Dror Dragucki

Senior Investment Associate

2023

Catalyst Private Equity is an Israeli leading growth and secondary investment firm with approximately $450M in assets under management. As an Associate, I have been actively involved in the end-to-end investment process, contributing to deal execution, portfolio support, and investor relations initiatives. Key Responsibilities & Contributions: Conducted comprehensive evaluations of investment opportunities for Catalyst IV, including financial modeling (DCF, comparable company analysis), financial statement analysis, and the preparation of materials for Investment Committee presentations. Supported both primary and secondary transactions across a sector-agnostic mandate, with a focus on technology-driven businesses at the growth stage. - Played a key role in the fundraising process, engaging in investor outreach, onboarding, and relationship management—supporting efforts that contributed to the successful raise of a $150M fund. - Led and managed a team of three investment interns, overseeing the execution of research, due diligence, and pipeline management activities.

Investment Analyst

2022 - 2023

Teaching Assistant - 'Intro to VC'

2022 - 2024

MBA course “Introduction to the Venture Capital World” which covers all areas of venture finance from incubators, angel investing, venture capital, corporate venture capital, venture debt, and private equity. Students are required to ideate a venture idea and develop an original business plan for the venture. Student teams act as both entrepreneurs seeking capital and as investors evaluating the pitches.

VC Investment Analyst

2021 - 2022

- Identifying, sourcing, and evaluating new investment opportunities based on Series A/Late Seed characteristics that align with company values while working closely with HubSpot to manage the pipeline. - Collaborating with the investment team and providing astute inputs regarding the companies, product, market size, competition, scalability, and potential deal terms and structure. - Exposure to various startup pitches, asking key questions to understand business models & insightful KPIs.

Data Analyst

2020 - 2021

A no-code data intelligence platform for capital market investors. Lagoon uses predictive analytics and explainable AI to deliver actionable insights, faster and more affordable than ever before. Uncover the blind spots in your research and enrich it with new sources of data.

Strategy Analyst

2019 - 2020

BIRD Aerosystems develops and markets advanced airborne missile protection systems and airborne surveillance, information and observation solutions. Leveraging deep in-house technical knowledge. I had the opportunity to work closely to the V.P of marketing, conducted a market research for his needs & presented the conclusions to the company’s management.