Press Release
May 18, 2023

Colliers Joins Silicon Catalyst Ecosystem as an In-Kind Partner

Silicon Valley, California, May 18, 2023 – The Silicon Valley office of Colliers (NASDAQ: CIGI) announced today that it has joined Silicon Catalyst, the world's only incubator focused on accelerating semiconductor solutions, as an In-Kind Partner.

Colliers, with $4.5B in revenue, operating in 66 different countries, provides commercial real estate professional and investment management services to corporate and institutional clients in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region. Portfolio Companies in the Silicon Catalyst incubator will be able to utilize the real estate services of Colliers to find appropriate office and lab facilities to enable their further business growth.

Brokers Jere Hench and John McMahon, both of whom are Executive Vice Presidents in the Silicon Valley office of Colliers, have spent their careers providing services to these types of companies.

“Our work with early-stage companies has intersected with Silicon Catalyst’s in the past and it’s exciting to be working alongside them now in an official capacity. While these companies grow, it’s critical that we help them make the best real estate decisions as they scale,” Hench said.

“It’s very important that the Silicon Catalyst In-Kind Partner ecosystem continues to address the needs of the early-stage companies in our incubator. As they achieve success in the market, it’s great to know that they’ll be able to leverage Colliers’ expertise to address their facility needs,” stated Tarun Verma, Silicon Catalyst Managing Partner.

About Colliers

Colliers is a leading diversified professional services and investment management company. With operations in 63 countries, our 18,000 enterprising professionals work collaboratively to provide expert real estate and investment advice to clients. With annual revenues of $4.6 billion and $92 billion of assets under management, Colliers maximizes the potential of property and real assets to accelerate the success of our clients. Learn more at corporate.colliers.com, Twitter @Colliers or LinkedIn.

About Silicon Catalyst

“It’s about what’s next”

Silicon Catalyst is the world’s only incubator focused exclusively on accelerating semiconductor solutions, built on a comprehensive coalition of in-kind and strategic partners to dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of development. More than 900 startup companies worldwide have engaged with Silicon Catalyst and the company has admitted 97 exciting companies. With a world-class network of mentors to advise startups, Silicon Catalyst is helping new semiconductor companies address the challenges in moving from idea to realization. The incubator/accelerator supplies startups with access to design tools, silicon devices, networking, and a path to funding, banking and marketing acumen to successfully launch and grow their companies’ novel technology solutions. Over the past eight years, the Silicon Catalyst model has proven to dramatically accelerate a startup’s trajectory while at the same time de-risking the equation for investors. Silicon Catalyst has been named the Semiconductor Review’s 2021 Top-10 Solutions Company award winner.

The Silicon Catalyst Angels was established in July 2019 as a separate organization to provide access to seed and Series A funding for Silicon Catalyst portfolio companies.

More information is available at www.siliconcatalyst.uk, www.siliconcatalyst.com and www.siliconcatalystangels.com.