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The Ireland Funds Business Plan Competition, now in its seventh year, seeks to nurture creativity and hone entrepreneurial skills amongst Irish-based early-stage technology entrepreneurs. The Ireland Funds has partnered with early stage investors NDRC to help irish-based early-stage technology entrepreneurs to bring ideas to life from concept to pitch. With applications open uuntil noon on Wednes...
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Some handy tricks and hints to aid you in your efforts if you are looking for funding for your startup, written by the team at Innovate UK."Bringing together the funds you need for your start-up can seem like a near-impossible feat. If approached the wrong way, it can be an immensely frustrating and stressful experience, no matter where in the funding cycle you currently sit. The longevity of an...
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French VC Funding Deals a Winning Hand Against European Elite in 2017 setting the stage for acceleration in 2018!  According to Atomico’s State of European Tech report published at the end of last, France took the lead position in Europe for the first time in 2017 in terms of VC deals. Launched at Slush December 2017 in Helsinki the report highlighted that more investment deals were cl...
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Irish Early-Stage Investment Firm Lucey Fund are hosting an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on October 31st in Belfast.  The Lucey Fund aims to share hints on how to manage finance, get funding and what is the first thing entrepreneurs should do when starting a company. Ask any questions about early-stage startups and get a consultation from the fund that invested in 100+ companies. Who ...
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Martin Neill is the Founder & CEO at AirPOS, a Belfast based cloud-based ePOS software platform which offers point-of-sale and e-commerce software to helps small retailers manage their sales and inventory, both in their shops and online. Here, Martin shares some invaluable thoughts and knowledge on raising investment as a startup and why EIS is perhaps more for investors than startup...
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If you are aged 17-24, passionate about wanting a greener, healthier planet and have an idea of how digital tech could benefit the environment - then your luck is in. You could be applying for up to £10,000 from The Environment Now to bring your idea to life! The Environment Now is an exciting new opportunity care of O2’s Think Big that will fund 17-24 years olds up to £10k to c...
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Ofri Ben-Porat is CEO and co-founder of mar-tech startup Pixoneye – an advanced computer vision and AI technology delivered on device that offers in app content personalisation for brands. Here, Ofi writes for Startacus on the measured approach Pixoneye took when looking at Angel or VC funding. "I think I can safely assume that everyone visiting Startacus will be involved in at least o...
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Moving house is stressful from the moment you start to think about it. Where are you going to move to? How much are you going to get for your current home? Most importantly, does it have a local Chinese takeaway? Proptech startup OneDome offers the means to reduce much of the headache for house hunters and property professionals alike all across England. Founded by Babek Ismayil, and launched off...
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