MAY 22, 2025, NEW YORK – Catalyst Investors is among the top 20 firms (15 out of 278) in the 2024 HEC Paris Dow Jones Growth Capital Performance Ranking. The ranking evaluates top-performing growth capital firms worldwide across funds raised between 2011 and 2020 and draws on a comprehensive set of performance metrics to measure each firm’s ability to deliver returns for their investors.
“We are honored to be recognized by HEC Paris Dow Jones, and this achievement reflects the experience and depth of our investment team, our disciplined and singular focus on the growth stage, and the exceptional efforts of our portfolio company management teams,” said Brian Rich, Managing Partner at Catalyst Investors. “For the last 25 years, we have had the privilege of partnering with exceptional management teams, leveraging our experience and value-add capabilities to accelerate growth and create enduring value.”
This year’s ranking analyzed performance data from 278 growth capital firms (up from 106 firms the year prior) and 505 funds with an aggregate equity volume of $329 billion. This analysis, which was conducted by HEC Paris Professor Oliver Gottschalg, employs a unique methodology to calculate each firm’s overall performance, factoring in both relative and absolute returns, as well as aggregate performance across vintage years.
This year’s ranking saw increased global competition – a testament to the growing depth and dynamism of the growth equity landscape.
Further detail on the ranking, including the methodology for selection, can be found here.
About Catalyst Investors
Catalyst Investors is a growth equity firm based in New York. Over the past 25 years, Catalyst has invested in rapidly growing technology companies and has established a successful track record of partnering with entrepreneurs and helping companies scale. Recent investments and exits include Burro, Breezeway, BrightFarms, EDB, Fusion, Ninety, Pax8, Presence, Sevaro, Tava, and Weave. For more information, visit www.catalyst.com.
Published on May 12, 2025, the 2024 HEC Paris Dow Jones Growth Capital Performance Ranking measures global growth capital firms’ ability to deliver returns for their investors. This ranking considered 278 growth capital firms and the 505 funds they raised between 2011 and 2020, with an aggregate equity volume of $329bn. Catalyst Investors did not pay to promote this recognition. The HEC Paris Dow Jones Growth Capital Performance Ranking should not be considered an endorsement of Catalyst Investors or its funds by the authors or distributors of the ranking.