Katapult invests in and accelerates tech startups focused on positive impact in areas such as ocean technology, agriculture, food, and climate solutions in Africa.

Katapult

We work to make impact investing mainstream and mobilize capital and businesses to deliver positive impact. We accelerate and invest in Ocean and African companies solving the world’s greatest challenges. 

Katapult VC is a investment company with two investment strategies focusing on impact driven climate ventures. In total, Katapult has made 169 investments in impact ventures globally.
Our two investment teams and themes are:
🌊 Katapult Ocean, the world’s most active ocean impact venture fund investing globally and recognized as a Top Investor by World Economic Forum, Uplink and Top50 Climate investors. Katapult Ocean is a founding member of the 1000 ocean startups coalition.
🌍 Katapult Africa, the pan-African investment fund based in Kigali and Nairobi invests food, ag and climate ventures.

In 2021, Katapult launched the Katapult Foundation with the goal to build a larger network of impact investors.

Katapult also hosts the annual Katapult Future Fest in Oslo, bringing together founders, investors and some of the most prominent people and organizations within impact investment

Hvordan AI revolusjonerer fremtidens teknologiinvesteringer? Vi står ved en skjæringspunkt der kunstig intelligens begynner å forme tidligfase investeringer. Med bare 15% av investorene som bruker AI aktivt, er det mye som står på spill. Hvordan vil økt datatilgang og avanserte AI-modeller påvirke investeringsprosessene? Kan algoritmer erstatte investeringsteam, og hvordan endres relasjonsdrevet investering?

Bli med ombord på MS Søgne under Arendalsuka, og ta del i en innsiktsfull diskusjon om hvordan #AI kan omdefinere #venturekapital og #teknologiinvesteringer.

Tid: 12. august, 13:00-14:30  
Sted: MS Søgne, Arendalsbadet

Moderator: Fredrik Winther, CSO, Katapult / Working Chair, NorthStar Impact Analytics
Panel: Siri M. Kalvig, CEO, Nysnø Climate Investments; Trond Riiber Knudsen, TRK Group AS; Torkel Engeness, Venturist, Sandwater

Next week, we're hosting a series of events aboard MS Søgne by Arendalsbadet during Arendalsuka ⛴️ We'll dive into topics such as impact investing, tech innovation, sustainable growth, and how we can facilitate for more startups and scaleups to thrive.

We’re working together with NAST - Norwegian Alliance for Startups & Tech, Mesh Community, NorthStar Impact Analytics, The Conduit Oslo, TheFactory - Accelerator & VC, Startuplab, Nysnø Climate Investments, and other key players in the ecosystem to bring these discussions to life. Whether you're an entrepreneur, investor, or just passionate about these areas, we’d love for you to join us 🌊

Check out the full agenda here: https://lnkd.in/damfVKsM 

We look forward to connecting with you on board MS Søgne. Swing by, share your thoughts, and participate in the conversations.

See you next week! 

Fredrik Winther Anders Mjåset Ingar S. Bentsen Per Einar Dybvik Dilek Ayhan Tharald Nustad Ida Faldbakken Anine Willums Karp

#Arendalsuka2024 #ImpactInvesting #Innovation #Sustainability #TechForGood #Startups #Networking

Wow... 🤯 AI-powered materials discovery portfolio company Materials Nexus has just created a novel permanent magnet 'MagNex'.

Magnets are vital to green technology across the globe (EVs, wind turbines & much more) but MagNex is uniquely:-
🌿 rare-earth free
🏭 70% lower CO2 emissions
💰 20% lower cost
🚀 designed & created in 3 months (vs 50 years)!!

And the best part? Magnets are just the beginning... 🔎 🌍 

Congratulations to Jonathan Bean and the entire Materials Nexus team and here's to a net-zero materials future (in months, not years)!

Katapult, Carl Strøm Walton, Tharald Nustad, Jonas Skattum Svegaarden

#impactinvesting #climatetech #machinelearning #materialscience #innovation

❄ Snow measurement has traditionally required Winter fieldwork. It's dangerous and expensive, and there is a better way. 

🚁 With Wegaw, Metro Vancouver has eliminated the need to fly helicopters to undertake snow surveys.  

📉 They've reduced costs, their carbon footprint, and, most importantly, the risk to personnel. 

You can read more about it in the article by our CTO Thomas J. and get in touch with us to know more!

https://lnkd.in/eCU-C3jV  

#hydropower #innovation #snow

🌊 Katapult Ocean's Impact report is out! We're proud to have 64 great ocean companies in our portfolio. Please have a look and let us know what you think!


Jonas Skattum Svegaarden, Ross Brooks, Ingrid H. Maurstad, Sam Selig, Maren Gaarder, Anthony Bellafiore, Kabir P., Marcus Hølland Eikeland, Tharald Nustad, Sindre Østgård, Alison Fort, Evita Chiang Zanuso

Katapult couldn't be more excited to be part of the journey with portfolio company Sparxell 🌈 and congratulate the team on closing the >$3mn seed round!

Colour #pigments (#glitter) is used across global fashion, cosmetics, paint & packaging and it can be visually captivating, but it is also a global impact disaster...
📛 microplastic pollution
📛 land depletion
📛 energy intensive supply chains
📛 indirectly contributes to child labour (from mica mining)

Sparxell's solution goes back to nature with the world’s first 100% natural, high-performance biodegradable colour platform made with plant-based cellulose.

To quote the (fantastic) team:-
🌈 Next stop: Series A.
🌈 Final destination: a bright and colourful world that doesn't harm the earth.

Benjamin Droguet, Simon Kew
Tharald Nustad, Carl Strøm Walton

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