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Ten of the most promising start-ups in Northern Ireland have each been awarded £10,000 proof of concept (POC) grants following their involvement in Catalyst’s early-stage entrepreneurship programme Co-Founders. Co-Founders is an innovative programme which brings together ambitious people from diverse backgrounds who are interested in creating a start-up with high-growth potential in...
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  New investment opportunities with qualified startups offered at Raise Pitch Nights, Northern Ireland's only public startup-investor connection events. The new financial year brings exciting opportunities for individuals to diversify their investment portfolio and have a transformative impact on local startups with a global vision. The startup ecosystem across the island of Ireland both No...
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Calling all early stage tech startups from NI and ROI! Here’s a fab opportunity to showcase your innovative business in the upStart startup zone at Digital DNA! Digital DNA Belfast is set to play host to some of the most exciting early stage startups from across Ireland. upStart, a showcase zone for early stage startups from Northern Ireland and Ireland, will play host to 16 of the most e...
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Innovative Procure-To-Pay platform Lightyear revealed as one of the Fastest Growing Fintech companies in Europe in this year's Financial Times FT 1000. Market-leading procure-to-pay platform, Lightyear, has rocketed into the Top 20 Fastest Growing Fintech companies in Europe in this year's Financial Times FT 1000. Headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland and with offices in Sydney, Australia,...
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The first Innovation Island Connect event hailed a success and paving the way for more cross-border collaboration for SaaS companies and professional services firms on the island of Ireland. A recent report by the Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI) highlighted the low level of tech services between the Republic and Northern Ireland. To address this, Startacus have partnered with T...
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Startacus co-founder to be based at NWRC one day a week to help drive innovation among students and the college community. Excited to share the news that the North West Regional College (NWRC) has appointed its first entrepreneur in residence, supporting students on their first steps into business and that entrepreneur in residence is none other than our very own Alastair Cameron, co-founder of...
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Dogpatch Labs’ First Fridays for Startups comes to Belfast this week with talks from successful founders, mentorship and support for entrepreneurs. Northern Irish startups will gather for the first time for a major monthly technology ecosystem event “First Fridays” at Belfast's Ormeau Baths on Friday 7th October. The event is run in partnership with startup and innovation hub ...
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Cross-border collaboration project featuring interactive portal and series of networking events to be delivered by TechIreland and Startacus, with support from InterTradeIreland’s Synergy initiative. Thrilled to announce that TechIreland and Startacus, both organisations that promote startups and tech SMEs in Ireland and Northern Ireland were recently approved funding under InterTrad...
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Ulster Bank has once again partnered with AwakenHub to deliver the second iteration of its popular SheGenerate programme. SheGen2.0 will provide targeted support for early-stage female founders and is particularly interested in supporting women who are interested in building their own business. Interested entrepreneurs have just days left to apply for a spot on the all-island programme wh...
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Vikela Armour announced as the overall winners of INVENT, a leading Northern Irish competition for innovative startups. Body armour startup Vikela Armour has been named as the winner of this year’s INVENT Awards, a leading Northern Irish competition for innovative startups. Organised by science and technology hub Catalyst with headline partner Bank of Ireland, the annual INVENT Awards ce...
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