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Catch

Caught between seed stage and scale

marketfitSilent Shutdown

Quiet closure with no public announcement · Fatal mistake: Failed to convert seed-stage momentum into a scalable product with repeatable revenue growth before capital ran out.

Founded	2014
Closed	2017
Country	USA
Sector	Saas

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2014-01-01

FOUNDING

Catch founded as a B2B SaaS startup with ambitions to serve enterprise software needs.

2015-06-01

FUNDING

Catch raises a seed round, its only confirmed funding, to accelerate product development and customer acquisition.

2016-09-01

PIVOT

Attempted product pivot to improve market fit after initial growth metrics disappointed potential Series A investors.

2017-06-01

SHUTDOWN

Catch quietly ceased operations after failing to raise a Series A and exhausting its seed capital without reaching sustainable revenue.

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Catch was a SaaS startup founded in 2014 that raised a seed round in 2015 but failed to achieve sustainable product-market fit. The company struggled to generate sufficient revenue growth needed to justify cont...

inued operations and secure follow-on funding rounds. Without additional capital investment and facing the challenge of scaling revenues in a competitive SaaS market, Catch was unable to sustain its b

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