Catalyst Cap Intro: Defense Tech Investing 2022 | Catalyst Financial Partners | 31 October 2022 | TBA, New York City

The Defense Industrial Bases of the US and allied countries are playing catch up after decades of neglect to other national priorities and industry-wide over-consolidation. In response, governments have come to understand the importance of synchronizing capital, innovation and national security. The new aim(1) is to incentivizing innovation through competition – akin to the successful commercial tech VC/PE industries – and thus driving the private sector to offer the defense industries its best technical solutions at a best-value cost and price.

This investor event showcases Defense Tech focused funds and companies to investors. The underlying tech includes next-era defense applications, including: UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems), UWAS (Underwater Autonomous Systems), Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV), Drone and Counter-drone systems, Sensors and Surveillance, Renewable Energy solutions, Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Composites, Medtech solutions, Augmented Reality, Robotics, Space tech, A.I. and Data Analytics, among others.

The introductions are arranged prior the events, in an investor driven fashion based on the merits of each manager and the requests made by the investors. There are no service providers, only managers and investors.

Investors are pre-screened and pre-qualified prior the events, by completing a COIN questionnaire. Investors constitute predominantly single and multi-family offices, investor intermediaries, and end-investors, located in the US but also internationally.

This event production builds on Catalyst’s history and successful track record in putting together industry-recognized and effective capital raising events.

Rationale to attend:

Managers:
• Get in-depth private meetings with active investors
• Each event has a special strategy, industry or asset class focus, to increase the fit with the investors
• Meetings are investor driven, with investors requesting to meet with managers
• Fees are competitive and early registration is rewarded
• If a manager does not get enough investor interest before an event, you may cancel and be partly refunded

Investors::
• Meet with managers in a certain sector or asset class in an extremely time efficient format
• Benefit from getting introduced to managers that are institutional ready and alpha oriented
• Attendance is complimentary, granted that you enroll in COIN and qualify as an investor
• Review the short-listed managers before the event, and only select managers you like; no 'minimum set' of meetings necessary
• Benefit from learning from fellow investors' questions and perspectives

2022 Partners

• BarclayHedge
• PRIVATEBANKING
• Savvy Investor