Cathay Innovation continues to strengthen its European footprint specifically in Germany and DACH countries. Michael Schuster will be responsible for sourcing investment in and supporting the most promising startups in the region. Paris, 11 January 2024 – Today,Cathay Innovation announced the appointment of Michael Schuster as Venture Partner. His mission is to develop Cathay Innovation’s […]
Faced with the generative AI revolution which is shaking up the global technological sphere, Cathay Innovation wants to become the springboard for French startups in the sector. Denis Barrier, the co-founder and managing director of the fund, explains his approach to achieving this. […]
Cathay Innovation’s FrenchTech AI Initiative In the 1990’s France was at the top of R&D and products in areas like telecom, ATM, high speed fiber or network research. Then came the digital and data economy era when most of Europe fell behind as Silicon Valley and tech giants like Google or Facebook rose. This was […]
Marking the 3rd time on the list, CI is 1 of 8 firms in Europe (1 of 3 in France) alongside Index Ventures, Sofinnova Partners, Eurazeo, EQT, Northzone, Forbion & HV Capital […]
Firm continues to deepen industry expertise in AI and key verticals including consumer, fintech, digital health and energy New Paris-based Partner represents latest expansion following launch of €1B global fund Paris, September 15, 2023 — Today, venture capital firm Cathay Innovation announced the appointment of Bruno Delahaye as Partner in Paris, leading its consumer practice […]
From ranking #40 in 2020 to #32 in 2022, we are 1 of 4 firms in Europe (1 of 2 in France), alongside Index Ventures, Sofinnova Partners and Forbion, representing the fast growing venture capital and startup ecosystems in the EU […]
With #QVCS, Maddyness profiles different funds to give founders and entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right investor. Today, we speak to Denis Barrier, Head of Cathay Innovation. […]
Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund (CAIF), a Pan-African fund launched via a partnership between AfricInvest, a multi-asset investment platform in Africa and Cathay Innovation, a European-born but global-focused venture capital firm, has achieved a final close of €110 million. […]
Global venture capital firm Cathay Innovation has announced its third fund, targeting €1 billion ($1.05 billion) at a broad gamut of companies and technologies around the world. […]
The fund wants to back companies working on the sustainable transformation of industries. […]