| Date | Title | Description |
| 25.09.2023 | Continuum Industries raises $10M to accelerate infrastructure planning | Today, AI infrastructure planning company Continuum Industries announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding in a round led by Singular.Demand for energy and utility infrastructure is inc... |
| 05.09.2023 | Belfast startup Enzai raises $4m to help companies use AI safely | It is 2023, and where there is an AI, there is a company looking to profit from it, and a regulator looking to police it. In short, the above meme.One startup — Belfast’s Enzai — has just rai... |
| 01.03.2023 | Desana raises $7.4M to help the likes of GitHub and Sonos optimise flexible workspace | Github, Twilio, Sonos, Elastic and Splunk are some of the big names using Desana's workspace management tools, which has hybrid and office-only working covered. Desana, a provider of hybrid worksp... |
| 31.01.2023 | Raylo raises $136M to build out its gadget lease-and-reuse ‘fintech’ platform | With the economy teetering on recession, and sales of mobile phones and other consumer electronics slowing down globally, a U.K. startup called Raylo that’s leaning into both of those themes has ... |
| 04.11.2022 | Meet Budibase, a low-code open-source web app builder with automations | While there are differing perspectives on the degree to which no-code and low-code development tools could eventually supplant human software developers, it’s clear that any software that takes c... |
| 06.10.2022 | Unfolded lands £1.2 million to fight fast fashion | Edinburgh, Scotland-based Unfolded has secured £1.2 million in a pre-seed financing round as it aims to eliminate waste from the global fashion industry. |
| 12.07.2022 | Firestoke raises $2.2m in seed funding | Indie publisher Firestoke has raised $2.2 million in a round of seed funding led by Hiro Capital. The round also saw contributions from Swedish games investors Behold VC and Scottish tech fund Tech... |
| 24.06.2022 | Belfast-based Sonrai Analytics prescribed £2m for AI medical software | Belfast-based Sonrai Analytics has raised £2.1m in its “seed plus” round, led by venture capital firm Forward Partners, for its medical data analysis software.Using artificial intelligence (AI... |
| 30.05.2022 | Edinburgh-based synthetic computer vision startup Neurolabs scans in €3 million | Currently the darling of those with the deepest pockets, Neurolabs wants to make the development and deployment of Computer Vision solutions as easy as making a website. |
| 08.03.2022 | Benchling Expands Its Science Software Capabilities With Its First Acquisition | On Thursday, San Francisco-based R&D cloud software company Benchling announced that it has acquired Belfast-based Overwatch Research |
| 24.02.2022 | Scottish startup secures $4.8 million from Octopus Ventures | Scotland-based deep tech company Touchlab which develops electronic skin (e-skin) for robots has raised a $4.8 million in seed funding. |
| 15.12.2021 | Overwatch Research closes $3.5 million seed round | Overwatch Research, a company creating workflow software for medical research, announced a $3.5 million seed round on Tuesday. |
| 23.09.2021 | Software supply chain platform Cloudsmith raises $15M Series A led by Tiger Global | Cloudsmith, a cloud platform for software supply chain management, has raised a $15 million Series A funding round led by Tiger Global, which it claims is the largest-ever Series A funding round in... |
| 29.06.2021 | Desana raises $4m seed round to solve hybrid working for global employers | Desana, a startup transforming how global employers utilise workspace, has announced that it has raised a $4 million seed round. The oversubscribed round was led by Berlin-based PropTech 1 Ventures... |
| 07.06.2021 | AntennaWare secures £300k Seed investment led by QUBIS and Techstart Ventures | AntennaWare, a wearable technology company based in Belfast has secured £300,000 following a successful seed funding round led by QUBIS and Techstart Ventures as part of Invest Northern Ireland’... |
| 13.05.2021 | Self-Storage Software Firm Secures £500K | Stora, a new self-storage software product, has raised £500,000 in a round led by Techstart Ventures to fund continued growth in the UK and US.Stora was developed by the team behind Stora a self s... |
