Building Southeast Asia's first scalable entrepreneurship and AI ecosystem for youth aged 10 to 17; students learn to build, pitch and launch real ventures.
Validated against an actual market problem
Built with hands-on tools and AI
Delivered on stage at Demo Day
Carried far beyond the programme
Schools teach students to pass exams; not to build, create or lead in an AI-driven world.
A widening skills gap; children are unprepared for tomorrow's economy.
The next Silicon Valley does not have to begin in the United States. It could begin in a classroom, right here at home.
Southeast Asia's first scalable entrepreneurship and AI ecosystem for youth aged 10–17, under Catalyst Venture Global. Not a tuition centre: every student leaves with a real idea, a real prototype, and a real pitch.
A premium entrepreneurship and AI academy for ages 10–17; hands-on weekly sessions, mentorship and live business projects, grouped by age band toward one shared Demo Day.
Each year of the programme builds on the last; transforming curious 10-year-olds into confident 17-year-old founders ready to launch real ventures.
Sparking curiosity and creative thinking, and identifying the first problem worth solving.
Building and testing early ideas against a real, if small, market.
Taking a venture online, with real digital storefronts and strategy.
Learning to grow and lead a venture beyond its first version.
A full venture launch and investor-ready pitch, capping the journey.
Students who complete the full journey from age 10 to 17 emerge as seasoned young founders; equipped to lead in any economy.
Startup thinking, ideation and venture creation, from day one.
Confidence, communication and team management skills.
Social media strategy, branding and online growth.
Investor-style pitch training, live Q&A and storytelling under pressure.
How money, income and value actually work; the basics school skips.
Building habits around spending, saving and setting real financial goals.
An introduction to how investing, risk and compounding growth actually work.
Pricing, unit economics and what it means to raise or manage venture capital.
Hands-on use of real AI tools, integrated into every project from day one.
Getting real output from AI tools: research, writing, design and analysis.
Using AI-assisted, no-code tools to build a working product, fast.
Understanding bias, privacy and the ethics of building with AI early on.
Students build real prototypes, brands and online stores with AI tools and mentor support; real outcomes, not theory.
Each cohort pitches live to mentors, families and the Catalyst investor network; the moment students learn to defend an idea in the room.
A public showcase where founders keep validating, selling and growing their venture long after their cohort ends.
Every stage is guided by trained mentors, not left to chance.
Financial literacy and AI fluency your child will use for life, not just a test.
A built prototype and a live pitch; evidence of initiative, not just a certificate.
Cohort-mates and mentors who take their ideas as seriously as they do.
A maximum of 10 students per class, for real attention and real outcomes.
Bring Catalyst Venture Academy into your school as an enrichment track, co-curricular programme or holiday intensive.
Partner as a sponsor, mentor network or Demo Day judge, and connect your brand to the next generation of founders.
"Children today are growing up in a world changing faster than any generation before them. Education must evolve beyond memorization and examinations toward creativity, innovation, communication, networking and real-world problem solving."
Media, AdTech & business innovation.
DBA candidate (AI in media & business); MBA, University of East London; BA (Double Major, Broadcasting & Public Relations).
Built the D-Pearl Perfume brand; founded a café at W-Space co-working space; franchise owner of MicFront Subang.
TEDx Dwi Emas Youth Sharing 2025.
First cohorts opening soon. Register your interest and we'll send enrolment details as soon as they're confirmed.