Celebrating 25 years of innovation, growth, and opportunity.
For a quarter-century, Catalyst and our partners have been empowering businesses and communities in Northern Ireland and the Northwest region of Ireland.
Since opening our original site, Catalyst has grown to span eight buildings over two campuses in Belfast and Derry-Londonderry and is now home to more than 140 innovative start-ups, scale-ups and large companies employing up to 3,000 people in technology-focused jobs. Our programmes, which support every stage of the entrepreneurial journey, include Generation Innovation, INVENT, Co-Founders, Springboard, Way to Scale and Inbound Investors.
After 25 years, reflect on our journey with us as we look toward a future filled with possibility and prosperity.
We want to help create a society whose economy makes a difference to the world, contributing to solving global challenges, achieving this because of the breadth of participation and creativity of all people from all backgrounds. This is what ‘inclusive innovation’, means to us.
Catalyst CEO, Steve Orr talks about a collaborative Vision for NI
Watch the full session at the Catalyst Annual Briefing 2024
Innovation is very hard, and few companies possess the resources to meet all of their innovation needs internally. Innovation is often made harder by the fragmentation that exists between parties with a role to assist and stimulate innovation; and the bureaucracy and the risk aversion applied to those interventions.
This is not just in Northern Ireland; this is the case in nearly every city in the world. Whether the innovator is a multi-national corporation (MNC), a start-up or scale-up, or a young person farthest from opportunity, Catalyst’s role is to help make the process of innovating or collaborating to innovate easier.
Discover the key moments that have defined our journey over the past 25 years.
Future Workspace
State-of-the-art, flexible workspaces for businesses of all sizes designed to foster collaboration and creativity, coming with all the amenities you need to live and work. Coupled with the Catalyst Community of entrepreneurs, mentors, and members this combines to create a competitive advantage from where you work.
Entrepreneurial support programmes
Entrepreneurial support programmes, including mentorship, networking opportunities, and access to funding opportunities. These programs are designed to help entrepreneurs create and scale new innovative businesses.
Open Innovation
Enabling companies that want to become innovation-driven enterprises, academia, and government to accelerate technology-based research and development. This helps to ensure that Northern Ireland remains at the forefront of innovation.
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