| 05.05.2021 | Cumulus Neuroscience raises £6m in Dementia Discovery Fund-led financing round | Belfast-headquartered Cumulus Neuroscience has raised £6m in a financing round led by the Dementia Discovery Fund, with the funds set to be used to advance its integrated physiological and digital... |
| 26.03.2021 | Ready meal firm Parsley Box raises £17m ahead of London listing | The Edinburgh-based company, which targets the “baby boomer” generation, this morning announced its proposed admission to trading on London Stock Exchange’s AIM market. |
| 02.03.2021 | Scottish software planning firm Ruffly raises £300K to eliminate $1 trillion worth failed | Ruffly, a Scotland-based software planning startup, has raised a £300K pre-seed funding round led by Techstart Ventures. The funding will support the growth of the team and the development of the ... |
| 27.10.2020 | STUDENT PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITY | 2021 Investment Intern, Techstart Ventures LLPRequirements: Time Commitment: 40 weeks placement: Monday to Friday 9am to 5.30pm Start Date: September 2021 (Final Date TBC)Location: Cathedral Quarte... |
| 26.10.2020 | Scottish startup HeySummit raises $1 million for virtual events platform | HeySummit, the Scottish startup behind an eponymous platform for virtual events, has raised $1 million in seed funding. The round was led by Belfast-based Techstart Ventures, with participation fro... |
| 20.10.2020 | Asset manager heavyweights commit £1m to start-up fund platform | Start-up fund investment platform Tillit has raised £1m in an initial funding round which attracted cash from a series of major asset management figures and UK venture capitalist Techstart. |
| 27.07.2020 | Computer Vision Startup Neurolabs Completes €1m Funding Round | Computer vision startup Neurolabs has completed a €1 million pre-seed funding round, co-led by Lunar Ventures and Techstart Ventures. |
| 18.06.2020 | Former Amazon engineer's PicoJar start-up embraces screenshot revolution | Siwei Kang's Edinburgh business is backed in funding round by Techstart Ventures and Skyscanner founder |
| 21.05.2020 | Texan video games veteran switched HQ to Scotland and sealed £500,000 investment | Video games tech firm AdInMo has completed a $500,000 seed investment round led by Techstart Ventures after its Texan founder moved the business to Edinburgh. |
| 15.05.2020 | Continuum Industries raises £1.5m seed round | Continuum Industries, which provides AI tools for engineering professionals to rapidly design linear infrastructure projects and reduce their costs, has raised £1.5 million in seed funding to make... |
| 06.02.2020 | TrueStock Selects Techstart Ventures as Investment Partner | TrueStock is leading the way in predicting the future for retailers and manufacturers. TrueStock uses machine learning to forecast inventory usage for businesses. It takes into consideration a h... |
| 29.01.2020 | Prodsight closes £400k pre-seed investment | Techstart are delighted to join with TrueSight Ventures in backing Tadas Labudis and the team at Prodsight. |
| 28.01.2020 | Budibase closes six figure investment round with Techstart Ventures | BELFAST, January 28th, 2020 Budibase is one of the world’s most highly anticipated low-code platforms. The platform lets users build web applications without writing code. Instead users are prese... |
| 21.01.2020 | Overwatch Research close investment round with Techstart Ventures | Overwatch Research is an innovative software company revolutionising drug development processes for pharmaceutical companies worldwide. The product reduces scientific error and inefficiencies, help... |
| 09.12.2019 | Edinburgh technology start-up raises £500,000 | A Scottish financial technology start-up has raised £500,000 and added an advertising industry veteran to its board. |
| 02.12.2019 | Edinburgh tech start-up Trickle secures seed funding deal | Scottish entrepreneur Paul Reid has secured backing from angel investors and venture capital outfit Techstart Ventures as he looks to grow his latest start-up, Trickle. |
| 27.11.2019 | Edinburgh University spin-out powers up with 'milestone' funding injection | A University of Edinburgh spin-out that turns difficult-to-recycle paper waste into a product that boosts green energy production has secured “milestone” funding as part of an ambitious growth ... |
