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Local musicians and bands in Derry & Strabane! Here's a paid opportunity to have your video featured during the LEVELUP Enterprise Week events LEVELUP is a 2-day hybrid event taking place during Derry and Strabane Enterprise Week.  Delivered by Startacus, a startup focused platform, programme and event facilitation company and in partnership with Derry City and Strabane District Counc...
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https://mailchi.mp/startacus/levelup Interesting and innovative early-stage NI startups now being sought for the LEVELUP pitch competition at Derry and Strabane Enterprise Week with £2k cash prize awarded to the winning NI startup Applications are now open for the LEVELUP startup pitch competition for early stage NI startups that will take place during the LEVELUP 2021 event on 21st and ...
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  Funding secured by Oxford Medical Products to further develop its innovative non-surgical and non-pharmaceutical weight-loss solution Innovations in weight loss technology took a step further with the news that Oxford Medical Products (OMP) has raised £1.2M in seed investment to develop a safe and affordable weight loss capsule, which uses the same mechanism of action as a gastric b...
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Aldea Ventures Announces First Close as it Targets €100M Fund to Back the Best Micro VCs and Future Champions of European Tech Fantastic news from Aldea Ventures which has just announced a €60M first close of a target €100M first fund to invest in 700 technology-enabled startups across Europe. The firm takes a hybrid approach. Firstly, as a fund of funds Aldea invests in up to 20...
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LEVELUP 2021 is a two day blended digital and in-person event looking at innovation and inspiration from around the world, exploring how people, both locally and internationally, have created opportunity, economic growth and initiated real change. Even before the pandemic, the world was evolving and technological innovations were happening at a significant pace. However, Covid 19 has ...
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Applications now open for students and academics at NI universities with innovative ideas to enter the Techstart and Creator Fund Challenge If you’re a student or academic at Ulster University or Queens University Belfast with an innovative business idea, then this is well worth a look. Creator Fund and Techstart have just come together to launch the "Techstart and Creator Fund Challenge"...
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NI-based with a startup or idea for an innovative product or a solution? This is for you - the Invent 2021 competition is now open for applications... Invent, the annual competition organised by Catalyst and partners Bank of Ireland is once again open for applications. The competition aims to recognise and reward local innovations and proof of concept ideas that have the greatest commercial po...
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Innovate UK supports startup Caeli Nova with development of its breathing technology that improves oxygenation of the human body in demanding environments Further evidence of the fantastic work that Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency is doing with the news that breathing technology startup Caeli Nova is launching its first product following an intensive research and development progr...
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The annual Tech Nation Report has been launched and highlights the resilience and innovation of the UK's tech sector despite the challenges caused by the pandemic and the EU Exit It’s that time of year again - Tech Nation, the leading scaleup accelerator, has released its annual Tech Nation Report, the ultimate state-of-the-nation report on the UK tech sector. After what was an extraordi...
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Small Business Britain calls for more support and encouragement for female-led businesses as research reveals that many women are considering the entrepreneurship route Research commissioned by Small Business Britain’s f:Entrepreneur campaign to mark International Women’s Day reveals that almost one fifth of women are considering starting their own business, in a sign of a potential...
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ClearGlass Analytics, the fintech which has captured half of the pensions market in 2 short years, announces a major seed investment round as it brings a level of transparency previously unseen in the pensions industry The innovative fintech ClearGlass Analytics which has captured half of the pensions market in 2 short years, announces a major seed investment round as it brings a level of trans...
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Major investment for London-based Countingup to support its product innovation and ambition to help small businesses thrive across the UK Fantastic news from Countingup, the business current account with built-in accounting software, which has just announced the close of a £9.1 million Series A investment round, led by Framework Venture Partners and joined by Gresham House Ventures, Sage,...
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