Get in quick and invoke Betteridges Law with that title! Sifted has an interesting article on the decision by the European Investment Committee (EIC) to put €4 billon into startups. This causes consternation, like panicked hens, in the “traditional” investment community because of fears it will lead to, as Benedict Evans put it, “a fucked…
Thank you everyone who joined us last month for our Tech for Non Tech event on Automation, No-Code and Community. We had 4 amazing speakers including Niamh McAuley, Ellie McBride, David Shawe and Fajar Siddiq. Watch the recording of last months event. Slides We currently have slide decks from Ellie McBride and Fajar Siddiq. Davids and Niamh’s will be…
On Thursday 18th June, Remote Raise hosted 7 great startup pitches with an audience of 40 angels and funds. The event was to be hosted in Belfast in April this year, however due to COV19 lockdown plans quickly were put on hold until the time was right. As lockdown measures are now easing and with…
Innovate to survive Has the expression “Cash is King” ever been truer than it is now? We’ve always known how important it is to keep a tight control on cash flow, but perhaps the spotlight has never shone as brightly as it does now on that area of the balance sheet. What if there…
The phrase of the week is: stimulus package The first one that should be on all your radar is this timely intervention from FutureScreens. FutureScreens is a £13M project run jointly by our two great universities to stimulate new thinking and new creativity in the regional creative industries. Following on from previous calls this year,…
A well recognised route a startup can take to find investors are crowdfunding and angel investment platforms. They provide businesses with a stage to present their investment opportunity and the administrative systems to accept investment in an orderly manner. This has been achieved by the use of new technology and the implementation of efficient business…
When a startup founder establishes their business they will likely have a strategy in mind for how they will fund it. This generally starts with savings, grants and bootstrapping tactics. In most cases this will be followed by an investment round from angels or other invsetors. What is often overlooked in Northern Ireland is the…
What is R&D? When a business sees a challenge or a gap in the market and starts investigating different ways to fill it, they could end up trying to create a new product, change a process – or simply extend the knowledge within a certain field. This is Research and Development (R&D) and this activity…
As we start to sift through a new round of startups looking for guidance on their road, it’s worth going over again the challenges that every startup faces. This isn’t to say that all founders need guidance – some people are extremely capable of navigating their way. Those folks are rare enough and opportunities are…
Last week saw the launch of the Creative Industries Seed Fund in Northern Ireland. Obviously a direct descendent of the Innovation Fund it’s not quite as open as the predecessor because it’s definitely aimed at Digital. If you recall, 40% of the Innovation Fund was dedicated to Digital previously – this will be close to…
