Raise supports entrepreneurs and startup founders to nurture an early stage idea or tech solution into a commercially viable, investable, scalable business and bring it to market. Raise connects entrepreneurs with angel investors and VCs in their industries.
Here at Raise, we're really passionate about nurturing the next generation of innovators and doers. Earlier this year, we hosted the Emerging Entrepreneurs Summer School to carve a path for 15 young people into entrepreneurship. It aims to carve a path for young people into entrepreneurship and help...
Last night we hosted our Masquerade Pitch Night extravaganza at the beautiful Crescent One, their first ever event in the recently renovated Belfast townhouse. The energy, enthusiasm and innovation in the room was palpable. We can't thank you enough for your support. Have a look at how it...
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 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,...
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...
Welcome to the 'Raise the Roof' Pitch Night! We heard from 8 rising startups that are ready for investment, connections and your support in bringing them to the next stage in their journey. Check out all the golden hour photos from the evening. Summer Pitch Night in photosRaise...
Where can you find talent? It's not easy to navigate the numerous, dispersed ways of finding potential employees out there. So we've done the hard work for you and pulled together information on talent sources from local universities, colleges, programmes, and agencies. You can filter the...
The Accelerator programme is designed to help build investable, scalable tech startups. If you are a startup founder or entrepreneur solving a real problem and are ready to commercialise your validated idea, launch it in the market and raise investment - we want to hear from you! Applications for the...
A blog by mentor Kris Jones It’s that time of year, and with a backdrop of massive layoffs in the tech industry that more people kick off their own startups. To do that right now you’re either brave, reckless or need a lie down in a dark room...