The latest news, events and announcements from the Raise Community including opportunities to grow and scale your business. Share your wins and we'll celebrate with you.
The Raise Accelerator programme is an opportunity for early-stage tech startups to validate, accelerate and get investment ready. The programme is a 3 month intensive sprint of knowledge, education and mentoring designed to fast track your startup. It will help you to understand the fundamentals of your business across product,...
Our recent Summer Pitch Night, which saw 8 rising startups pitch to a room (or rather, rooftop) of angel investors, funds and ecosystem supporters, was also an opportunity to give back to our local community here in Belfast. The chosen venue of the Oh Yeah Music Centre has a long...
We're so proud to say that ITUS Secure Technologies, who have developed the product Cybrisc, have won the Cyber Den competition at CYBERUK 2023! Founders Clare Ryan and Paul Daly impressed a panel of high profile cybersecurity leaders at the National Cyber Security Centre's inaugral Belfast...
Now that the dust has settled after Digital DNA, we'd love to share our best bits! 📈 We were delighted to sponsor the Upstart Zone that featured 16 rising startups from across the island. It was an honour to be part of your showcase of tech products solving real-world...
Hey 👋 it's great to meet you at Digital DNA! We're Raise Ventures, a tech accelerator based in Belfast serving startups across the UK and Ireland. Here's a little bit about us. By the way - we'll be on the Frontiers stage at...
A big shout out to all of the Raise portfolio startups that have been selected as finalists for the Digital DNA Awards! We're so proud of you 💫 Loraa White of Budget Music Videos for Startup Company of the Year Jemma Simpson of DiverseTalent.ai for Startup Company of...
Raising early pre seed investment can be quite a challenge for startup founders who don’t have a wide network or connections to investors and mentors. That’s where the Sunset Raise Pitch Night from Raise Ventures comes in. This exciting pitching event will showcase potential high growth, early stage...
A blog by Jenny When TechInvest announced they'd be supporting Northern Ireland as part of their regional approached, we saw a great opportunity to encourage early stage startups to go to London in search of angel investors. Northern Ireland does certainly have a few angel investors but with...
We're big advocates for celebrating the wins - big or small - so today we'd love to update you on the exciting start to the year for Raise and our fantastic portfolio companies. Grab a coffee and have a scroll through our most exciting wins of...