NYC-based venture capital firm Stage 2 Capital announced 15 companies that are joining its 2023 Catalyst program.
The group consists of B2B software companies across a wide range of verticals, from DevOps to GenAI to payment processing to data infrastructure and beyond.
A standalone program and fund within Stage 2 Capital, the Catalyst brings a hands-on approach to helping young startups build long-term, sustainable revenue engines. It’s backed by go-to-market (GTM) executives from top B2B software companies — like Datadog, Box, Gong, Snowflake, Twilio, Stripe, Tableau, Toast, Databricks, Zapier, WalkMe, Udemy and more — who also get directly involved in mentoring and advising the portfolio.
As part of the Catalyst, companies receive investment and participate in the Catalyst Curriculum, an 11-week program focused on executing the full spectrum of go-to-market, including creating a customer success playbook, hiring the first marketer, creating compensation plans for the sales team, building a defensible moats, etc.
Led by Sean Po, Partner, the program provides companies with training from the firm’s team and direct 1:1 implementation coaching from the Catalyst’s GTM executive LPs. Companies also get access to Stage 2 Capital’s proprietary templates and worksheets along with the broader Stage 2 Capital venture network.
Co-founded in 2018 by Jay Po, former investor at Bessemer Venture Partners, and Mark Roberge, founding CRO at HubSpot, Stage 2 Capital invests in B2B software companies between late seed stage and Series A. The go-to-market venture capital firm combines capital and GTM execution expertise, leveraging its elite LP base of 500+ senior executives from unicorns and Fortune 500 firms to help portfolio companies scale revenue and accelerate growth.
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30/07/2023