Endeavor Catalyst closes $320M fund as Europe becomes its top growth market

Endeavor Catalyst has closed its fifth fund at $320M, and Europe is now its fastest-growing market. It made 12 investments through Endeavor’s European offices in the first half of 2026. That compares with 14 in all of 2025 and seven in 2024, the firm said on Wednesday.

Investors oversubscribed Fund V, which takes the firm’s assets under management past $850M. Endeavor Catalyst is the venture fund of Endeavor, a global network of entrepreneurs. It invests only in companies led by founders selected into that network, alongside other venture and growth investors.

“We are doubling down on Europe with Fund V to help ensure European founders have access to the capital they need to build the next generation of global companies,” said Pete Benedetto, head of Europe for Endeavor Catalyst.

The European portfolio

The firm has made more than 90 investments across 10 European markets: Bulgaria, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Poland,...

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