforms like Digit and Acorns with the best of gift-registries like Zola and Honeyfund, and in so doing, targets the millennial mom with a platform that enables families to contribute to kids’future goals instead of buying them more consumer goods. In turn, Goalsetter becomes a savings vehicle for kids, turning first-time savers into all-the-time savers and giving kids healthy financial habits that will last a lifetime. | $9.6M | Series A | Mar 25, 2024 |  |
| Ferry | Financial Tools for the Service Industry | $9M | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Surround Insurance | Surround Insurance is an InsurTech company that offers property and casualty insurance products for young urban professionals. The company was founded in 2018 by Jonathon Grayson and Kate Terry and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. | $2.5M | Seed | Nov 21, 2022 |  |
| Sprout Labs | EarlyBird is transforming lives through early detection of literacy challenges, including predicting risk for dyslexia | $3M | Seed | Nov 17, 2022 |  |
| Pyxai | Pyxai is a software company that creates HR software that screens and ranks job applicants for qualifications, soft skills, and culture fit using information not available on applicant resumes. By screening all applicants, Pyxai helps companies eliminate unintended biases in the hiring process and identifies talent that would otherwise beoverlooked. We do this by using AI to screen every applicant with open-ended, situational judgement tests. Identifying and extracting soft skills like communication, critical thinking, and grit provides holistic insight into an applicant and is a better indicator of long-term job success. The company is based in Boston, Massachusetts US. |  | Seed | Jun 30, 2022 |  |
| Goalsetter | Goalsetter is a goal-based savings and gifting platform, made just for kids and powered by those who love them. It combines the best of goal-based savings platforms like Digit and Acorns with the best of gift-registries like Zola and Honeyfund, and in so doing, targets the millennial mom with a platform that enables families to contribute to kids’future goals instead of buying them more consumer goods. In turn, Goalsetter becomes a savings vehicle for kids, turning first-time savers into all-the-time savers and giving kids healthy financial habits that will last a lifetime. | $24.6M | Series A | Dec 01, 2021 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MassMutual Impact Investing](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mass-mutual-catalyst-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Astia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astia-organization) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Fiserv — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Intermountain Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intermountain-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MassMutual](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massmutual) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Partnership Fund for New York City](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-york-city-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does MassMutual Catalyst Fund invest in?

MassMutual Catalyst Fund invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 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 MassMutual Catalyst Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for MassMutual Catalyst Fund closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 8 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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