Partner with us

If you have a mandate, we have the machinery.

Catalyst is a delivery vehicle in Armenia that already exists, has already run programs for the European Union, UNDP and the Government of Armenia, and has already reported against them.

Contact info@catalyst.am Base Yerevan, Armenia Founded 2017

What you get

A program that does not have to be built first.

Hero House closed in 2023, so a venue is a cost line rather than something we bring. Everything below already exists and has been used.

Tested formats

Pre-acceleration, traction, 26-week incubation and an 8-week professional school. Curriculum, selection and demo-day format documented.

4 formats

A mentor bench

Local operators plus diaspora specialists from US and European industry and universities, reachable without a recruitment cycle.

100+ experts

A candidate pipeline

121 companies have already been through a Catalyst program and can be re-engaged as applicants, mentors or portfolio.

121 companies

An academic channel

A working relationship with IIAP at the National Academy of Sciences, plus the university contacts built through the convergence conference.

IIAP / NAS RA

Reporting practice

Every program in our record was reported to the institution that funded it, in the form that institution required.

EU / UNDP / Gov

Mandates that fit

Startup formation and pre-acceleration
Deep-tech and research commercialisation
Science-industry linkage and technology transfer
Digital and technology workforce development
GovTech and public-sector innovation
Convening a technical field that has no forum yet

What we need from you

A clear objective and the reporting standard it carries
A funding cycle long enough to run a cohort end to end
Willingness to let the program be designed to the objective rather than to a template

We will tell you honestly whether we are the right implementer. If a mandate needs capability we do not have, saying so early costs both of us less than discovering it in month four.

Get in touch

Tell us the mandate.

A short description of the objective, the geography and the funding window is enough to start. We will come back with whether it fits and what delivery would look like.

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