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cat·a·lyst \ˈka-tə-ləst\    an agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action

Every venture can use help moving forward. Faster. That's venture acceleration: moving toward your venture goals at an increasing rate of speed. What does your venture team need in order to accelerate? The Venture Catalyst at ASU can help you determine – and meet – those needs.

The Catalyst is the next step in Arizona State University's (ASU) evolution of helping ventures find critical resources to succeed. ASU aspires to make a positive global impact and transform global society through integrating use-inspired research, education and entrepreneurship to leverage the unique personality and substantial assets of Arizona. ASU sits at the center of Arizona's innovation ecosystem with vast resources, talented faculty and students, and a commitment to accelerating global innovation.

Ventures arrive at the Catalyst from a variety of places. Students bring a can-do attitude and their innovative ideas for new businesses. Faculty create breakthrough technologies that can be the basis of world-changing innovations in renewable energy, advanced materials, engineering and healthcare. Inventors and innovators help build ventures in areas of Arizona's historic strengths, like aerospace engineering, advanced communications and information technology, and technology-enabled business services. Because of its strength as a global portal, SkySong – the home of the Catalyst – attracts a variety of established ventures from Ireland, Mexico, Singapore, Brazil, Turkey, India, Germany and a growing list of places from around the globe. 

The Catalyst serves these diverse ventures from ASU, Arizona and around the globe through its state-of-the-art venture services platform. The Catalyst combines the best programs available into an integrated innovation system that helps each venture take whatever next step is most appropriate while continually linking it to ASU. The Catalyst uses its own personnel as well as collaborators from its extensive network, to provide a full range of acceleration services.

Please contact us if you would like more information about Arizona State University's Venture Catalyst.