Catalyze is an alumni network of 150+ emerging leaders, entrepreneurs, leaders in innovation, social enterprise pioneers, and university professionals from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia who have experienced the Tech Innovation and Entrepreneurship Professional Fellows Program in Chicago.

The Tech Innovation and Entrepreneurship Professional Fellows Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and administered by WorldChicago, is a two-way, global exchange program designed to promote mutual understanding, enhance leadership and professional skills, as well as build lasting, sustainable partnerships between mid-level emerging leaders from Southeast Europe and the United States.

This powerful network, that share a life-changing connection, was created to continue the connection and create a platform for collaboration that supports entrepreneurship and tech innovation development.