Auggie Wasmund's Contact Details

Auggie Wasmund's Company Details

Catalyst Opportunity Funds

Salt Lake City, UT, US • 10 - 19 Employees
Investment Bank/Securities Brokerage

The "Opportunity Zone" incentive of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act creates a once-in-a-generation opportunity to spur economic activity and job growth in overlooked communities. Our goal is to leverage the incentive to maximize both financial returns for our investors and positive impacts for individuals and families in these communities.Catalyst is targeting a subset of smaller and mid-sized O-Zone markets that are uniquely positioned to take advantage of the program and where the impact and financial return profiles are most compelling. These communities have significant human and physical resources and are signaling growth potential but chronic underinvestment keeps them from pushing past a tipping point to a more sustained prosperity. Our place-based investments seek to capture these signals by redeveloping the built environment, creating jobs for local residents and driving additional resources into the community through public, philanthropic and non-profit partners.We believe that over a 10-year Opportunity Zone investment horizon our comprehensive strategy of strengthening communities translates into not just better outcomes for individuals and families but also better financial results for our investments.Real Estate Investing -- We invest in real estate projects that anchor new economic activity and high-impact programming in the community, including workforce housing, healthcare, child and adult education, job skills training, small business acceleration and nutrition.Business Investing -- Our investments into operating companies aim to capitalize, support and locally retain high-potential growth businesses and entrepreneurs that drive job creation and economic activity in the community.Partnerships -- We strategically partner with local government, philanthropy and other key stakeholders to bring wrap-around services into our communities that can amplify both the impact and the value of our investments.