Venture Capital
Cathay Innovation
Cathay Innovation backs early-stage and high-growth companies, typically pre-profit, from Paris, France. It states a focus on software & internet, healthcare & life sciences, financial services and consumer & retail.
Stated investment criteria
What Cathay Innovation says it buys
Read from Cathay Innovation’s own website in August 2026. This is what the firm says it buys, not what anyone has recorded it buying, and figures are shown in the currency the firm itself used - nothing here is converted. Every line links to the page it was read from.
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Portfolio
Disclosed holdings
Companies Cathay Innovation lists on its own website. No investment years are published. 1 has a recorded transaction against it in the deal archive.
| Company | Invested | Years held | Recorded transaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMI Labs | — | — | — |
| Bioptimus | — | — | — |
| Chime | — | — | $576m 2015 |
| Galaxea | — | — | — |
| Glovo | — | — | — |
| Ledger | — | — | — |
| Momenta | — | — | — |
| Moonshot AI | — | — | — |
| Nabla | — | — | — |
| Palmpay | — | — | — |
| Pinduoduo | — | — | — |
| Wallbox | — | — | — |
Compiled from Cathay Innovation’s published portfolio page. Where a recorded transaction is shown, that company was the target of a reported deal and has most likely already been realised. Nothing here is represented as being for sale.
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