It’s great to see the government using the current pandemic to bolster new innovations which would have long-reaching effects beyond the current crisis. We have seen how air quality has improved due to the numbers of cars off the roads but there are challenges on how to get people onto public transport (and planes). It’s…
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…
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Like everyone, we’ve been listening to a lot of zoom calls organised by HBAN, EBAN ( and their members), Greenbackers, Seedrs, Ignite, Expotential, Angels Den and our Raise sessions to name a few. These are the key themes and messages we’re hearing regarding fund raising: Some of the best returning investments in angel…
Raise is delighted to be working with JP Irvine from Keystone Law on all things corporate law for the startups in our accelerator programme. It’s key for founders to relations with professionals in law and accountancy to keep them right when starting and building their business. JP is a tech savvy lawyer is leading the…
We’ve just launched the Raise Ventures – summer startup accelerator programme intake and we thought it would be a good idea to share with you an A to Z of startup tech lingo. A is for API API stands for application programming interface. An API is a way for your product or web service to…
Last Thursday, the Raise Startup Club hosted a meetup on Zoom with guest speaker Mel Morrison from Bluesona. Mel has built Bluesona up over the last few years from an idea to a startup that now sells through their partners in the insurance industry. Having identified the problem of drivers being distracted by their mobile…
Practical Suppliers for Offices in light of COV19 As you plan ahead to open up the office, here is a short list of practical suppliers of useful items you may need for your office. Note this has just been a short research piece by Raise. It would be advised that you get in touch 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…
Travel was invented by people wanting to explore, facilitated by the invention of the wheel, the car, the boat and the airplane. With faster cars, boats and planes, the ability to travel and explore has certainly become easier and quicker. One story my grandfather often told was his son immigrating to Australia only 35 years…
