Our Vision
A world where economic advancement and environmental preservation coalesce, driving human prosperity through a sustainable and regenerative economic model that nurtures biodiversity and nature
Our Mission
To unlock the potential of forward-thinking entrepreneurs & enterprises that are set on rewriting the narrative of growth to include nature's prosperity, through collaboration and investment
We shape the future of the regenerative economy, fostering sustainable & equitable growth for community and planet
Cultivating the regenerative economy is vital in addressing the urgent challenges of climate change, social inequality and biodiversity loss, by creating resilient and thriving ecosystemsIn a world marked by turmoil and uncertainty, our commitment to sustainable and equitable growth empowers communities and protects our planet for future generations
As Venture Builder, we establish or join impact startups, helping them deliver maximum positive environmental & social impact
> Capacity Building
A strong & capable team is at the core of every successful startup.
We fill short-term talent gaps and help our ventures assemble the right people in the right places
> Strategy
A viable business model and strategy is another core pillar of success.
We work with our ventures to sharpen their revenue model, refine their strategy, and prepare them for growth
> Fundraising
Raising growth capital is difficult, even with the right people and strategy.
Having been on both sides of the table, we know what investors typically look for and help our ventures raising funds
> Synergies & Partnerships
Company success is magnified by forming the right partnerships and capitalizing on synergies. We open our network to our ventures boost their growth through partnerships and collaboration
As Impact Investor, we facilitate the entire investment process for impact funds, from pipeline sourcing to portfolio management
> Pipeline Sourcing
Identifying promising impact-driven startups is the first step to meaningful investment. We leverage our extensive network and industry expertise to source high-potential ventures
> Due Diligence
Thorough due diligence ensures our investments align with both financial goals and impact objectives. We meticulously assess potential ventures to ensure they meet our rigorous standards
> Investment
Providing capital is just one aspect of impact investing. We structure investments that align incentives and drive sustainable growth while delivering measurable social and environmental impact
> Portfolio Management
Effective portfolio management maximizes impact and returns. We actively support our portfolio companies with strategic guidance, operational assistance, and ongoing monitoring to ensure their success
As Change Pioneer, we forge new paths for the regenerative economy by challenging the status quo and spearheading new solutions
> Systems Redesign
Transformative impact requires rethinking and redesigning systems. We work to develop new frameworks and processes that drive long-term, sustainable change across industries
> Partnerships
Solving complex challenges requires collaboration across sectors. We foster partnerships between diverse stakeholders to create holistic and integrated solutions
> Creative Financing
Access to tailored financial solutions can unlock innovation and growth. We develop unique financial instruments and models to fund initiatives that traditional financing might overlook
Edbert Mauritius
Founder & Partner
Kenji Widyarta
Associate
Peter Witkamp
Founder & Partner
Rama Manusama
Founder & Partner
Sector: Fintech
Founded: 2021Djoin brings financial inclusion to communities by turning second tier lenders into a network of solid, digitized financial institutions.Its platform covers all essential needs of a digital financial institution, including Core Banking, E-Collector, and Online Banking Services and Mobile Banking for members.
Sector: Agritech
Founded: 2022Agridesa is an integrated Digital Closed-Loop Agriculture Enabler.Its platform empowers smallholder farmers through data-driven farming and integrated digital solutions, and acts as trusted partner for off-takers to source from an organized, tech-enabled smallholder farmer ecosystem.
Sector: Agritech
Founded: 2022Greens Bali grows micro greens and baby greens in its vertical farm in Bali.It provides restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and consumers with fresh and organic greens from its own farm, as well as outdoor-grown fruits and vegetables grown by its cultivation partners in Bali.
Sector: FMCG
Founded: 2020Agrilabs is an agricultural technology company specialised in precision agriculture.It has developed an AI-powered satellite imagery algorithm that measures soil nutrient levels to deliver actionable insights to
large-scale agriculture companies.
Sector: FMCG
Founded: 2020Palapa reintroduces Indonesia's forgotten fruits and spices through beverages.By using ingredients that are either undervalued or wasted, it uplifts farmers incomes and promotes Indonesian culture and heritage through innovative products.
