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NOVA CATAPULT
For those ready to launch. Bring your team and your idea — we'll handle the rest: funding, resources, and a support system that's already built. All you have to do is make it real.
Global Open Call
Founder Incubation
WHAT THIS IS
You don't start from zero.
We've already poured
the foundation.
A place to start a company without starting from scratch. Bring your team and your idea — the funding, the resources and the support system are already in place. You focus on one thing: shipping a SOTA product.
WHO IT'S FOR
Your first company?
You're not fighting this one alone.
Money and resources are just the starting line. What actually gives you confidence is a room full of people who know what they're doing.
BIG TECH
Stuck at a big company, itching to finally build something that's actually yours.
LONE FIGHTER
Grinding it out solo on your own venture, missing the systems and resources to go the distance.
PIVOTING
Experienced, well-resourced, and seriously betting your next chapter on AI.
OVERLOOKED
Already on VCs' radar, still waiting for the right platform.
WHO IT'S FOR
AI turns one person into a thousand. Here are the four kinds we're looking for.
BIG TECH
Stuck at a big company, itching to finally build something that's actually yours.
LONE FIGHTER
Grinding it out solo on your own venture, missing the systems and resources to go the distance.
PIVOTING
Experienced, well-resourced, and seriously betting your next chapter on AI.
OVERLOOKED
Already on VCs' radar, still waiting for the right platform.
WHAT WE DO FOR YOU
Funding, resources and access — all at once
Raw data stays on the partner’s side throughout. We run in verification-feedback mode and see only what the ranking and verification steps require.
FUNDING
Capital, wired directly
RMB 1,000,000
(~USD 150,000) in incubation funding, covering salaries, compute, and basic operating costs.
SPACE
Shanghai and Beijing ready now; Silicon Valley, Japan and Singapore in progress
Offices and back-office support. Nothing to set up twice.
COMPUTE
The best models and compute in the world, ready to use
No quota queues, no procurement cycle. Open it and go.
PRODUCTS
Tanka for team co-creation, Evermind for long-term memory, Makeplay for game production, Mirasim for model orchestration
The internal product stack is open to you.
EXPERTS
400+ people who genuinely understand AI, helping you judge direction
Project reviews and stage retrospectives always have a specialist in the room.
CAPITAL
Capital and connections across China and the US, open to you
Introductions to funding channels and the people who matter, so you take fewer detours.
COMMUNITY
One-click access to a founder community of hundreds of thousands, and a route to taking products global
When you need people, resources or peers, the network helps.
INVESTORS
A hundred-plus investment firms watching over the long run
Your progress gets seen by people who actually look at deals.
THE TERMS
The terms, laid out plainly
≤ 6
people in principle, with 1–2 core founders full-time
3 mo
reviewed monthly, extendable by one more term
RMB 1M
~USD 150K, covering salaries, compute, admin
Equal footing
treated the same as Shanda's own internal teams
This funding comes in as a SAFE. Unlike a typical dollar-fund incubator, we don't take a fixed equity stake from day one — that headroom shows up in the conversion multiple later, negotiated based on how the project performs.
WHAT WE WEIGH
60% team, 40% business
You don't need a polished business plan.
TEAM 60%
DIRECTION 40%
The era of the super individual is here
We want to run this with you.