# Venture Catalyst

> Venture Catalyst is a VC fund in San Diego backing Financial Services and Apps. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Diego, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.vcat.com/

Venture Catalyst is a VC fund in San Diego focused on Financial Services and Apps. In a casino industry filled with consultants, VCAT stands apart. We're not consultants. We're a team of world-renowned experts in our field, ready to work with you to raise your business to new levels in all market conditions.We started life 20 years ago as Inland Casino Corporation, a casino consulting company, and transitioned to aNASDAQ publicly traded company, known as Venture Catalyst (or "VCAT") that provided a diverse range of services and capital to enable start-up and emerging companies to launch their businesses at a faster pace. We used our business expertise to seek out diamonds in the rough - opportunities involving smart people with great ideas who needed money and business sense to get started. We nurtured these ideas, helping them create key partnerships and seeking out the best people as they grew.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $350k–$2M |
| Series A | $2M–$4.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 25% |
| Apps | 1 | 13% |
| EdTech | 1 | 13% |
| Sports | 1 | 13% |
| Banking | 1 | 13% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 6 | 75% |
| United States | 2 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Str8bat Sport Tech Solutions | str8bat's vision is to enable players play better every day and chase their dream by making technology which is accessible to all - both serious and fun playersstr8bat is a sports wearable company which helps passionate players who aspires to become the best and work really hard at perfecting their skills improve their game every day! Wehave been selected as the top 50 sports startup in the world! We give INSTANT, VISUAL and ACTIONABLE insights into one's game by using state-of-art motion sensors and without using any camera. It also tracks performance and helps them to know exactly how much improvement you have been able to make on an ongoing basis. One can even compare how he/she fared against his/her role model. All this through a cutting edge AI engine which automatically identifies the shot types played and helps one to focus on those aspects of the game which needs their attention. | $3.5M | Series A | Oct 03, 2024 |  |
| Llumo AI | Llumo AI is a generative AI company that offers AI optimisation for comprehensive evaluation of LLMs. | $953.6K | Seed | Aug 21, 2024 |  |
| Plus Gold | Plus is a digital platform for gold investments that facilitates and rewards gold purchases. | $350K | Seed | Aug 17, 2023 |  |
| OneStack | FinTech, Financial Services, Banking | $2M | Seed | Jul 12, 2023 |  |
| SWYTCHD | SWYTCHD Provider of subscription-based electric vehicle rental services | $553K | Seed | Jan 30, 2023 |  |
| Impact Guru | Impact Guru is a fintech company offering a full stack crowdfunding solution that combines social,rewards and investment crowdfunding/ fundraising for individuals, nonprofits, social enterprises, or startups for all their fundraising needs - be it small or large.The company was incubated at Harvard Innovation Lab’s Venture Initiation Programin USA in 2014 and PACT at Impact Hub in Singapore in 2015. Impact Guru has offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Singapore, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, and San Francisco | $2M | Series A | Dec 18, 2018 |  |
| SeatAdvisor | SeatAdvisor, Inc. is a global ticketing software company dedicated to providing businesses, organizations and venues with an affordable, efficient, and powerful ticketing solution. With headquarters in San Diego, CA, their box office printing & ticket software products are in use by hundreds of customers around the world including the US,Australia, Europe, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico & The Caribbean. SABO is the acronym for their cloud based software (SeatAdvisor Box Office). | $4.3M | Series A | Jun 21, 2000 |  |
| SensCom | SensCom provides wireless Internet banking and securities trading services that utilize the latest in wireless technology to put the power of wireless Internet financial services in the hands of customers. SensCom's wireless Internet financial services enable people on the go to perform time-critical transactions quickly, conveniently, andsafely.SensCom was incorporated in May 1999 with the mission of providing outsourced wireless Internet capabilities to financial institutions. SensCom develops, hosts, manages, and maintains proprietary wireless Internet gateway services for connecting users' wireless devices with their personal financial information. SensCom is dedicated to providing secure and efficient wireless Internet financial services. |  |  | May 12, 2000 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Venture Catalyst invest in?

Venture Catalyst invests primarily in Financial Services, Apps and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Venture Catalyst's check size?

Venture Catalyst typically joins rounds of $350k–$2M at Seed and $2M–$4.3M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Venture Catalyst participates in.

### When did Venture Catalyst last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Venture Catalyst closed in Oct 2024. 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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