> Developing a Regenerative Forest Economy
Indonesia faces significant challenges with deforestation and forest degradation (D&D), particularly in inactive forest concessions. These inactive concessions are hotspots for illegal logging and agricultural encroachment by rural communities seeking economic gain to secure a livelihood. Reducing illegal logging and encroachment and restoring vital rainforest biodiversity will need to go hand in hand with rural development.Regenerative Forest Economy development offers a holistic approach that goes beyond traditional conservation efforts, creating a sustainable framework for economic and environmental resilience. The forest economy model integrates various economic activities that harmonize with forest conservation, while also providing livelihoods for local communities.
> Connecting impact projects and the global investment community through Web3
In the face of pressing global challenges on both environmental and social levels, regenerative financing has emerged as a pivotal force for good, combining competitive financial returns with positive social and environmental impacts. However, whilst growing, the scaling of this form of financing to levels that are required to create a systemic impact globally (e.g. to reverse the process of global warming) is too slow and often hamstrung by a lack of accessibility and liquidity.To catalyze systemic impact we are building on the proven concept of blended financing for regenerative projects - combining grant-based funds with commercial investor funds to de-risk investments early on in their respective lifecycles - leveraging Web3 technology, utilizing blockchain technology to create transparent and decentralized financial solutions.
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Our Ventures
Sector: Agritech
Since: 2021AgrIDesa's mission is to modernize smallholder farmers through an end-to-end digital ecosystem.It acts as trusted partner for offtakers and communities of smallholder farmers, enabling offtakers to source from organized, tech-enabled smallholder farmer ecosystems.
Sector: Vertical Farming
Since: 2022Greens Bali's mission is to grow an abundance of microgreens and babygreens, for people in need of organic vegetables.It operates an indoor vertical farm in Dalung Bali. It provides restaurants, hotels, and supermarkets with fresh and healthy greens, and will soon begin expanding outside Bali.
Sector: Agri Development
Since: 2020Panemas's mission is to progress smallholder agriculture in Indonesia to be higher yielding for farmers, more sustainable, and less harmful for consumer's health.It runs capacity building programmes with smallholder farmer communities and leads research and innovation efforts for government, foundations and private sector.
Sector: Fintech & Financial Inclusion
Since: 2022Djoin mission is to bring financial inclusion to communities by turning second tier lenders into a network of solid, digitized financial institutions.Its platform covers all essential needs of a digital financial institution, including Core Banking, E-Collector, and Online Banking Services and Mobile Banking for members.
Sector: Investment Vehicle
Since: 2021LIFE focuses on accelerating sustainable investments in areas of climate change, nature & biodiversity loss and waste & pollution.It is a joint venture between Landscape Indonesia, a sustainable landscape management and consulting firm, and Katalys Partners.
Sector: Investment Platform
Since: 2022Swadaya's mission is to be the bridge between conscious investors and impact ventures and projects.Its products will enable investors to contribute to a more sustainable future for Indonesia through a variety of products and enable its investees to track and measure their impact through comprehensive reporting.
How we Work
Long-term partnerships: equity positions with aligned interest
Our Philosophy
As a strategic holding company, we take long-term equity positions in promising start-ups and the 'missing middle': SME's that struggle to attract capital to finance their growth
Our Investment Focus
We focus primarily on the Food & Agriculture sector including agriculture operators (upstream), sector enablers and value-add companies.
Our Investments
We invest in scalable businesses with strong earnings potential that have an edge over their competitors and are active in high-growth industries.Current Portfolio
Our Team
A young and diverse team with experience in finance, consulting, entrepreneurship and engineering, leveraging a strong network across APAC, Europe and US.Team
Our Philosophy
As a strategic holding company, we take long-term equity positions in promising start-ups and the 'missing middle': SME's that struggle to attract capital to finance their growth
Our Investment Focus
We focus primarily on the Food & Agriculture sector including agriculture operators (upstream), sector enablers and value-add companies.
