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Marvelous Ventures Fund I

The capital for science before the market catches up.

Marvelous Ventures Fund I is investing at pre-seed and seed in European DeepTech startups building science-based solutions for Food & Agriculture, Built Environment, and Heavy Industry. We lead rounds, take board seats, and activate the full Catalyst network from day one of investment. Most venture capital waits for traction. We move earlier, when the science is proven but the company is still being shaped. That is where we have the highest conviction, and where we can add the most value.

Pre-seed and seed in DeepTech is structurally mispriced. Generalist funds lack the scientific literacy to evaluate early; sector funds lack the industrial network to de-risk. Marvelous sits at that gap with proprietary pipeline, in-house technical DD, and Catalyst activation that reduces time-to-pilot. The result is earlier entry at lower valuations, with a faster path to the milestones that drive the next round.

Investment Thesis

What we are convinced of

Three principles that guide every investment decision we make.

01

Science is the moat

The most defensible companies are built on genuine scientific breakthroughs in advanced materials, waste valorization, or robotics and automation, not on go-to-market cleverness. That's the kind of moat that lasts decades.

02

Industry is the market

The largest value creation in DeepTech happens when scientific innovation replaces or improves existing industrial processes. We invest with that end market in mind from day one. That's why Catalyst exists: to build the bridge before the founders need it.

03

Time is the edge

We go earlier than most. Pre-seed means we're often the first institutional capital, before the product roadmap is fixed, before the deck is polished. That gives us better entry points and the ability to shape industrial go-to-market before the crowd arrives.

Technology Layers

Three breakthroughs. Endless applications.

We invest across sectors — but always through the lens of physical, chemical, and biological innovation. These are the technology layers that cut across every vertical we back.

Physical

Advanced Materials & Robotics

New material classes and physical automation for the sectors software never reached. Bio-based composites, structural alternatives, agri-robotics, construction automation, industrial inspection where the bottleneck is hardware and domain expertise, not code.

Chemical

Waste Valorisation

Turning waste streams into feedstocks, fuels, or functional materials. The arbitrage between disposal cost and recovered value is enormous and largely untouched by venture capital.

Biological

Biological Innovation

New fertilisers, novel seed technologies, biopesticides, and precision fermentation. Science-based alternatives to synthetic inputs that have dominated e.g. agriculture among others for decades.

Focus Areas

We invest in Food/Agriculture/Land Use, Built Environment, and Heavy Industry.
The sectors responsible for the majority of global greenhouse gas emissions and nature loss, and chronically underfunded relative to their impact share.
That means less competition for the best deals, longer runways before markets get crowded, and outsized entry valuations for investors who move early. That translates directly into return potential.

Our Process

The right fit

The best DeepTech opportunities are hiding in plain sight, in labs, not pitch decks.

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