| 19.11.2019 | Techstart November Newsletter | The latest version of the Techstart Newsletter is here! This month we talk about Venture Capital 101 as well as exciting news from our Portfolio Companies. |
| 15.11.2019 | Belfast start-up Cloudsmith secures massive £2.1m seed investment | Local technology firm Cloudsmith has secured one of the largest seed funding rounds for an NI tech startup, raising £2.1m. |
| 13.11.2019 | Digital marketing start-up raises £1 million seed funding | Edinburgh tech start-up Stampede has received £1 million seed funding from investors including Techstart Ventures , Galvanise Capital, angel investor Judy Wilson and the Scottish Government. |
| 08.10.2019 | First exit from Techstart's Scottish Fund as ChilliConnect joins Unity Technologies. | We’re delighted to announce that ChilliConnect has been acquired by Unity Technologies! |
| 09.09.2019 | Edinburgh Co-Working Start-Up Raises Six Figure Sum | A start-up founded in Edinburgh that is to launch at the end of this month, giving subscribers access to a UK-wide network of quality workspace, has closed a six-figure seed round with Techstart Ve... |
| 31.07.2019 | Data analysis firm MarktoMarket to double after raising £1.75m | A new business providing data on private company valuations is set to double in size over the next six months after securing £1.75 million in equity finance. |
| 01.07.2019 | Machine Labs secures £800,000 seed funding to create new jobs | Database marketing specialist Machine Labs has received £800,000 equity funding from Techstart Ventures, the founders, angels investors along with additional grant funding from Scottish Enterprise. |
| 20.06.2019 | Raylo: This new start-up promises to bring down the price of a new iPhone contract | A London and Belfast-based mobile phone startup has raised £1.6m for the launch of its subscription model in a pre-seed funding round. |
| 19.06.2019 | Belfast fintech startup loyalBe scores growth funding | One of Northern Ireland’s most promising fintech start-ups, loyalBe, has secured a six figure investment which it plans to use to develop its innovative rewards app. |
| 30.05.2019 | Converge Alumni programme offers a continual focus on entrepreneurial development | More and more academics are opening up to the idea that research can be translated into a commercial opportunity, and that universities can be a platform to springboard entrepreneurial activities. |
| 15.05.2019 | Derry-based Modern Democracy brings digital transformation for voting | Derry-based tech company Modern Democracy has successfully deployed its new digital platform to transform polling stations in the UK's 2019 local elections. |
| 13.05.2019 | Cemetary software firm Plotbox approaches $5m US in investment | Cemetary software and digital mapping start-up Plotbox is approaching $5m US in total investment as it seeks to reinvent the death care industry. |
| 07.05.2019 | Techstart May Newsletter | Here we will share with you our thoughts, interesting articles and exciting news from our portfolio. This month we take a look at the startup pace. |
| 02.05.2019 | Converge Challenge firms secure Techstart support | ‘MAKE A JOB, DON’T TAKE A JOB’: POOL OF SCOTLAND’S ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURS CONTINUES TO RISE1) Entrepreneurial spirit alive and well in Scotland’s Universities as submissions to the Conver... |
| 01.05.2019 | Techstart Announced as Audience of the Future Investment Accelerator Partner | Eleven organisations confirmed as investor partners in the ISCF Audience of the Future Investor Accelerator. |
| 24.04.2019 | Techstart opens new Scottish office and completes first four investments. | Techstart Ventures is delighted to announce that it has established a new Edinburgh office and completed the first four investments from its new Scottish venture capital fund. The Scottish fund wil... |
| 08.04.2019 | Belfast start-up raises more seed funding to develop lip-reading technology | SPEECH recognition start-up Liopa in Belfast has raised another chunk of seed funding as it continues its quest to fully commercialise its innovative Lip Read technology. |
| 02.04.2019 | ChilliConnect secures $450k+ Seed Investment Funding | The ChilliConnect team are excited to announce the completion of a Seed Investment round of over $450,000 raised from Techstart Ventures, Ascension Ventures and existing angel investors. |
