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Business finance support doesn’t stop with the Government. Jeff Kelisky, CEO at Seedrs highlights a few alternative financial resources that can aid your success. "Covid-19 has proved itself to be an economic nightmare as well as a health pandemic, with many small businesses and scaleups fighting to survive. While the initial economic shock may be teetering out, we can expect the recov...
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Ignite NI has concluded its first ever virtual accelerator with an online event that gave its 10 early stage tech startups the chance to pitch their business to almost 200 investors. Tech accelerator specialists Ignite also announced that teams who have taken part in the Northern Ireland programmes in the past two years have collectively raised $15.2 million in funding – a large part source...
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Change is slow, as Future Fund leaves diverse founders short-changed, with female and BAME business leaders questioning its fairness. Future Fund, a support package for startups that was launched with considerable fanfare by the UK government just over a week ago, has come under increasing scrutiny for not supporting the broad and diverse range of UK founders, with female and BAME business leader...
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Enterprise Investment Scheme Association welcomes new Future Fund, but questions how attractive it is to private investors to invest on current terms. The membership organisation for many of the investment funds supporting the future high growth and technology businesses in the UK, the Enterprise Allowance Scheme Association (EISA), has welcomed the Government’s ‘Future Fund’ an...
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Through candid conversation, a new Investor Series podcast aims to provide a unique understanding and insight into the minds of some of the UK’s most experienced startup investors. Raising capital as an early stage startup can be extremely challenging but also quite straightforward if you know exactly how to approach a potential investor. That’s the ethos behind the Investor Series.&n...
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6 of the best methods to get in front of your target investors - the people who will be backing your startup's grand vision via your equity crowdfunding campaign. Nathan Rose, author of Equity Crowdfunding: The Complete Guide For Startups & Growing Companies, shares his advice. Equity crowdfunding for startups is, above all else, an exercise in self-promotion. There are several...
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The Belfast Raise, a Belfast investment event connecting startup founders with investors, entrepreneurs and mentors is back Thursday 8th November, 2018.   One of the hardest challenge for startups founders is meeting investors and mentors who have been on the business journey. An even harder challenge is for investors and entrepreneurs to meet start up companies who are so busy running ...
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65% of investors say investing in a diversified portfolio of startups would help them reach their financial goals. The problem? They don’t know how to do it. New data shows interest in startup investing is on the rise, driven by lacklustre returns in more traditional asset classes. Goncalo de Vasconcelos, Co-Founder & CEO at online equity investment platform, SyndicateRoom...
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Time is ticking to apply for the inaugural Ignite accelerator programme in Northern Ireland. If you’re a startup looking to raise between £250k - £1m in investment, and in the next 12 months, read on... Ignite, who recently launched its first Accelerator programme in Northern Ireland, are currently on countdown for applications from companies based in NI, Republic of Ireland, Gr...
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If keeping tabs on cool, up-and-coming and competing startups is your thing, check out Startup Tracker, a startup search engine which points people to relevant data and information from the world's leading startup information databases. The rise of entrepreneurship gave birth to an entire startup industry. In our information age, data is the new oil and making data about startups available is bot...
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