Catalyst Series A (2026)

Summary

Catalyst announced a $30 million round led by Sequoia Capital on 2026-10-08. The company's own post names Jump, Lux Capital, AntiFund, Selini Capital, Peak XV Partners and SF1 as participants, and Fortune, Wilson Sonsini and Crypto Briefing name Jump Trading, Peak XV, Lux Capital, AntiFund, Coinbase and Premji Invest. FinSMEs and the Raise Track Update of 2026-10-09 list all nine investors shown here, with Coinbase as Coinbase Ventures. The Raise Track Update and FinSMEs call the round a Series A, which this page follows. The company's own post, Sequoia, Fortune, Wilson Sonsini and Crypto Briefing call it a seed round.

Investors

Lead

• Sequoia Capital lead

Participating

• SF1 participant
• Selini Capital participant
• Jump Trading participant
• Peak XV Partners participant
• Lux Capital participant
• AntiFund participant
• Coinbase Ventures participant
• Premji Invest participant

Sources

Last verified: 2026-10-09

1. https://x.com/CatalystLabsX/status/2108255083976880528
   Type: company announcement. Accessed 2026-10-09.
   Catalyst post on X from @CatalystLabsX, 2026-10-08 17:55 UTC. Says it raised a $30M seed round led by Sequoia, with participation from Jump, Lux Capital, AntiFund, Selini Capital, Peak XV Partners, SF1 and others.
2. https://sequoiacap.com/article/partnering-with-catalyst-turning-ideas-into-trades
   Type: official investor website. Accessed 2026-10-09.
   Sequoia Capital post dated 2026-10-08. Says Sequoia is leading Catalyst's seed round and describes the founders and the team's backgrounds at Palantir, Scale AI, Citadel, Hudson River Trading and Jump Trading.
3. https://fortune.com/2026/10/08/sequoia-backed-catalyst-raises-30-million-build-ai-trading-agents-everyday-investors/
   Type: reputable publication. Accessed 2026-10-09.
   Fortune article dated 2026-10-08 (11:31 UTC). Reports that Sequoia led Catalyst's $30 million seed round, with Jump Trading, PeakXV, Lux Capital, AntiFund, Coinbase and Premji Invest, and that Justin Zheng and Dylan Iskandar cofounded the company in 2025.
4. https://www.wsgr.com/en/insights/wilson-sonsini-advises-catalyst-on-dollar30-million-seed-funding.html
   Type: other verified public source. Accessed 2026-10-09.
   Wilson Sonsini client highlight dated 2026-10-08. Says Catalyst announced a $30 million seed round led by Sequoia Capital on 2026-10-08, with Jump Trading, PeakXV, Lux Capital, AntiFund, Coinbase and Premji Invest.
5. https://cryptobriefing.com/catalyst-raises-30m-ai-trading-agents/
   Type: reputable publication. Accessed 2026-10-09.
   Crypto Briefing article dated 2026-10-08. Reports a $30 million seed round led by Sequoia Capital with Jump Trading, Peak XV, Lux Capital, AntiFund, Coinbase and Premji Invest, and says Catalyst was founded in 2025.
6. https://www.finsmes.com/2026/10/catalyst-raises-usd30m-in-series-a-funding.html
   Type: reputable publication. Accessed 2026-10-09.
   FinSMEs article dated 2026-10-09. Gives the San Francisco, CA location and reports USD30m led by Sequoia Capital with SF1, Selini Capital, Jump Trading, Peak XV Partners, Lux Capital, AntiFund, Coinbase Ventures and Premji Invest. It calls the round a Series A; the company and the other sources call it a seed round.
7. https://buttondown.com/raisetrack/archive/raise-track-update-2026-10-09/
   Type: other verified public source. Accessed 2026-10-09.
   Raise Track Update issue #111 for 2026-10-09, sent 2026-10-09 22:09 UTC (Buttondown archive). Source of the round label, amount and investor list used on this page.