A native of Ukraine, leading mental arithmetic expert from the state of Minnesota, Founder and CEO of Neuro Mental Math LLC, Natella Horodetska, has been named the winner of the international CatalyX Champions Series Awards 2025 in the category “Leader of Online Educational Platforms.” The official list of laureates was announced on April 30, 2025, according to the competition’s press office.
The next-generation CatalyX Champions Series Awards was established within the international CatalyX Ventures ecosystem, which brings together investors, technology leaders, and experts in business and scalable solutions. The award gains additional weight through partnerships with globally respected institutions. Among them are one of the world’s top business schools, IESE Business School; Florida’s leading technology accelerator, Tampa Bay Wave; and the global nonprofit platform associated with the dissemination of ideas of worldwide significance, TED.
CatalyX Champions Series Awards first entered the public arena in 2024 as a global recognition program focused on identifying leaders whose innovative solutions demonstrate measurable results and impact the development of industries.
In 2025, the award received broad international coverage and established itself as a platform with a highly selective selection process, expert evaluation at the level of venture and executive leadership, and a focus on projects with real scalability potential.
Equally important is how the winners are identified. The choice of winners within the CatalyX Champions Series Awards is characterized by intense competition: candidates are nominated by the professional community and then undergo a multi-stage expert voting process.
The jury includes venture capital professionals and senior executives, which ensures rigorous professional validation of each candidate.
According to the organizers of the CatalyX Champions Series Awards, Natella Horodetska’s victory in the “Leader of Online Educational Platforms” category, against the backdrop of an international pool of applicants, confirms her exceptional position in the field of educational technology.
“For the modern educational landscape, this is particularly indicative. Today, the success of an online platform is measured not only by its digital interface, but also by how profoundly it transforms the very approach to learning,” the award founders emphasized.
The winner herself states that, for her, recognition of the project’s pedagogical substance is more important than its external technological sophistication.
“My goal was to create an educational environment where technology does not replace pedagogy, but strengthens it. That is why it is especially meaningful to me that the project was recognized for its substantive strength — its ability to support a child’s intellectual development, not just digital convenience,” says Natella Horodetska.
