Catalyst
Stephen R Houston is the founder and Executive Chairman of Houston Acquisitions, an investment company focused on property solutions and start-up businesses since April 2002. Houston is also an Investment Committee Member at ACF Investors, where efforts concentrate on enabling high-potential SMEs to achieve growth with an investment capacity of £100M. As Angel Investor of the Year for Catalyst NI in 2013-2014, Houston has played a significant role in supporting startups and entrepreneurial initiatives through mentoring programs with Invest Northern Ireland, such as The Accelerating Growth Programme, The Leader Programme, and Propel Programme. Previous roles include Executive Chairman at QuizFortune, where Houston facilitated its transition to a U.S.-facing company, and Non-Executive Director at SOPHIA Search. Houston holds a B.A. in Business Administration and Computer Sciences from Queen's University Belfast and has completed further education at Yale University.
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Catalyst
Catalyst is an independent, non-profit science and technology hub focused on fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland. The epicentre of innovation in Northern Ireland, we provide everything that innovators and entrepreneurs need to reach higher and succeed faster – a home, a powerful community, enhanced by international networks of venture capital, and market development support. Inclusivity is at the core of what we do at Catalyst, we are working to remove the barriers that prevent people from accessing opportunities in the innovation economy, such as access to entrepreneurship and learning the skills to innovate. We invest, pro bono, all surplus profits from our property portfolio into nurturing a community-led innovation ecosystem that supports technology-focused startups, entrepreneurs, and innovators so they can create, scale, and flourish.