Catalyst
Retail app turning plain-English theses into automated, risk-bounded trading strategies
Catalyst is a consumer trading app, opened to waitlisted users in October 2026, where agents turn a plain-English market view into a backtested strategy shown as a visual workflow, then size, hedge and execute trades within user-set limits. It raised a $30M seed from investors including Sequoia and Jump Trading.
GAII take
Well-funded entrant in agentic retail trading; automated retail execution invites regulatory scrutiny, so examine broker-dealer arrangements and suitability controls.
Well-funded entrant in agentic retail trading; automated retail execution invites regulatory scrutiny, so examine broker-dealer arrangements and suitability controls.
- Website
- catalyst.app
- Company type
- Startup
- Funding
- $30M · Pre-seed / Seed
- Latest round
- Seed · $30M · Oct 2026
- Status
- Active
- Founders
- Justin Zheng, Dylan Iskandar
- Investors
- Sequoia Capital, Jump Trading, Peak XV Partners, Lux Capital, AntiFund, Coinbase
- Also in
- Quant, Portfolio & Trading
- Buyer
- Retail investors
- Asset class
- Public equitiesMulti-asset
- Workflow
- Idea generationTrading & executionRisk & monitoring
- Ai capability
- Agents & automation
- Delivery
- SaaS application
GAII ID GAII-T0093 · Updated 2026-10-22 · Compiled from public sources for educational and informational purposes. Not investment advice.