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Hansae Catlett

Hansae Catlett

Partner atHOF CapitalNew York
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Hansae Catlett is a Partner at HOF Capital focusing on early stage investments in applied AI, B2B software, dev tools, and deep tech. He previously invested at Bessemer Venture Partners and helped lead family office investment strategies.

What Hansae can write

Writes checks of$500K to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Best routeA warm introAsk a founder in their portfolio.

HOF Capital writes $500K to $30M+ checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: HOF Capital.

Career

  1. Floodgate · investment team
  2. Slow Ventures · investment team
  3. Scott Cook's and Steve Ballmer's family offices · helped lead investment strategies
  4. Bessemer Venture Partners · helped lead investments in cloud and AI
  5. HOF Capital · Partner
    Now
  6. Scott Cook's and Steve Ballmer's family offices
  7. Bessemer Venture Partners

Companies founded

The MBA Fund

Investments named in public bios

CanvaEvenUpGuildJasperLuxury PresenceMaintainXNalaRillaServiceTitanSilaSpot AITRM LabsAnythingFlutterFlowHightouchJeeves

Focus

applied aib2b application softwaredeep techenterprise saasdev tools & infra

Education

Stanford, MBA and MPPHarvard, degree in biomedical engineering and philosophy

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Josh Klaczek
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Onsi Sawiris
Onsi SawirisPartner
Richard Kandel
Richard KandelPartner
Ryan Shmeizer
Ryan ShmeizerPartner
Victor Wang
Victor WangPartner
Colin Fitzpatrick
Colin FitzpatrickVice President

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Who is Hansae Catlett?

Hansae Catlett is a Partner at HOF Capital focusing on early stage investments in applied AI, B2B software, dev tools, and deep tech. He previously invested at Bessemer Venture Partners and helped lead family office investment strategies.

How much does Hansae Catlett invest?

Hansae Catlett invests through HOF Capital, which writes checks of $500K to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Hansae Catlett?

A warm intro from a founder HOF Capital backed works best.

What did Hansae Catlett do before HOF Capital?

investment team at Floodgate; investment team at Slow Ventures; helped lead investment strategies at Scott Cook's and Steve Ballmer's family offices; helped lead investments in cloud and AI at Bessemer Venture Partners; Scott Cook's and Steve Ballmer's family offices; Bessemer Venture Partners.

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