Catalis comprises two companies.
We cover every aspect of game testing and publishing.
We also run facilities in Hollywood providing QA for major studios in the Film and TV business.
Testronic
Testronic is a world-leading provider of quality assurance services.
With operations in the UK, USA, Poland, Romania and Serbia, Testronic proudly serves a roster of world-leading media clients.
Each year, Testronic tests over 150 games for functionality and in up to 36 languages. With over 1,000 technicians, Testronic is a trusted partner for some of the world’s largest games publishers, TV companies, movie studios and streaming services.
With over 100 clients, Testronic is growing strongly.
Curve Digital
Curve Digital is an ambitious, fast-growing publisher.
"Founded in 2005, Curve Digital (Curve) is an award-winning digital games publisher. To date, Curve has published dozens of titles, including critically acclaimed hits Flame in the Flood, For The King, Bomber Crew and the chart-topping Human: Fall Flat.
Curve operates out of Islington (London) with a sales and marketing office in San Francisco (USA). In 2019, Curve acquired the indie studio, Runner Duck Games, who continue to develop the 'Crew' franchise from their offices in Brighton. In 2020, Curve brought IronOak Games into the Curve family, who continue to develop the 'For The King' franchise from their offices in Vancouver, Canada.
In 2019, Curve won both 'Publishing Star' at the Develop:Star Awards and 'Indie Game Publisher of the Year' at the MCV Awards."
Dominic Wheatley, CEO
Dominic Wheatley was founder and CEO of Eidos (originally Domark) and launched Tomb Raider at E3 in Los Angeles in 1996. He has served on the boards of Telecom Plus Plc and Statpro Plc and others.
Dominic took over as CEO of the Catalis Group in 2012 and added Curve Digital Publishing to the group in 2016.
Andrew Lawton, CFO
Andrew Lawton joined the Catalis Group as Corporate Finance and Strategy Director in August 2018.
A true games industry veteran, Lawton spent 19 years at Sony PlayStation, latterly as Chief Finance Officer and more recently served as Group Finance Director at AIM-listed Keywords Studios.
Nigel Hammond
Nigel Hammond's private equity experience covers more than two decades and has involved investing in companies across Europe. From 1990 to 1995 he worked for 3i, from 1995 to 2006 for Montagu Private Equity and co-founded Vespa Capital with Denis Leroy in 2007.
Nigel has been a Board Member since June 2014.
Phil Frame
Phil is a Director at NorthEdge and has been involved in private equity transactions for over 10 years. Phil qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG and spent three years at Altium Capital before joining NorthEdge in 2012. He was Investor Director of Sumo Digital during NorthEdge’s investment until the successful exit to Perwyn in 2016.
Ray Stenton
Ray is Managing Partner at NorthEdge and has been involved in private equity transactions for over 20 years. He is responsible for managing the investment teams across the three offices alongside the operational aspects of the business. Ray is also a member of Investment Committee and holds a number of Non-Executive board positions on NorthEdge investments.
London, UK
3rd Floor,
20 Victoria Street,
London,
SW1H 0NF
Croydon, UK
Suffolk House,
Suites 1-3, 2nd Floor,
George Street,
Croydon,
CR0 1PE
Islington, UK
1st Floor,
63 Gee Street,
London,
EC1V 3RS
Los Angeles, USA
111 North First Street,
3rd Floor,
Burbank,
CA 91502
New Orleans
New Orleans Exchange Centre
935 Gravier Street,
New Orleans,
LA 70112
Vancouver, Canada
Suite 800
510 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC,
V6B 1L8
Warsaw, Poland
ul. Poleczki 21A,
02-822,
Warsaw
Chile
Avenida Apoquindo 5950
Office 16101,
Las Condes,
Santiago de Chile
Bucharest, Romania
Siret Street, No. 95,
Cyrom Center,
Corp C2, 1st Floor,
District 1,
Bucharest 012152
Belgrade, Serbia
Balkanska 44,
Beograd 11000
2 Nov 2020
The Catalis Group is expanding its North American footprint with a second bolt-on acquisition completed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Curve Digital, part of the Catalis Group, has bought Vancouver-based IronOak Games, an independent games developer. IronOak Games, headed up by…
Read more12 Aug 2020
Testronic, an award-winning Games service provider, has acquired Whyttest, a QA and customer support business with sites based in Romania and Serbia. The acquisition sees Testronic increase its capacity by 150 technicians, with the two Whyttest sites joining Testronic’s existing…
Read more14 Oct 2019
NorthEdge Capital has completed the acquisition of Catalis Group, one of the UK’s leading independent video games companies, in a deal that values the business at £90 million. NorthEdge has invested £46.6m through its acquisition vehicle Project Sword Bidco, whilst…
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