We had such a blast carving the pathway into entrepreneurship for 15 impressive young people this Summer. The Emerging Entrepreneurs Summer School nurtured the innovative potential of young people from different backgrounds and experiences to showcase the opportunity of startups as a viable career, help them find their tribe, and...
Startup Ecosystem Events in Northern Ireland for founders and entrepreneurs to connect, get support and access funding.
We're delighted to introduce an exclusive competition for the ambitious founders who are successful in joining our Autumn Accelerator programme. The Accelerator programme is designed to fast track your startup into a scalable, investable business through a 3 month sprint of focussed education and mentoring. 6 early stage...
The Raise Accelerator programme is an opportunity for early-stage tech startups to validate, accelerate and get investment ready. The programme is a 3 month intensive sprint of knowledge, education and mentoring designed to fast track your startup. It will help you to understand the fundamentals of your business across product,...
Calling early stage tech startup founders! You’ve come so far already with your startup but now is your time grow, expand and take over the world. And we're here to help you through our early stage tech Accelerator programme. Do you want to create your own success?...
Raise Ventures & Young Enterprise Northern Ireland are launching the Emerging Entrepreneurs Summer School to carve a path for young people into entrepreneurship. Explore the amazing opportunity that lies within the startup sector this Summer. Running Monday 21st - Friday 25th August 2023, we're opening up the gateway...
The NI Software Alliance was established in 2022 to become the voice of the software industry in Northern Ireland. A collaboration of independent companies in the industry, they are championing the local software sector that contributes £1.7 billion annually and employs 23,000 people across approximately 2,200 businesses,...
Our recent Summer Pitch Night, which saw 8 rising startups pitch to a room (or rather, rooftop) of angel investors, funds and ecosystem supporters, was also an opportunity to give back to our local community here in Belfast. The chosen venue of the Oh Yeah Music Centre has a long...
Raise Pitch Nights give a platform to startups - both early stage startups and established scaleups - to showcase their business and connect with angel investors and VC funds to raise capital. Our Raise the Roof Summer Pitch Night in June saw 8 rising startups pitch under the blazing sun...