CULTURAL CATALYST PROGRAM

Make your idea funding-ready with Marc Spiegler and the ArtNova team. Our Cultural Catalyst Program is a course designed to sharpen your idea - for a commercial startup, a new NGO or even a governmental initiative - and make it ready to pitch. Candidates for the program must have their concept approved before acceptance.

Each group will have up to 3 one-hour virtual sessions with Marc to discuss market fit, positioning strategy, SWOT, allies and rivals. You will also have up to 2 one-hour virtual meetings with finance experts from Art Nova, the parent company of Art Market Minds, to build the business plan. At the end of the program, and on the basis of fulfilling the criteria, you will have the opportunity to present your project virtually to a jury of potential investors and art-world professionals during the Funding Pitch Sessions.

Best-in-class projects will also have the opportunity to pitch IRL in front of The Art Business Conference audience in one of our locations (New York, Paris, London, or Hong Kong).

To apply, please click on the link below. 

Jury members

Frédéric Jousset
CEO and Founder, ArtNova

Stefano Maddalena
Director, Business Acceleration, Audemars Piguet
Marine Tanguy
CEO and Founder, MTArt Agency
Devang Thakkar
Global Head of Christie's Ventures, Christie’s Ventures

Ziv Reichert
Partner, LocalGlobe
Ty Ahmad-Taylor
Former SVP at Snap Inc. and Meta
Max Rivera
Angel Investor and Former Global Agency Partnerships, Snap Inc

Fatine Layt
Investor and former President, LionTree
Urs Rahne
Managing Director and Partner, BCG
Ian Charles Stewart
Investor and Executive in Residence at IMD
Benny Gross
General Partner WCC Fund

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