Our Approach
We operate at the intersection of worlds that rarely speak the same language and where cultural barriers initially appear formidable — governments and capital, operators and institutions, opportunity and risk.
Our work is intentionally selective, discreet, and long-term oriented. We do not pursue volume. We pursue opportunities that few know exist.
Jimmy Kamar
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Jimmy Kamar brings over two decades of strategic expertise from the most challenging operational environments in the world to the frontier of global economic competition.
With extensive experience across Africa and the Middle East, Jimmy has navigated the world's most complex environments where national interests, security concerns, and economic opportunity converge. Fluent in Arabic, he builds relationships across cultures and understands the ground-level realities that shape frontier markets. His pioneering work includes developing and implementing a groundbreaking framework that enables Special Operators to leverage public-private partnerships for economic competition.
As Co-Founder and Managing Director of Catalyxe, Jimmy applies this unique operational perspective to identify and develop opportunities in critical minerals, petroleum, and infrastructure projects that align strategic US investment with on-the-ground realities. His approach combines battlefield-tested situational awareness with sophisticated business acumen, enabling Catalyxe to operate effectively in frontier markets where others see only risk.
Jimmy holds dual master's degrees in Management and Strategic Studies, complementing his operational experience with rigorous academic grounding in strategy and business.
Joshua Ortman
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Joshua Ortman is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Catalyxe, bringing a decade of military service and deep regional expertise in Africa to frontier market strategy and business development.
Born in Chad and raised in the Tibesti Mountains, Josh possesses unique cultural insight into African governance structures, stakeholder dynamics, and institutional decision-making processes. Fluent in French, he maintains operational proficiency across Francophone Africa, the Middle East, and the Pacific region.
Josh served six years as a Civil Affairs officer in US Army Special Operations, conducting engagements from tactical to national-level coordination in high-risk environments. During his service, he served as a key advisor on African operations and policy to senior military leadership, developing expertise in stakeholder mapping, inter-agency coordination, and program execution under constraint.
At Catalyxe, Josh leads relationship development and transaction execution, identifying decision-makers and navigating the formal and informal networks that determine commercial outcomes in frontier markets. He leverages relationships across government, industry, and academic institutions to align strategic capital deployment with local operational realities.
Josh holds a B.S. in Supply Chain and Logistics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and completed executive education in governance at Duke University.