Your investment catalyst, helping you transform challenges into opportunities.
Our Portfolio
QuTEM
InvitePeople
Alternativa
S4DX
Valega Chain Analytics
iReality
WebbEss
Meal Makers
Flinker
Manico
Sharpfin
Näktergal
Skawen
Smaller Holdings
Why partner with Katalysen?
LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES
Since 2016, Katalysen has been helping entrepreneurs navigate exits, mergers, acquisitions, pivots, rebrands, key partnerships, co-investments, and more. We have dedicated our careers to working alongside entrepreneurs and investors. We have built companies, invested in them, raised capital, failed with founders, and ultimately succeeded with them. We have shared our advice with 1000s of entrepreneurs and investors across the globe. Along the way, we have learned invaluable lessons that ultimately make us a much better partner to you.
Our friends BECOME your friends
If you do something long enough, you end up making friends. Having founded, developed, and financed ventures since the 1980s, we have built a wide network of trusted partners, investors, and industry experts. These relationships are not just contacts in a database. They are people we have worked with, learned from, and supported over the years. When you partner with Katalysen, you gain access to this network. We almost always co-invest alongside them, creating strong alignment and shared commitment to success.
Equity is king
“Cash is king,” or so the saying goes. More often than not, cash is a scarce resource when companies face special situation challenges and opportunities. Instead, we argue that “equity is king.” We step in as an investment catalyst and take on an operational role to transform challenges into opportunities. As investors in the transformation, we are compensated for this work through shared upside, ensuring that our success is directly tied to yours.
YOUR MOST HONEST PARTNER
Through equity, we ensure win-win outcomes. Honesty and transparency become rational, not just aspirational. With shared upside, everyone is incentivized to focus less on appearances and more on solving challenges. Real progress comes from clear-eyed assessments, tough conversations, and decisive action. All of this is only possible in a partnership built on trust and true alignment.
FAQ
Do you have a sector focus?
We help entrepreneurs and investors transform challenges into opportunities. The companies we work with most often run B2B business models and are typically based in Europe. However, we are open to exceptions if the opportunity is compelling enough.
You say you also collaborate with investors?
Yes. Over the past year, many investors have approached us with challenges from their portfolios, asking if we can develop a mutual plan to turn those challenges into opportunities.
What are some typical challenges that you may look at?
This varies greatly, but we are open to any opportunity that combines an interesting deal with an interesting company. In the past, we have helped founders exit to industry leaders, supported mergers to enhance products or expand client bases, turned companies around from near bankruptcy, facilitated management buyouts, advised on critical pivots, and more. We always do this as an investor.
I am still not sure if we could collaborate. Could we have an exploratory chat?
Yes! We are always happy to schedule a meeting to get to know fellow entrepreneurs and investors. Just reach out to us at contact@katalysen.com or email one of our team members directly from the “About Us” page.