Refuse to settle.
The best co-founder and founding engineer for your company isn't already in your network.
Outcast Ventures expands your access, then invests when the right team forms.
Co-founder selection is too important for chance or proximity.
Catalyst is for founders who take co-founder selection seriously. You work from the same office, get to know each other, and decide if you want to found a company together.
If you do, we write your first check.
Meet top 1% builders.
A deliberately composed group of accomplished repeat founders and senior operators, colocated in Outcast’s SF South Park office. You go deep on values, how you operate, and whether to found a company together.
Navigate the idea maze with clarity.
When you're ready, tap into our Investors-in-Residence who've mapped the terrain. Get perspective on your terms — no pitch required.
Found your company.
When your co-founder becomes clear, Outcast writes your first $500K check and you receive $1M+ in cloud and compute credits.
Essays & media
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The Billion-Dollar Founder Study
20 years of billion-dollar exits reveal a convenient co-founder penalty: founding teams who already knew each other consistently exit for less.
Read The Billion-Dollar Founder Study
100 Questions to Ask Your Future Technical Co-Founder
You finally got a meeting with a potential technical co-founder. You like their background. You think there might be something here. Now what?
Read the 100 QuestionsIdeas change.
The right founders don’t.
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