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Cathay Innovation

Multi-stage global venture firm connecting startups with large corporate partners in AI and other sectors

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TrustList summary

Cathay Innovation is a multi-stage venture capital firm founded in Paris in 2015. It is affiliated with Cathay Capital and invests in startups on several continents. Its main feature is a platform linking young companies with large corporations that can adopt their products.

What Cathay Innovation offers

Multi-stage investment: backs startups across Europe, North America, China, Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa.
Corporate ecosystem: introduces founders to large company partners so innovation can scale in real industries.
Applied AI focus: invests in AI for healthcare, finance, commerce, energy and infrastructure.
Crypto and fintech: includes security for decentralised finance and digital banking.

Clients

The firm works with founders and with corporate and institutional partners. Portfolio examples include a pan-African neobank, an autonomous driving company, a digital bank in the US, a European delivery platform and a social commerce company. Named partners include Bpifrance, BNP Paribas Cardif, L'Oreal, TotalEnergies and Valeo.

Key facts

Founded: 2015, in Paris
Affiliation: Cathay Capital
Regions: six global regions

Summary written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

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Rankings

Cathay Innovation is ranked on 4 TrustList rankings: #3 on 1, #11 on 1, #15 on 1 and #26 on 1.

Every ranking orders its listings by their reviews, how complete the profile is and the Trust Score. Cathay Innovation has no reviews yet and 3 of the 10 profile details we look for. Where no listing on a page has been reviewed, the order follows the profiles alone.

Investor · 4 rankings

#3of 7
Marketplace investors
It is the only one of the 7 here listing deep tech and healthtech.
Of the 7 here, 4 also cover series a and 4 also cover pre seed.
Behind Deep Fork Capital, ahead of Access Venture Partners.
#11of 58
Deep tech investors
It is the only one of the top 57 here listing marketplaces and SaaS.
Of the top 57 here, 26 also cover artificial intelligence and 23 also cover seed stage; 12 also work in Silicon Valley and 6 also work in New York City.
Behind 1517 Fund, ahead of Magnetic Ventures.
#15of 111
Ai investors
It is one of 4 here listing venture capital.
Of the top 68 here, 21 also cover SaaS and 18 also cover deep tech; 12 also work in London and 9 also work in San Francisco.
Behind Female Founders Fund, ahead of Illuminate Ventures.
#26of 92
Healthtech investors
It is one of 17 here listing artificial intelligence.
Of the top 62 here, 13 also cover partners and 11 also cover biotech; 9 also work in Boston and 5 also work in Hong Kong.
Behind Female Founders Fund, ahead of Optum Ventures.