Catalyst Inc
Location Queen ’ s Road Queen ’ s Island Belfast BT3 9DT
Contact Details Contact : Mervyn Watley , Director of Corporate Real Estate and Facilities Tel : 028 9073 7800 Email : enquires @ catalyst-inc . org Website : www . catalyst-inc . org
Catalyst Inc Young people attending the Generation Innovation Night of Ambition
Catalyst Inc is built upon the deep belief that in Northern Ireland we have a community of innovators so powerful its people can change the world . We provide the home , networks and empathy to support this talent and ambition to develop world leading products and services that will transform Northern Ireland into one of the most entrepreneurial knowledge economies in Europe .
Key to the success of our model is the diversity of organisations based at , and engaging with , Catalyst Inc ( major technology corporations , indigenous scaling companies and start ups ) co-located with worldclass research ( Queen ’ s University ECIT / CSIT centres ) all of which has created a fertile ground for growth .
Today we have160 companies employing over 2,600 engineers , researchers , entrepreneurs and executives , across such sectors as Software , FinTech , Telecoms , Creative and BioTech , working from our campuses in Belfast , Derry / Londonderry and soon to be Ballymena .
Catalyst Inc has been able to evidence the progress of the growth of the NI Knowledge Economy through the independent production of the annual Knowledge Economy Index report . For the second year running , the 2015 report confirmed the NI Knowledge Economy as the second fastest growing in the UK .
World Class Facilities Flexibility and connectivity have been the guiding principles behind the design of the Science Park , whose buildings are spread across three campuses – multiple buildings in Belfast ’ s Titanic Quarter ; the Innovation Centre in Derry ~ Londonderry ; and the CoLab facility at the Letterkenny Institute of Technology , over the border in Co . Donegal . December 2016 will see the opening of an additional Innovation Centre at the ECOS Centre in Ballymena in partnership with Mid and East Antrim Council .
Our ‘ business ready ’ infrastructure is a total performance hub providing seamless access to pure Internet super-connectivity and a Tier 1 open carrier neutral telecommunications platform . We provide peace-of-mind and an all inclusive 24 / 7 maintenance pack allowing tenant companies to concentrate on their business . Our progressive
campuses throughout Northern Ireland create thriving centres of excellence that assist the modern working culture with secure access , support services , meeting facilities , onsite catering and parking .
Catalyst Inc provides agile configurations that can accommodate everything from wet lab facilities to data centres . Tenant companies at Catalyst Inc range from one person-one desk on a monthly deal , to single company / whole building on a 15 year lease – and any number of combinations in between .
Catalyst Inc Belfast Facilities The Innovation Centre 56,000 sq ft . Northern Ireland ’ s most flexible and hi-tech workspace solution . Available in unit multiples of 2,000 sq ft , all-purpose workspaces adaptable for everything from wet labs to desk-based work .
Legacy Building 23,000 sq ft , two-storey facility . Units range from 5,000 to 6,000 sq ft . Home to larger corporate occupants and new start-ups that have outgrown their space in the Innovation Centre .
White Star House 40,000 square foot facility housing Citi ’ s Northern Ireland Technology Centre of Excellence ( 350 knowledge workers ).
The Concourse Buildings
• Concourse I – 54,000 sq ft flexible space across five floors
• Concourse II – 54,000 sq ft of flexible space across five floors
• Concourse III – 54,000 sq ft due to open in July 2016 supporting up to 500 Knowledge Workers .
CSIT and ECIT ECIT ( The Queen ’ s University Global Research Institute ) houses Queen ’ s University Belfast ’ s world-class research centre for electronics and computer science . CSIT ( Centre for Secure Information Technologies ), within ECIT , is pioneering research in cyber-security .
Catalyst Inc North West Facilities The EU INTERREG IVA-funded project ’ s 50,000 sq ft Innovation Centre has its own Data Centre and is home to specialists in enterprise
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