Catalyst Raises $30M Seed Round Led by Sequoia for AI Trading Agents

TREE NEWS reports: Catalyst, an AI trading agent platform founded in 2025 for individual investors, completed a $30 million seed round on October 8, led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Jump Trading, PeakXV, Lux Capital, AntiFund, Coinbase, and Premji Invest. On the platform, users can describe investment ideas in natural language, after which the agent conducts research, builds strategies, and backtests them, then executes trades after receiving approval.