Southeast Asia is one of the fastest growing regions in the world. Booming economic activity, a growing middle class and a relatively young population make this one of the most exciting parts of the world.At the same time, global developments such as the fallout from the COVID19 pandemic, climate change and economic uncertainty challenge equitable and sustainable growth and require doubling down on approaches that emphasize social, environmental and financial impact.Katalys Partners enables the most ambitious entrepreneurs and the most promising startups in pursuit of positive impact to realize their full potential.We are not just advisors or match-makers. As impact venture builder we take on an active role in each of the ventures in our ecosystem and work as an integral part of the team where and when we are needed the most.
Agridesa - (16 September 2022, Tech In Asia)
Indonesian agritech firm reaps $200k from Triputra Group, othersGreens Bali - (23 August 2022, HortiDaily)
Keeping up with production is hard as market grows way too fastDjoin - (20 July 2022, Tech In Asia)
Indonesian fintech SaaS firm bags $1m in pre-seed money
We grow Impact
Impact investing & consulting that benefits the sustainable and long-term development of Indonesia.
"Small and medium-sized businesses are the lifeblood of all successful economies"
Alan Doran, Oxfam
We are an investor-operator-consultant committed to the sustainable and long-term development of Indonesia.As investor we take equity positions in ambitious and high-potential Indonesian start-ups and SME's that have a positive impact on Indonesia.As operator we play an active role in our investments to address existing capability gaps in the executive team to set them up for long-term growth.As consultant we help ambitious and high-potential entrepreneurs and ventures with an impact focus navigate the start-up landscape in Indonesia and scale. We support with strategy & business planning, fundraising, and financial planning.
Our Philosophy
As a strategic holding company, we take long-term equity positions in promising start-ups and the 'missing middle': SME's that struggle to attract capital to finance their growth
Our Focus Areas
We focus primarily on the Food & Agriculture sector including agriculture operators (upstream), sector enablers and value-add companies.
Our Investments
We invest in scalable businesses with strong earnings potential that have an edge over their competitors and are active in high-growth industries.Current Portfolio
Our Team
A young and diverse team with experience in finance, consulting, entrepreneurship and engineering, leveraging a strong network across APAC, Europe and US.Team
Our Investments
Panemas, co-founded by Katalys Partners in 2020, empowers smallholder farmers through best-in-class agricultural products & practices, technology & innovation and training & support.Focused initially on the shallot industry, it supplies high-quality shallot seeds and seedlings to smallholder farmers and provides a range of support and value-add services to its customers.
AgriDesa, co-founded by Panemas together with Indonesian startup GENN in 2021, revolutionises smallholder agriculture along the entire value chain by developing farmer communities into competitive Commodity Producing Enterprises (CPE).By combining Panemas's unrivalled agronomical skills with GENN's extensive dataset of and experience working with villages and communities across Indonesia, AgrIDesa will transform the way smallholder farmers practice agriculture and participate in the market.
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Our Philosophy
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PHL, co-founded by Katalys Partners in 2020, is a trading, distribution and product development company focusing on niche, ethnic, lifestyle products.It acts as distributor and outsourced product management service for companies looking to horizontally diversify, but also develops its own consumer products.
We grow Impact
Building impact ventures that drive the sustainable and long-term development of Indonesia.
Southeast Asia is one of the fastest growing regions in the world. Booming economic activity, a growing middle class and a relatively young population make this one of the most exciting parts of the world.At the same time, global developments such as the fallout from the COVID19 pandemic, climate change and economic uncertainty challenge equitable and sustainable growth and require doubling down on approaches that emphasize social, environmental and financial impact.Katalys Partners enables the most ambitious entrepreneurs and the most promising startups in pursuit of positive impact to realize their full potential.We are not just advisors or match-makers. As impact venture builder we take on an active role in each of the ventures in our ecosystem and work as an integral part of the team where and we are needed the most.
Our Focus Areas
Sector: Agritech
Since: 2021AgrIDesa's mission is to modernize smallholder farmers through an end-to-end digital ecosystem.Whilst the downstream market for agricultural produce has evolved and consolidated over the past 10 years with a number of tech-enabled agriculture offtakers, they struggle to secure supply with consistent quantity and quality from a largely traditional and offline smallholder farmer base.AgrIDesa acts as trusted partner for offtakers and communities of smallholder farmers, enabling offtakers to source from organized, tech-enabled smallholder farmer ecosystems.
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Rama Manusama
Peter Witkamp
Edbert Mauritius
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