# How we help

**Residency** [Drastically improve your odds](/content/residency/residency/index.html)  
**How We Help** [Learn more about our approach](/content/residency/how-we-help/index.html)  
**Current Residents** [Our current startup residents](/content/residency/volta-residents/index.html)  
**Alumni** [Previous Volta residents](/content/residency/alumni/index.html)  
**Growth** [Iterate to product market fit](/content/residency/growth/index.html)  
**Catalyst** [Engage and delight early adopters](/content/residency/catalyst/index.html)  
**Signal** [Kick start your startup idea](/content/residency/signal/index.html)

# Partners

**Partners** [Join our team of supporters](/content/partners/index.html)  
**Power Crew** [Expert specialists to drive success](/content/powercrew/index.html)  
**Ecosystem Supporters** [Support local tech startups](/content/ecosystem-supporters/index.html)  
**Volta AI** [Helping AI companies scale](/content/partners/scaleai/index.html)  
**BDC Thrive Impact Investment** [Supporting women-led startups](/content/thrive-impact-investment-program/index.html)

# Events

**Events** [Connect with your community](/content/events-old/index.html)  
**GenAI Showcase & Mixer** [Connect and Create](/content/community/generative-ai-showcase-and-mixer/index.html)  
**DemoCamp** [Let your product take the stage](/content/community/democamp/index.html)  
**Ecosystem Impact Awards** [Celebrate community leaders](/content/community/ecosystem-impact-awards/index.html)  
**Pitch Competitions** [Perfect your elevator pitch](/content/community/pitch-competitions/index.html)

# About

**About Volta** [Learn about our why](/content/about-old/index.html)  
**Volta's History** [Discover our journey](/content/voltas-history/index.html)  
**Our Team** [Meet the Volta team](/content/team-old/index.html)  
**Our Board of Directors** [Strategic governance](/content/volta-board-members-old/index.html)  
**News** [Get the latest news from Volta](/content/news/index.html)

# Catalyst

**Crafting MVPs that ignite market success**.

Volta Catalyst is the second stage in our residency program. For Catalyst Residents, our focus is on helping founders like you successfully reach two key milestones: Designing and then Developing a minimum viable product (MVP).

With a clear understanding of the problem you're solving, the target customers, and the market you're pursuing, our advisors will work closely with you to refine your product idea and distill it into an MVP you can get into the hands of your prospective customers.

[Apply Now](/content/residency/catalyst-apply/index.html)

## Key Areas of Focus

1. **Problem Hypothesis**  
   Documenting Problem Hypothesis  
   We'll help you identify and document the assumptions you're making about the problem, target customers, and potential solution. This enables you to recognize the crucial aspects that need to be tested and validated.

2. **Market Research**  
   Conducting Market Research  
   We'll guide you in building the skills necessary to research the market you're targeting, understand the alternative solutions available to your target customers, and define the segments of the market that your solution will aim to address.

3. **Early Adopter Funnel**  
   Building an Early Adoptor Funnel  
   We'll support you in creating an early adopter funnel designed to attract and convert early adopters.

4. **Customer Discovery**  
   Conducting Customer Discovery Interviews  
   We'll provide guidance on conducting customer discovery interviews with prospective customers, allowing you to gather valuable insights and feedback on your ideas.

5. **Analyze Results**  
   Analyzing Interview Results  
   You'll learn to analyze the outcomes of customer conversations to refine your assumptions, focus on the most pressing problems.

## Admission Requirements

- Startup should have moved past idea stage backed up with early customer signal.
- Startup should now be focused on heading into designing/developing an MVP to solve the identified problem.
- Startup founder is based in Atlantic Canada.
- Startup founder has agreed to meet with growth coach on 4-6 weekly cadence.
- Startup founder agrees to set KPIs using the Value Engine.

[Apply to Catalyst](/content/residency/catalyst-apply/index.html)