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Catalyst Fund Activity

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Founding Partner Maelis Carraro profiled discussing the fund's climate-resilience thesis and Africa strategy.

Maelis Carraro, Founding Partner at Catalyst Fund: Championing climate tech innovation in Africa

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Essay

Published a firm-history essay tracing Catalyst Fund's evolution from a philanthropic inclusive-fintech accelerator to an equity climate-tech VC.

Ventures for resilience: Catalyst Fund's journey from philanthropic fintech accelerator to climate tech VC

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Essay

Published an investment rationale essay on OKOA, an interoperable EV battery-swapping network for Africa's motorcycle-taxi economy.

OKOA

OKOA Catalyst Fund

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New Fund

Reached a $30M second close of Catalyst Climate Resilience Fund I, adding IFC, FASA, Shell Foundation, Trafigura Foundation, SpeedInvest, Blink Impact, and We-Fi; plans to invest in 40 ventures across Africa.

Catalyst Climate Resilience Fund I — second close ($30M)

thecatalystfund.comJUL 2, 2026

shellfoundation.org

fundmomentum.vc

JUL 2, 2026