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Join our Masquerade Pitch Night 🎭
Unveil the opportunity of early stage startups at our Masquerade Pitch Night on Thursday 26th October Get your ticket here Join us for a Halloween themed pitch evening where innovation meets investment. You'll witness showcases from up and coming healthtech and climate focussed startups with disruptive scalable solutions...

It's Angel Investor Season
There are lots of great opportunities from good startups solving real problems in industries such as insurance, finance, logistics, retail, sports, climate and digital health, and they are building right here in Northern Ireland. Those opportunities have lots of potential with some customers along with the resilience to progress but...

Portfolio news: Skyjoy reach new heights with Guardian feature on dementia design
Skyjoy is an intelligent biodynamic lighting system that's improving the wellbeing of people living with dementia. Co-founders Pamela Topping and Lloyd Crawford recently sat down with The Guardian to share how they're pioneering an AI-driven circadian lighting system that is set to transform the quality of...

Portfolio news: BrokerIQ announces strategic partnership with iPipeline
iPipeline has announced a partnership with BrokerIQ, a startup specialising in adviser technology. BrokerIQ offers a client communication platform that works on smartphones and tablets. The platform includes features like in-app chat, automated notifications, client profiling, and video messaging. The aim is to improve client engagement for advice businesses and...

Portfolio news: FutureMatch Founder Kufa on Disruptive by Barclays Eagle Labs
The latest episode of Disruptive by Barclays Eagle Labs features Kufa Matiya, Founder and CEO of FutureMatch, a portfolio company of Raise. The talent acquisition platform manages the end-to-end hiring process for organisations looking to hire early-career talent. Kufa shares the lessons he’s learned from his first startup, how...

The Emerging Entrepreneurs Summer School, in photos 🚀
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...


Northern Ireland Startup Ecosystem Events
Startup Ecosystem Events in Northern Ireland for founders and entrepreneurs to connect, get support and access funding.