STATION Ai CATAPULT

CATAPULT is a roughly three-month, in-person batch programme in Nagoya with biweekly mentoring, taking ten to twenty startups at a time; its seventh batch ran from October to December 2025. Participation is free and no investment is made — the stated aim is to get startups into a state where they can raise from VCs — and no equity is taken. Generalist with an AI focus. Both absences were confirmed by rendering the pages in Chrome.

Investment
Not disclosed
Equity taken
Not disclosed
Duration
11 weeks (Shorter than East Asia & Pacific median 15 wks · Shorter than global median 20 wks)
Format
in person
Cadence
biannual
Location
Nagoya, Japan

Sectors

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

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Last verified 2026-09-06.