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Queer-Owned · Est. 2018

Strategic counsel from people who've always had to think three moves ahead.

We built Catalyst inside boardrooms where our presence was unexpected and our insight was indispensable. That vantage point is now yours.

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8yr
Average Client Tenure
94%
Engagements Close Target
3
Continents Active
Catalyst Strategy Dashboard
Live
Client Engagement TimelineQ1–Q2 2026
Due Diligence Prep
Stakeholder Mapping
Board Narrative
Capital Positioning
73%ENGAGEMENT
PROGRESS
Risk Matrix4 Active Vectors
Governance
Low
Narrative
Medium
Capital
High
Team
Low
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Practice Areas

Each engagement is a private showing. Nothing off the shelf.

01

Executive Advisory

Direct counsel for founders and EDs navigating inflection points — board dynamics, investor relationships, and the decisions that don't appear in any playbook.

A Series B founder closed their $14M round after six weeks of narrative repositioning that reframed their unit economics story.

$14MRound Closed
02

Organizational Design

For nonprofits and companies that grew faster than their structure. We rebuild the architecture without stopping the mission.

A national nonprofit restructured three reporting lines and cut decision latency by 11 weeks without a single leadership departure.

11wkFaster Decisions
03

Capital Strategy

Due diligence preparation, investor narrative, and the room-reading that turns a pitch into a partnership.

Three clients entered due diligence with Catalyst-prepared materials. All three closed within 90 days.

3/3Closes in 90 Days
04

Crisis Navigation

When the situation is moving faster than your advisors — reputational, structural, or interpersonal. We've been in these rooms before.

A tech company's DEI crisis was contained and reframed as a governance story within 72 hours, preserving a pending acquisition.

72hrCrisis Contained
Strategic team in a boardroom discussion with documents and laptops

"We don't advise from the outside looking in. We've been in those rooms — uninvited, underestimated, and indispensable."

— Catalyst Founding Partners

Our Approach

We read the room most advisors never enter.

Decades spent navigating spaces designed to exclude us made us fluent in power dynamics most advisors never learn. We see the unspoken hierarchy in a room. We notice who defers to whom before a word is said.

That fluency is now your competitive advantage. Whether you're preparing for a Series B close, rebuilding an org chart after a growth sprint, or navigating a crisis that can't leave the room — we've been here before.

No templates. Every engagement is built from first principles.

We work with three clients at a time. Depth over volume.

Confidentiality is non-negotiable and structurally enforced.

Client Outcomes

The work speaks. These are three voices from it.

Names and details shared with permission. Case specifics available under NDA upon request.

Professional woman in a boardroom meeting reviewing documents
Series B — Tech / Healthtech

"They saw the investor dynamic before I did. By the time we walked into that room, I already knew how it would end."

Priya Mehta

CEO, Verdant Health

Executive in a dark suit standing confidently in an office corridor
Nonprofit — Post-Rapid Growth

"We had 40 people and a structure built for 8. Catalyst didn't just reorganize us — they helped us understand what we'd actually become."

Marcus Williams

Executive Director, Bridgepoint Foundation

Business leader in a collaborative workspace having a strategic discussion
Corporate DEI — Fortune 500

"Every other firm handed me a framework. Catalyst handed me a map of the actual political terrain I was standing on."

Jordan Osei

Chief Diversity Officer, Meridian Group

Begin Here

If you've read this far, you already know whether this is the right room.

We keep availability limited by design. The introduction call is 30 minutes — no pitch, no templates. Just a direct conversation about what you're navigating.

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Confidential by default · NDA available before first call · Three client maximum