Catapult Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based seed-stage venture capital firm investing in deep-tech startups at the intersection of hardware, embedded systems, and software. Founded in 2018 by Darren Liccardo and Rouz Jazayeri, the firm focuses on AI, automation, robotics, and IoT across automotive, aerospace, semiconductor, and industrial sectors.
Average disclosed round size is $25.4M (across 37 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
37
Fund Size
$55M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
5
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
50 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 ANELLO Photonics | Unknown | $25M | May 2026 |
 OpenLight: | Unknown | $50M | Apr 2026 |
 HYFIX | Seed | $15M | Apr 2026 |
 Array Labs | Series A | $20M | Jan 2026 |
 Array | Series A | $20M | Jan 2026 |
 Eridu AI | Unknown | $200M | Jan 2026 |
| OpenLight: | Unknown | $50M | Jan 2026 |
| OpenLight: | Series A | $34M | Aug 2025 |
 Biostate AI | Series A | $12M | May 2025 |
 Urban Sky | Series B | $30M | Feb 2025 |
| EElastixai | Seed | $16M | Jan 2025 |
| Biostate AI | Seed | $12M | Jan 2025 |
 Camera Intelligence | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Pickle Robot | Series B | $50M | Nov 2024 |
 Pickle | Series B | $50M | Nov 2024 |
 Anello | Series B | — | Nov 2024 |
| ANELLO Photonics | Series B | — | Nov 2024 |
 CroBio | Seed | — | Apr 2024 |
| Urban Sky | Series A | $9.8M | Oct 2023 |
 Mythic | Series A | $13M | Mar 2023 |
 Urban Machine | Seed | — | Dec 2022 |
| Pickle Robot | Series A | $26M | Nov 2022 |
| Anello | Series A | $28M | Oct 2021 |
 Elroy Air | Series A | $40M | Aug 2021 |
 QV Bioelectronics | Seed | — | Jun 2021 |
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Top Co-Investors
New Legacy Ventures9 shared
One Madison Group7 shared
Lockheed Martin Ventures5 shared
Third Kind Venture Capital4 shared
Hyperplane4 shared
Toyota Ventures4 shared
Kubota Corporation4 shared
Capricorn Investment Group4 shared
GV3 shared
BoxGroup3 shared
Washington Harbour Partners3 shared
In-Q-Tel3 shared
Union Labs3 shared
NGP Capital3 shared
Autotech Ventures3 shared
Madrona Venture Group3 shared
Yamaha Motor Ventures3 shared
Acclimate Ventures3 shared
Xora3 shared
Mayfield Fund3 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026