fundraise receipt · ai
frontrun flagged Catalyst 12 days before its $30M seed round
tl;dr: Catalyst announced $30M seed on Oct 16, 2026, led by Sequoia. frontrun flagged the company on Oct 4, 2026, when it had 11,985 followers, 12 days before the announcement.
what Catalyst raised
Catalyst (@catalystapp · catalyst.app) announced $30M seed on Oct 16, 2026, led by Sequoia, with participation from Jump, Lux Capital, AntiFund, Selini Capital, Peak XV Partners, SF1, Jump Trading, Coinbase, Premji Invest. verified against catalyst.app.
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how we knew 12 days early
frontrun watches the follow graphs of 5,000+ tracked accounts on X. on Oct 4, 2026, tracked investors began following Catalyst, which had 11,985 followers at the time. that convergence was logged that day. the round landed 12 days later.
5 tracked investors follow Catalyst today, and the account has grown to 12,550 followers. that count is public. which investors they are, and the day each one followed, is what the product shows.
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other rounds we called early
Avici $3M (12d early) · SkyPilot $20M (12d early) · 1001 AI $30M (12d early) · Andromeda $60M (12d early) · Diligent Robotics $99.9M (11d early)
data updated Nov 9, 2026 · Catalyst signal page · every round we called early · trending this week