Our Partners
Catalyst partners are at the heart of Northern Ireland’s innovation journey, helping to shape success stories, drive ambition, and unlock opportunity through world-leading innovation
Our Mission
Catalyst Partners together, creating innovation opportunities and changing lives
Catalyst Partners are integral to fulfilling the vision of Catalyst: opportunity for all from world-leading innovation. Together, creating innovation opportunities and changing lives.
Catalyst Partners work together to inspire the aspirations of young people, encourage inclusive entrepreneurship and help companies in the Catalyst network reach scale.
Why Partner with Catalyst
- Help remove barriers and widen access to innovation and entrepreneurship
- Support start-ups and scaling companies to start, grow, and scale locally and internationally
- Access top talent, emerging technologies, and innovation insight
- Build brand and influence within a globally recognised ecosystem, including the UK’s #1 ranked innovation hub (Financial Times)
- Deliver measurable impact across Northern Ireland and beyond
Hear from our Partners
From the Catalyst Partner Networking morning to bespoke Catalyst Partner events, discover our Partners' stories and hear about the impact they're creating for the startup ecosystem.
Bank of Ireland UK is proud of its unique and longstanding partnership with Catalyst. We believe in a vibrant Knowledge Economy and thriving ecosystem that encourages, nurtures and celebrates business success in Northern Ireland and internationally. We share the passion, energy and commitment evident across this vast network to deliver economic growth and prosperity in Northern Ireland.
Bank of Ireland - UK
Our Partners
We're proud to partner with organisations across the Northern Ireland ecosystem.
Strategic Partners
Ecosystem Partners
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Partnership Roadmap
Drive Strategic Impact at Scale
Ecosystem Partner
A year-round, programme-led and ecosystem-focused partnership.
What's Included
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Ideal for organisations that want to stay connected to innovation, entrepreneurship & scaling activity, contributing expertise, building relationships, and exploring future programme alignment.
Programme Partner
A programme-specific, high-impact, high-visibility partnership. Programme Rights & Features apply
What's Included
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Ideal for organisations that are deeply passionate about making a Catalyst flagship programme happen, targeted investment and intentional engagement are the drivers of shared goals.
Power by Partner
Principal enabler of a flagship programme, working in close partnership with Catalyst to co-shape direction, align on shared goals, and drive visibility and impact at scale across the full programme lifecycle.
What's Included
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Ideal for organisations that want to lead from the front as a principal enabler of a flagship programme — shaping direction, driving impact at scale, and holding a position of high visibility and strategic influence
Meet our Partner Relationship Manager
We're ready to start the conversation about partnerships and collaborations.
