Launch and grow your tech-enabled startup.

Alberta Catalyzer is a merit-based pre-accelerator that offers company support, resources, and coaching to entrepreneurs aiming to launch and grow their tech-enabled companies, preparing them for advancement to the scale-up and acceleration stages.

Apply to join the next cohort in one of three programs: Engage, Traction, and Velocity. 
_{Note: Companies must be registered in Alberta to be eligible. Completion of previous Platform Calgary or Alberta Catalyzer programming is not required. Cohorts for each program continue year round.}

Engage

Engage is for you if you

• Have an early-stage plan for a minimum viable product (MVP)
• Have done customer discovery interviews with tracked learnings
• Can demonstrate customer desirability

What you’ll do in Engage

• Ideal customer discovery
• Solution prototyping
• Minimum viable product (MVP) creation
• Testing and validating business models
  

Traction

Traction is for you if you

• Have created the first version of your tech-enabled company – minimum viable product (MVP)
• Are ready and actively pursuing your first sales/customer commitment

What You’ll do In Traction

• Clearly identify first customers
• Develop a sales call and script templates to achieve early sales
• Build marketing and content strategies

Velocity

Velocity is for you if

• You have recurring revenue
• Preparing to scale and generate exponential growth in operations

What You’ll do In Velocity

• Establish a go-to-market strategy
• Understand investment readiness basics
• Enhance sales efforts and strategies
• Refine operations and team management
• Establish testing methodology toward product market fit
• Have a polished investment and community pitch
• Understand the different sources of funding and receive feedback from investors
• Prepare for Scaleup GAP accelerators

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