Katalys Partners

Katalys Partners is a strategic holding company based in Indonesia, focusing on long-term equity investments in promising start-ups and SMEs, primarily in the Food & Agriculture sector. Their investment approach emphasizes active involvement in each venture, addressing capability gaps in executive teams to set them up for long-term growth. They aim to enable ambitious entrepreneurs and promising startups to realize their full potential by not just advising but actively participating in the ventures.

Their investment focus is primarily on the Food & Agriculture sector, including agriculture operators (upstream), sector enablers, and value-add companies. They invest in scalable businesses with strong earnings potential that have an edge over their competitors and are active in high-growth industries. Their team is young and diverse, with experience in finance, consulting, entrepreneurship, and engineering, leveraging a strong network across APAC, Europe, and the US.

Katalys Partners has co-founded several ventures, including Panemas in 2020, which empowers smallholder farmers through best-in-class agricultural products and practices, technology and innovation, and training and support. They also co-founded AgriDesa in 2021, which revolutionizes smallholder agriculture along the entire value chain by developing farmer communities into competitive Commodity Producing Enterprises (CPE).