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    Cathay Innovation

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2015

    Cathay Innovation is a global venture capital firm that invests in early-growth digital startups across North America, Europe, and China. Their strategy focuses on supporting technology entrepreneurs who are committed to the sustainable transformation of industries, particularly through AI-driven solutions in sectors such as digital health, fintech, consumer services, mobility, and energy.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months vs 7 prior). Their most common stage is series-b (48% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $55.9M (across 52 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    52

    Fund Size

    $2.5B

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Team

    JA

    Jacky Abitbol

    Managing Partner

    RK

    Rajive Keshup

    Partner, SEA

    DB

    Denis Barrier

    Co-Founder & CEO

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    52 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    GenLogs logoGenLogsSeries B$60MFeb 2026
    Tucuvi logoTucuviSeries A$20MJan 2026
    Nabla logoNablaSeries C$70MJun 2025
    Abacum logoAbacumSeries B$52.5MJun 2025
    Bioptimus logoBioptimusSeries A$41MJan 2025
    Nelly logoNellySeries B$51MJan 2025
    AQEMIA logoAQEMIASeries B$38MDec 2024
    Range logoRangeSeries B$28MNov 2024
    Ghost logoGhostSeries C$40MOct 2024
    David Energy logoDavid EnergySeries B$23MSep 2024
    Resilience logoResilienceUnknown$25MMay 2024
    Bioptimus logoBioptimusSeed$35MFeb 2024
    Nabla logoNablaSeries B$24MJan 2024
    Cafler logoCaflerSeed$8MSep 2023
    Ghost logoGhostSeries B$30MAug 2023
    Clivi logoCliviSeed$10MJun 2023
    IInatoSeries A$20MMar 2023
    Ledger logoLedgerSeries C$108MMar 2023
    Reebelo logoReebeloSeries A$29MMar 2023
    Medwing logoMedwingSeries C$47MMar 2023
    Igloo, Inc. logoIgloo, Inc.Series B$46MNov 2022
    Skan.ai logoSkan.aiSeries B$40MMar 2022
    AI Rudder logoAI RudderSeries B$50MMar 2022
    Ledger logoLedgerGrowth$380MFeb 2022
    Resilience logoResilienceSeries A$45MJan 2022
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    Top Co-Investors

    Seaya10 shared
    Picus Capita4 shared
    Idinvest4 shared
    10T Holdings3 shared
    Bpifrance's Large Venture fund3 shared
    I2BF2 shared
    Sofinnova Partners2 shared
    Singular2 shared
    MACSF2 shared
    Rakuten2 shared
    Atomico2 shared
    Y Combinator2 shared

    Last updated: 12 April 2026