The focus of the investor talk was on understanding what angel investors look for in startups and how startups go looking for investment. With Stephen Houston, experienced angel investor, Cindy van Niekerk, CEO of Umazi and Jenny Ervine from Raise Ventures all hosted by Michael McDowell from Raise Ventures. Stephen highlighted that as an experienced…
We all know starting an early stage tech business is hard. Quite often the founder moves from industry into the CEO role and has to take on the full responsibility for a business. This means looking after everything not just their area of expertise. This covers operations, finance, sales, admin and much more spinning of…
In February 2021 Raise Ventures hosted a Norther Irish startups focused Recruitment Roundtable. Our virtual Tech for Non Tech event pivoted from a ‘virtual stage’ to a conference style ’roundtable discussion’. We decided it was the time to focus on the recruitment challenge that many startups here in Northern Ireland are up against. One of…
Technology and Communities can only improve Angel Investing Odds Look back to 2010 when angels stepped into the local Halo Angel pitching event. The events were the place to go to find early stage startups. After pitching and dinner the best startups would have a queue of investors waiting to talk to them. Fast forward…
Interested in Angel Investing? Do you often wonder how to get started as an angel investor? Do you want to support local tech startups? Angel Investing is a high risk investment sector that can have potential high rewards and returns. Assessing Your Options As you save up money you may often look at various options…
Get your pitch and video ready for upStart 2020! upStart is a great way for early stage startups to reach a global audience online by uploading a video pitch and pitch deck through Pitchtape Startups simply have to register at https://digitaldna.pitchtape.com/ Create a video pitch and upload a deck and submit Here is a simple…
As reported in the BBC: Ban on new petrol and diesel cars in UK from 2030 under PM’s green plan While the efforts from the PM might be lacklustre (the budget amount for this transformation is 1/25th of the massively overspent (and mostly pointless) HS2 rail project, the opportunity remains for smart startups to address…
Apple: Apple today announced an industry-leading new developer program to accelerate innovation and help small businesses and independent developers propel their businesses forward with the next generation of groundbreaking apps on the App Store. The new App Store Small Business Program will benefit the vast majority of developers who sell digital goods and services on…
What is one thing you would suggest to maintain positive mental health? For me mental health is about making sure I keep connected to others. With the move to more online meetups I’ve been part of running and attending events which has helped. Then it’s about following up for a quick one to one 20…
Here are some facts highlighted in the independent review of female entrepreneurshp from the Alison Rose report: Only 1 in 3 UK entrepreneurs are female Only 13% of senior people on UK investment reams are woman Less that 1% of UK venture goes on all female teams. It has been proven that despite the disparity…
