Catalysr

Catalysr is an award-winning startup accelerator in Australia. We run intensive entrepreneurship programs for high-performing migrant and refugee entrepreneurs - aka Migrapreneurs - who want to find success in Australia by building their own startup or social enterprise.

Catalysr is a place for people with fresh ideas who are ready to dream, to work hard and to challenge themselves to bring their big ideas to life.

Join a community of hackers, engineers, hustlers, scientists, thinkers, marketers, business moguls and do'ers in our collective vision to build a better and more inclusive Australia

Our Startups

Since 2016, we've supported 1263 migrapreneurs from 87 countries, with 48% of them being female. They have created 300+ businesses and counting. Our community includes 1200+ professionals, advisors and mentors.

Our key supporters for Catalysr 2026 Programs

What our alumni say

“We joined Catalysr for three reasons. To provide (1) momentum, (2) structure, and (3) connections. Throughout the programme, we actually realised a fourth, and possibly more important benefit: confidence. This led to me going from being a full-time employee of someone else's business, to becoming a full-time founder of our own business, YogiBirth, an online pregnancy yoga studio that helps women prepare for birth. As we launch, would we be here today without this confidence boost, probably not.” - Tom Ray and Laura Myers, YogiBirth (C18)

“It has been an incredible journey of learning and experience with Catalysr. They have a team of expert mentors and the pre-accelerator program is highly organized which not only benefits startups but also the individuals. As full-time workers, we got the much-needed support and push from Catalysr which helped our startup Natural Panaa with product portfolio development, customer validation, and networking. We are proud to have been part of Catalysr’s 2018 Cohort and we highly recommend this program to all new startups who are looking for some direction and encourage them to apply” - Premjith Herman & Misha Ahmed, Natural Panaa (C18)