| 14.03.2019 | £4.6million Funding Boost for Neurovalens | Funding set to propel ‘neuroscience’ to new levelHealth tech company, Neurovalens, which is headquartered in Belfast, has secured £4.6 million in equity following a highly successful ‘Series... |
| 13.03.2019 | Makematic raises investment to help brands connect with education | Educational media company, Makematic, whose clients and partners include Adobe, Microsoft, Crayola and the BBC, announced today that it has secured a £1,000,000 seed investment from Cordovan Capit... |
| 06.03.2019 | Northern Ireland entrepreneur launch her own brand of hair care products | Yolanda Cooper from Mallusk found travelling with multiple hair gadgets so cumbersome that she designed her own - and now she's also developed unique haircare products which contain seaweed, mos... |
| 05.03.2019 | Hal Wilson of Techstart talking about investing in startups | ESIF equity financial instruments in Northern Ireland – interview with Hal Wilson, Partner, Techstart Ventures, Financial Intermediary, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. |
| 26.02.2019 | Techstart February Newsletter | The Techstart February Newsletter is here. Read about raising Series A Investment plus exciting news & jobs from our portfolio. |
| 07.02.2019 | Belfast-based Cloudsmith secures undisclosed Techstart investment | Cloudsmith has secured a "significant but undisclosed pre-seed investment round" from Techstart Ventures, an investment that will help to support the product and ecosystem currently being developed... |
| 06.02.2019 | Belfast sports tech firm Pitchbooking secures £250k investment to drive global growth | Pitchbooking, based at Ormeau Baths, has secured an injection of funding from an investment round, led by local firm Aurient Ltd and backed by Techstart Ventures and Co-Fund NI, managed by Clarendo... |
| 13.01.2019 | Helping businesses grow and thrive | Additional £100m to be provided through the Scottish Growth Scheme. |
| 21.12.2018 | Investment will allow sports tech firm to create 15 roles | A Belfast sports tech firm founded by former Ulster Rugby player Andrew Trimble hopes to create 15 new jobs. |
| 20.12.2018 | NI startup Orca Money raises over £500,000 ahead of upcoming ISA | Northern Ireland based financial tech startup Orca Money has raised £574,280 in equity funding to help fund its ambitious ISA launch next year. |
| 19.12.2018 | Homegrown cyber security firm to double staff numbers as part of £500k investment | Belfast-based, Uleska, which employs six people at Lombard House, is currently recruiting developers to help build on its initial success. |
| 12.12.2018 | Techstart December Newsletter | This month we look at why you should build a customer centric approach into your business strategy. |
| 20.11.2018 | Syndeo Announces New Executive Team | Technology, operations and sales leadership additions at Syndeo for accelerated growth. |
| 23.10.2018 | Techstart October Newsletter | The latest edition of the Techstart Newsletter is here. This month we take a look at Product Management. Read the latest news & job postings from our portfolio companies. Meet the newest member of... |
| 27.09.2018 | Belfast manufacturer Sensoteq secures £700k Canadian export deal | A BELFAST-based manufacturer has secured a £700,000 (Can$1.2m) contract with a Canadian company as it looks to expand business opportunities in the lucrative market. |
| 12.09.2018 | Jamie Andrews talks Techstart | Watch our very own Jamie Andrews talk about how we support local start ups! |
| 04.09.2018 | September Newsletter | Our September Newsletter is here! 📢 This month we take a look at corporate culture. Check out latest news/jobs from portfolio companies and all the upcoming Techstart events! |
| 23.06.2018 | Funding boost for Belfast Start-up | A Belfast-based start-up has secured a £400,000 funding boost to develop and launch an online platform designed to accelerate the recruitment process in certain industries. |
| 21.06.2018 | June Newsletter | In the latest edition of the techstart newsletter. Discover why some of our female founders decided to become entrepreneurs.Meet the newest member of the techstart team.Plus, find out more about ... |
| 13.06.2018 | Getting the most out of equity funding potential | In advance of Digital DNA and with the general equity funding landscape looking positive, John McGuckian, a partner in Tughans corporate team with a specialism in venture capital and private equity... |
