Katalysen publishes lessons learned from five years of venture development
Over the past five years, Katalysen Ventures ("Katalysen") has operated as a "venture developer" ("VD"). When we established our VD rules half a decade ago, we combined elements from VC, accelerator, and incubator frameworks. This synthesis, coupled with our own experiences in building, advising, and funding early-stage ventures, aimed to create the kind of partner we had wished for during our own earlier entrepreneurial journeys. In this text, the Katalysen team reflects upon lessons learned from these first five years of venture development. Work on implementing these lessons learned into