Catamount Ventures Home Focus Portfolio Team Contact Home Focus Portfolio Team Contact Catamount Ventures We back world-class entrepreneurs with a plan to change the world through innovation and creativity. Our capital, connections, and coaching help grow category leaders with a strong mission at their core. Latest News September 17, 2016 Revolution Foods Named Among World's Best! more » We invest in mission-driven companies For these companies, the pursuit of growth and revenue naturally produces societal benefits. Combining authentic brands with socially responsible products, mission-driven companies have a market advantage attracting and retaining customers. We're proving that mission-driven investments deliver superior returns. We do early-stage investing Catamount invests early in companies across consumer goods, technology, and education. As the first investor in Plum Organics, we helped the founders execute on their mission to health-up every highchair and lunchbox. Today, Plum is number one in organic baby and kids nutrition. A hands-on approach At Catamount, we are entrepreneurs first and investors second. With over 50 years of successful operating experience, we roll up our sleeves and help our companies build the right teams and strategies to win. For Quri, we've actively assisted with recruiting, customer development, and the company's successful launch at the 2012 Wall St. Journal D Conference. We focus on founders We love to back passionate founders. As entrepreneurs ourselves, we know what it takes to launch and manage a successful business. We invested in Kristin Groos Richmond and Kirsten Saenz Tobey because of their vision and passion to provide equal access to healthy food for all school children. Today, Revolution Foods is transforming the way we feed our students across the nation with over 50 million healthy meals served. Technology for Learning Catamount funds disruptive software technologies and services for the K-12 education market. We're partnering with a new wave of entrepreneurs to create internet solutions that improve teacher effectiveness and student outcomes. With PresenceLearning, we're delivering online speech therapy for kids across the nation. With TenMarks, we've built an award-winning blended learning service that helps millions of kids learn math. The Catamount The Catamounta mountain lion that once widely roamed the Green Mountains of Vermontsymbolizes Catamount Ventures energy and ideology. We liken the catamounts spirit to that of an entrepreneur. The catamount is solitary and efficient; it possesses a mystique and quiet strength. Like an entrepreneur, the big cat strikes it alone, seeking its own way in the face of constant challenges and harsh realities. By working in partnership with the environment, however, the catamount survives and even thrives (so much so that we hope to see a resurgence in the Green Mountains in the near future). Who We Work With Our portfolio teams are our most important resource. Across technology, education, and consumer goods, we work with them to disrupt billion-dollar markets. CEOs Companies Sectors Healthy Living Companies delivering healthy, sustainable consumer products and services. Across categories like food and beverage, nutrition, cleaning, and apparel, healthy living brands are capitalizing on massive shifts in consumer behavior to disrupt large markets. Amour Vert, Numi Organic Tea, Plum Organics, Revolution Foods, Seventh Generation Sustainability Startups focused on saving the worlds resources and reducing human impact on the environment. Banyan Water, Grid Net, Upworthy, Amour Vert, Seventh Generation Education Services A new wave of entrepreneurs on a mission to improve our education system with innovative technologies and services. These companies are improving student outcomes, teacher effectiveness, and school nutrition. EdSurge, MasteryConnect, Presence Learning, Revolution Foods, Ten Marks Consumer and Core Technology Businesses with a focus on strong, protectable intellectual property. These ventures are inventing new forms of hardware, software, and materials to revolutionize large industrial and commercial enterprises. Banyan Water, eSilicon, Grid Net, Linden Lab, Lux Research, Modumetal, Quri Our Team Were entrepreneurs first and investors second. We apply proven operating experience to help build mission-driven businesses with lasting value. Jed Smith Mark Silverman Tory Patterson Kate Chhabra Amit Patel Get In Touch Below are the four key attributes we look for in every investment. Most importantly, we invest in teams with a defensible plan to grow a category-leading business driven by an authentic mission at its core. Catamount Ventures map 400 Pacific Ave., 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94133 Tel: 415.277.0300Fax: 415.277.0301 [email protected] Menlo Park Office Closed for renovation. We prefer that all business plans be sent via email to: [email protected] Huge Market Potential We are looking for innovative and industry-changing businesses that will impact large and important markets. Building big businesses takes patience, capital, and a lot of hard work. We partner with world-changing entrepreneurs disrupting large categories. Sustainable Competitive Advantage We are looking for companies that can sustainably differentiate themselves from the competition. Our companies do this through mission, technology, intellectual property, business model, partners, branding, and a top-notch team. A World-Class Team We are looking for world-class entrepreneurs and teams. We seek people who share our core values and who want to build great boards and work with top talent. We know that alignment among the team, board, and investors is a critical part of success. Number One We are looking for companies that intend to lead a well-defined market. Leaders, whatever the field, are able to hire the best teams, form the best partnerships, and achieve the best business metrics. Companies achieving number one market position create lasting value and outstanding wealth.