Catapult Ventures

Catapult Ventures invests in early-stage hard-tech startups across automotive, aerospace, semiconductor, robotics, IoT, and automation. Catapult Ventures was founded by Darren Liccardo and Rouz Jazayeri. Together, they have over three decades of operational experience. They approach investing from the perspective of having been in the trenches, and with an appreciation for the practical aspects of building technology in a revenue-generating business. We invest in pre-seed and seed-stage startups at the intersection of hardware, embedded systems, and software. We believe that leveraging the synergies between these domains can enable innovations that otherwise would not be possible. We look for founders who create a competitive advantage with interdisciplinary thinking.