Jenny Ervine from Raise had a great talk with Chris Gregg of Lightyear about the company’s journey so far and plans for the future. Learn more about Lightyear | https://www.lightyear.cloud/ What is Lightyear? A B2B procurement and accounts payable automation solution built in the cloud. Where did the Lightyear idea come from? Chris identified a…
Today we speak to Jason McDevitt, startup founder at Aeroblue Software to hear his thoughts, review and testimonial about Raise Accelerator programme that he successfully took part in during 2021. How has your team grown since joining the Raise accelerator? Jason: “We have recently Hired 2 Part-time developers to start working on our prototype and…
Today we speak to Clare Ryan, startup founder with CYBR!SC to hear their thoughts, review and testimonial about Raise Accelerator programme that she successfully took part in during 2021. How has your startup grown since joining the Raise accelerator? Clare: “Since partnering with Raise we have refocused our efforts on securing a funding round and…
Today we speak to Raj Aharwal, startup founder at Tisec to hear his thoughts, review and testimonial about Raise Accelerator programme that he successfully took part in during 2021. How have you found the post-course support after completing the Raise accelerator programme. Raj: “It was an unexpected experience post-programme support, even till today TISEC don’t feel…
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…
