Our team

We’ve started and run organizations ourselves. Since 2023, we’ve helped launch 20+ organizations.

  • Alexandra Bos

    Co-founder & CEO

    Co-founded Catalyze in 2023 and has led it since. Under her, Catalyze has supported 20+ organizations that have raised more than $175M.

  • Hugo Walrand

    Co-founder

    Launched two companies. Former CTO of a 70-person organization.

  • Thom Norman

    Policy & biosecurity

    Co-founded FarmKind, which redirected the equivalent of 1% of all animal welfare funding at the time. Former UK government lawyer.

  • Trish Kennelly

    Founder coaching

    Former COO of On Deck, the founder community behind 1,000+ startups that have raised over $2B. Helped grow it from pre-funding to Series B and launched its accelerator. Has coached 100+ founders 1:1.

  • Ivan Bercovich

    Venture partner

    Co-founder of ScOp, a $120M+ venture fund. Multiple-time founder; former VP of Engineering at Graphiq, acquired by Amazon.

Ryan Kidd, CEO of MATS, sits on our board.

Our mission

Catalyze brings together exceptional founders and a new wave of funding to launch projects that bend the trajectory of transformative AI toward a better world.

Many AI experts believe we have just a few years to shape where transformative AI goes. While AI capabilities move forward at a blistering pace, many of the fundamental requirements for safe AI and resilient societies remain unbuilt.

Funding isn’t the problem. Billions of dollars are waiting to be deployed. What the field lacks is world-class founders who are launching and scaling the organizations that address its most important bottlenecks.

At Catalyze we find these founders, whether they have built companies before or are experts in their own field. We help them choose the right problem, then connect them with funders and with the experts who know that problem best, so they can launch companies and nonprofits to solve it.

The Catalyze team

The Funding Network

Two networks for seed and pre-seed funders, one for investors and one for grantmakers.

Join the Funding Networkfunding.network@catalyze-impact.org

  • Catalyze Investor Network

    For VCs and angel investors who can invest $50K or more a year in early-stage startups. Members co-invest, and each decides independently.

  • Seed Funding Circle

    For individuals and foundations who can donate $50K or more a year to new nonprofits. Members decide for themselves or defer to expert regrantors. At this stage, $50K to $300K can be enough to launch an ambitious new organization.

Rounds run 2–4 times a year. In each round, members get access to a set of curated early-stage organizations. Expect 2 to 10 hours per round, with no minimum financial commitment.

Catalyze Impact is a 501(c)(3) public charity incorporated in Colorado.

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