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Catcha Group

Company

Investment-firm

Financing round

General

About Company
Catcha Group is a VC firm investing in tech, new media, and OTT businesses.

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Also Known As

Catcha Investment Corp

founded date

01.01.2004

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

IPO status

Private

Description

With over 20 years of experience, Catcha Group has a proven track record of mentoring portfolio companies to achieve rapid growth, profitability, and IPO. As entrepreneurs first, the team brings a deep understanding of local markets and the challenges of growth and scale. They have taken 6 of their companies public and completed well over 100 transactions.
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People

Founders
3
Lucas Elliott
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Lucas Elliott

Board member since April 2012. Mr Elliott is a co-founder of iCar Asia. He has over 13 years of Asian online experience, with a focus on developing fast moving online business models and monetising online media assets. Mr Elliott is also a co-founder of Catcha Group, where he is responsible for all aspects of Catcha Group’s corporate finance activities, including mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings and public listings. Mr Elliott is also a director of iProperty. Mr Elliott has a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in Finance from the University of Sydney.

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Patrick Grove
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Patrick Grove

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Luke Elliott
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Luke Elliott

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Employee Profiles
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Ken Tsurumaru

Former Director

Lucas Elliott

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Co-Founder

Dato Larry Gan

Chairman

Patrick Grove

Patrick Grove

Co-Founder & Group CEO

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