Catalyst Opportunity Funds
Patrick McKenna has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries. In 2009, they founded HighRidge Ventures, an investment firm specializing in early stage software-driven companies. In 2010, they co-founded and invested in expertcloud.de, an innovative German workforce company. Patrick also served as a board member for Disqus, a popular online discussion system, from 2014 to 2017, and for Maven Research, a global knowledge marketplace, from 2010 to 2016. In 2011, they became a foundation board member for St. Mary's Medical Center. In 2016, they co-founded Facet, a financial planning company focused on improving the lives of Americans through affordable membership fees. In 2017, they founded One America Works, a company connecting growth companies and talented individuals across the country. In 2019, they became a general partner at Comeback Capital, investing in early stage companies in the American Heartland, and co-founded Catalyst Opportunity Funds, an investment firm focused on transformative opportunities. Overall, Patrick McKenna has a wealth of experience in entrepreneurship, investment, and board membership roles.
Patrick McKenna attended the University of Southern California from 1988 to 1992, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting/Business. Later, from 1996 to 1998, they enrolled at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, where they pursued an MBA degree with a focus on Finance and International Relations.
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Catalyst Opportunity Funds
Catalyst is a double bottom-line investment firm focused on transformative “Opportunity Zone” investments in high-potential but historically underserved US markets.Catalyst is targeting a subset of smaller and mid-sized O-Zone markets that are uniquely positioned to take advantage of the program and where the impact and financial return profilesare most compelling. These communities have significant human and physical resources and are signaling growth potential but chronic underinvestment keeps them from pushing past a tipping point to a more sustained prosperity. Their place-based investments seek to capture these signals by redeveloping the built environment, creating jobs for local residents and driving additional resources into the community through public, philanthropic and non-profit partners.