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NI startup pitch competition LEVELUP opens for applications
by: Startacus Admin ~ 25th March 2021https://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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LEVELUP set to inspire real-life opportunity in post-pandemic world
by: Startacus Admin ~ 21st March 2021
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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Techstart And Creator Fund Challenge - NI university startups wanted
by: Startacus Admin ~ 18th March 2021
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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Invent 2021 seeking innovative NI startups and ideas
by: Startacus Admin ~ 16th March 2021
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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Week Gen-C to offer career and entrepreneurship respite to pandemic-hit youth
by: Startacus Admin ~ 1st March 2021
Week Gen-C is a week long calendar of events focused on entrepreneurship and careers, aimed at helping young people affected by the covid pandemic in the North West of NI
The pandemic has brought many challenges, in particular for young people as they deal with the uncertainties of its impact on their job prospects and career aspirations.
Now, two North-West NI based organisations have...
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STEMS seeks to examine the diversity of STEM talent in NI
by: Startacus Admin ~ 8th February 2021
Startacus and Matrix NI partner on STEMS, 3 interconnected events, with leading speakers exploring themes around AI and bias, STEM development in schools and the workplace, and tech growth and entrepreneurship
Exploring the current reality vs the future vision of STEM talent in NI, STEMS is a series of 3 interconnected virtual events, delivered by Startacus, which aim to examine the diversity o...
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Covid-NITeen looks to bring out the best in NI student innovation
by: Startacus Admin ~ 8th February 2021
Covid-NITeen is an exciting step-by-step project for NI students, from year 10 and up, to create new and innovative digital or product-based business ideas that address some of the key pandemic-related challenges
We’ve all had to make changes over the last year and adapt to the new normal in which we find ourselves - from social distancing through to home-schooling and online work-outs. ...
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Raise Ventures accelerator celebrates 2 years accelerating tech startups
by: Startacus Admin ~ 29th January 2021
Belfast's Raise Ventures accelerator celebrates supporting 16 startups since launch and is now seeking applications for its new cohort
In 2018 Raise Ventures opened its doors to become the first privately owned accelerator programme in Northern Ireland.
Based in the Silicon Alley, Cathedral Quarter, the aspirations to be the home of some of the best startups in Northern Ireland cam...
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Northern Irish Startups to Watch out for in 2021
by: Startacus Admin ~ 29th December 2020
Innovation abounds in Northern Ireland so we thought it only right to share with you the top Northern Ireland-based startups that are worth watching in 2021...
We’re based in Northern Ireland. And whilst we haven’t been outside to check for months, we know that there are lots of fab digital startups here! Some are still at a very early stage, some are a little mor...
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NI tech startup Mountain Technologies secures major investment from HBAN angel investors
by: Startacus Admin ~ 21st September 2020
Innovative Northern Ireland-based startup Mountain Technologies secures investment to launch and market its connected ski pass system
Great news for Mountain Technologies Ltd, the Northern Ireland tech startup which has secured significant investment from a group of HBAN angel investors and Co Fund II. The investment will be used to market and launch its connected ski pass system designed...
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- Startacus brings virtual speed networking to Derry & Strabane Enterprise Week 2021 12th Apr 2021 The latest addition to the LEVELUP agenda is an online Speed Networking event, in partnership with Allstate NI and powered by Netminds. Come along and make new connections!
- LEVELUP bags Digital DNA as media partners 12th Apr 2021 Digital DNA, leading lights in the NI Tech and Business community announced as media partners for the LEVELUP events at Derry & Strabane Enterprise Week
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