Caterpillar is a corporate venture arm. Team members are concentrated in Irving, Texas, United States. Among the 10 companies in the known portfolio are Airware, Redwood Materials, IronPlanet, Aatmunn, Palladyne AI and Datapipe.
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Who to pitch at Caterpillar
Caterpillar portfolio companies (10)
- Airware
- Redwood Materials
- IronPlanet
- Aatmunn
- Palladyne AI
- Datapipe
- Lithos Energy
- MineSense Technologies
- Victoria Gold
- Vincennes University
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About Caterpillar
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Climate, Hardware and SaaS, and focus areas Autonomous Vehicles, Battery, Clean Energy and Computer Vision; known deals cluster at Growth, Late-Stage and Seed.
The team counts 6 people in our database. Mike Mahan (Director), Jihad Salahuddin (Director) and Stephanie Wheelwright (Senior Portfolio Manager) are shown as the contacts to pitch.
Across the known portfolio, 13 co-investors appear alongside Caterpillar, including Barton Malow Company, Alex. Brown - Raymond James and Volvo Group.
Frequently asked questions
What is Caterpillar?
Caterpillar is a corporate venture arm whose team is concentrated in Irving, Texas, United States, with a known portfolio of 10 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Caterpillar invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Climate, Hardware and SaaS; listed focus areas include Autonomous Vehicles, Battery, Clean Energy and Computer Vision. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Caterpillar invest at?
The known deals of Caterpillar include Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Caterpillar?
3 of the 6 people on file at Caterpillar are listed as contacts for the firm. All 6 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Caterpillar?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 6 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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