Partner. Build. Transform.

Connecting startups and industry to accelerate real-world innovation. Capital is just the start. We activate a purpose‑built, global ecosystem of strategic corporates and market expertise to help solutions scale where they matter most. Because transformation won’t happen in isolation.


The Ecosystem.

In addition to institutional investors, we partner with leading international corporations across healthcare, financial services / insurance, mobility & energy, consumer / retail and more. These aren’t soft intros or passive investors in our funds. They’re active collaborators with portfolio companies. These are transformation partners.


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The Platform.

We invest in high‑potential startups, connect them with industry leaders and help build commercial pathways—pilots, partnerships and scaled deployments—in markets worldwide.

WHO IT’s FOR

Startups:

Collaborate directly with industry from day one — pilots, partnerships, co‑developing products, distribution and market expansion

Corporations:

Structured access to emerging technologies and startups to navigate open transformation in the AI era

Investors / LPs:

A differentiated venture model that leverages an active corporate ecosystem to unlock growth, diversification and strategic outcomes across key industries


Testimonials.

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Nicolas Dufourcq

"A wonderful and unique investment platform in the world providing a very fluid and adaptable ecosystem among 3 continents. Bpifrance is positively impacted by the exceptional transactions that Cathay carried out. Congratulations to Cathay Innovation for its ability to see trends which others don't."

Nicolas Dufourcq

CEO of Bpifrance

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Jacques Aschenbroich

"Cathay brings a new brick to our decade-long policy of open innovation, supporting the integration of innovative technologies in the automotive sector. As the automobile becomes more digital and connected, the partnership provides new opportunities to interact with innovative startups across China, Europe and the US."

Jacques Aschenbroich

Chairman & CEO, Valeo

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Thomas Clozel

"Cathay Innovation has an incredible global network and deep experience helping companies scale globally. The team has made several key introductions that accelerated our progress in expanding relationships with pharmaceutical and hospital partners all over the world. Since they first invested in 2017, we have cemented several new relationships resulting in over $50M of revenues in 2022, a unrivalled level in the AI / biotech industry."

Thomas Clozel

M.D., CEO and Co-Founder of Owkin

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Oscar Pierre

"Partnering with Cathay Innovation as an early investor was essential to our evolution from a strong regional delivery player to a leading multi-continental business. Their global view and incredible network of some of the largest brands accelerated our growth and supported us on our journey to fundamentally shift how millions of people in cities across the world get their local products."

Oscar Pierre

CEO of Glovo

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