The Catalyst Technologies Venture Capital Group was one of the first technology company incubators. It was founded in 1981 in

Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale () is a city located in the Santa Clara Valley in northwestern Santa Clara County, California, United States. Sunnyvale lies along the historic El Camino Real (California), El Camino Real and U.S. Route 101 in California, Highway 1 ...

Atari Atari () is a brand name that has been owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by French holding company Atari SA (formerly Infogrames) and its focus is on "video games, consumer hardware, licensing and bl ...

co-founder

Nolan Bushnell Nolan Kay Bushnell (born February 5, 1943) is an American businessman and electrical engineer. He established Atari, Inc. and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre chain. He has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consu ...

and received much assistance from fellow Atari luminary, Al Alcorn. The term ''Catalyst Group'' may refer to both the companies spawned by the Group and the people involved. The Catalyst Group continued to operate throughout the 1980s, with most of the Catalyst Group companies closing by 1986.

References

*Slater, Robert.
Portraits in Silicon
1989 * Fast Company magazine, 02-17-2017 - The Untold Story of Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell’s Visionary 1980s Tech Incubato

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