Caterpillar Inc. is an American Fortune 100 corporation which designs, develops, engineers, manufactures, markets and sells machinery, engines, financial products and insurance to customers via a worldwide dealer network. It is the world’s largest construction equipment manufacturer – with 124,000 employees around the globe and $54.7 billion in sales and with approximately 175 independently owned Cat dealerships.

Caterpillar invests approximately $2 billion each year in research and development and holds more than 22,000 pending and granted patents worldwide. Caterpillar Ventures makes strategic, minority interest investments in early–round ventures with investments of $0.5 million to $5.0 million to help founders around the world grow and scale their businesses – investing in three segments: construction industries, resource industries, and energy & transportation.