
Catch Secures $5M Seed Funding to Build Autonomous AI Executive Assistants
The Tel Aviv-based startup emerged from stealth with $5M in seed backing to automate routine administrative drudgery for business leaders without requiring complex workflow setups.
Inioluwa Ademidun | 2 Sept. 2026 · 2 min read

Artificial intelligence startup Catch recently emerged from stealth mode, announcing a $5M seed funding round to scale its automated administrative platform. Entrée Capital and Pitango co-led the financing, with additional participation coming from Seedcamp and Factorial Capital. The company focuses on building autonomous software agents designed to take over repetitive chores that consume valuable hours in a corporate leader's day.
Founders Nir Sabato and Yoav Ramon built the platform to target the friction points of executive management. Rather than forcing users to design complicated multi-step automation sequences or learn unfamiliar software dashboards, the system connects directly to existing communication channels. It operates quietly within email clients, calendars, and messaging applications to handle scheduling, travel arrangements, and message triage. You can review how other enterprise platforms secure automated processes in our coverage detailing how CrowdStrike and OpenAI expanded their partnership to protect digital workers.
Simplifying Daily Operations for Leaders
Most commercial artificial intelligence tools target technical developers, data scientists, or content creators. Catch takes a different path by focusing entirely on the logistical burdens faced by founders, executives, and senior legal professionals. The software studies how a leader prefers to communicate, manages meeting times based on personal habits, and coordinates schedules across multiple participants without manual supervision.
Early performance metrics show strong initial adoption. Since launching its preview phase four months ago, the platform has scheduled more than 12,000 meetings, processed over 200,000 emails, and completed roughly 20,000 delegated tasks. By observing daily habits, the assistant learns context organically. If an executive books a flight without attaching lodging, the system recognizes the omission, checks rates at preferred hotels, and drafts a reservation request for final approval. Venture investments into specialized enterprise applications remain highly competitive, matching trends observed when Clipto reached a $250M valuation following its latest capital injection.
Balancing Autonomy with Oversight
Granting software programs the authority to manage professional communications requires strict boundaries. Catch implements a tiered permission structure to prevent unintended mistakes. Routine scheduling happens entirely in the background, but actions involving financial commitments or sensitive agreements require explicit confirmation from the user before execution.
The core team plans to direct the fresh capital toward expanding its engineering talent and refining its travel coordination features, targeting customers primarily across the United States. As businesses look for ways to trim operational waste, tools that handle background logistics without adding management overhead will continue to attract heavy venture backing.
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Inioluwa is a Senior Product Manager by day and an investigative technology reporter by night, bridging the gap between scalable software architecture and high-impact journalism. She delivers deep-dive analysis on venture-backed founders, regulatory shifts, and grassroots tech ecosystems across Africa and global emerging markets.