Intellectual Property and
Private Equity for Public Safety
CATONKA Investment We invest in the future of public safety, security, and resilience. Our focus lies on transformative technologies, mission-driven founders, and scalable solutions that empower organizations to navigate global challenges. With deep roots in engineering, emergency services and venture building, we bridge public needs with private innovation—globally connected, locally committed.
Intellectual Property and Private Equity: we not only provide capital but actively shape and protect the core ideas behind the ventures we support. By securing IP and enabling sustainable business models, we unlock long-term value for both founders and society.
Our Portfolio Companies We support companies that are pioneering as catalysts of change and transforming how the world thinks about safety, technology, and resilience.
Our Founder Investor and Strategic Leader in Public Safety Innovation, Stefan Truthän puts all his knowledge at the service of making the world safer. To this end, he uses his broad knowledge and ability to analyze constraints and conflicting interests to identify ways in which this could be achieved.
Stefan has spent over 25 years at the forefront of fire protection and public safety—initially as Chief Organisational Architect at hhpberlin, and later serving as its Managing Partner and CEO. He championed digital transformation, introducing cloud-first strategies and lean organizational models (e.g. LOAZ) long before „New Work“ became mainstream.
Under his leadership, hhpberlin grew into a strong fire safety engineering firm supporting more than 20,000 projects, while saving millions through smarter cash-flow management systems.
Now, as a driving force behind Catonka Investment, Stefan combines his deep expertise in Intellectual Property and Private Equity to back next‑generation tech in public safety. He currently serves on high-level advisory boards such as the German Rescue Robotics Center, INTERSCHUTZ, vfdb, IAFC, and FDIC, while volunteering with the Berlin Fire and Rescue Services to shape the future of global safety.