Amazon Catalytic Capital

Amazon Catalytic Capital

Amazon Catalytic Capital is Amazon 's investment fund with an initial commitment to invest $150 million in venture capital (VC) funds, accelerators, incubators, and venture studios that have a track record of and commitment to investing in startups with underrepresented founders. We aim to provide more startups led by underrepresented founders with access to capital, executive mentorship, and partnership and collaboration opportunities to help bring their ideas to fruition.

We hope that our investment will be catalytic - sparking a force-multiplying effect by inspiring others to invest, fostering inclusion and innovation, positively impacting communities, and creating generational wealth and financial return.

What We Do

To drive change that both scales and sustains, we invest in funds not only with capital but also additional resources for underlying portfolio companies:

Capital

Executive Mentorship

Access

Our Portfolio

Amazon Catalytic Capital has made investments in the following funds:

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Contact us

If you are a venture capital fund, venture studio, accelerator, or incubator that is committed to investing in underrepresented startup founders, we invite you to get in touch with Amazon Catalytic Capital here - do not include information that you consider confidential or proprietary. If there's a good fit with what we're looking for, we will get in touch.
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