| 10.05.2018 | Stormsaver partner with Stormharvester to bring Active Attenuation systems to market | Stormsaver, the UK's market leader in rainwater harvesting has set up an exclusive partnership with Stormharvester, designers of a unique weather prediction software. |
| 18.04.2018 | April Newsletter | This months the newsletter covers board meetings, what they are, how to manage them and ultimately get the best out of them. |
| 17.04.2018 | Belfast-based Liopa has secured $1million in funding | Liopa has secured $1million in funding – led by its initial backers, techstart NI, and QUBIS – which will enable it to commercialise the LipRead platform and actively market it for global use. |
| 10.04.2018 | loyalBe announced as winner of inaugural Open Banking Challenge | A technology company developing an innovative digital loyalty app has been named the winner of the Open Banking Challenge, a new competition run by Techstart NI and Danske Bank. |
| 29.03.2018 | Calnex Solutions acquires JAR Technologies | Calnex Solutions today announced the acquisition of JAR Technologies headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The acquisition, which is for an undisclosed amount, increases the Calnex product... |
| 29.03.2018 | Crowdcube campaign to double regional fundraises | We have launched a campaign to secure more equity funding deals for startups and growth businesses outside London, in partnership with six leading supporters of regional SMEs. We are aiming to doub... |
| 05.03.2018 | £750m up for grabs for Northern Ireland technology firms | Northern Ireland start-up tech companies could receive a £750m cash injection today as a Co Down man hopes to bring in major venture capital funding through an event in Belfast. |
| 12.02.2018 | Techstart NI and Danske Bank Open Banking Challenge | Techstart NI and Danske Bank are inviting entrepreneurs to compete in The Open Banking Challenge for a £60,000 grant. In this video you can hear more about what Open Banking is from Danske Bank... |
| 01.02.2018 | February Newsletter | This month we want to take a closer look at the heart of a company: the team. Early stage investors will care more about the market opportunity and your team than your actual product. |
| 16.01.2018 | Kraydel Closes Seed Round | Health and social care technology start-up company, Kraydel, has announced today that it has secured over £1.2M in seed funding by close of 2017, all of which will be used to support the roll o... |
| 12.01.2018 | TechStart NI And Danske Bank Join Forces To Launch The Open Banking Challenge | Entrepreneurs in Northern Ireland are being offered the opportunity to pitch for £60,000 of funding as part of a new competition launched today by TechStart NI and Danske Bank. |
| 01.01.2018 | January Newsletter | This month’s newsletter to centered around Growth and Scaling. |
| 21.11.2017 | How I’ll help spark up the ambitions of NI’s newest technology businesses | Tristan Watson of the start-up accelerator network Ignite on its plans for Invest NI's Propel programme |
| 01.11.2017 | November Newsletter | This months newsletter is centred around Product |
| 24.10.2017 | Go Crowdfund Yourself | Over the last number of years we have seen an increasing number of new and established businesses turning to crowdfunding. |
| 14.10.2017 | NI tech company behind Modius raises record £1.2m on Indiegogo | Neurovalens, the Belfast-based company behind the revolutionary weight management wearable headset, Modius, has raised almost £1.2 million during its 60 day IndieGoGo campaign, resulting in fur... |
| 01.10.2017 | October Newsletter | This month's newsletter is centred around Investment and your pitch deck. |
| 10.07.2017 | Third Anniversary Marks New Developments for Techstart NI | Techstart NI’s position as a key provider of funding and advice to NI’s technology ecosystem has been reinforced, after its two lead partners in Northern Ireland, Hal Wilson and Jamie Andrews, ... |
| 17.06.2017 | Ormeau Baths officially opens its doors | Ormeau Baths has marked its official opening by announcing a new partnership with start-up investment fund techstart NI. |
| 03.05.2017 | New Belfast technology company on course to tackle maternal mental health | Belfast-based business Moment Health has today, Wednesday 3 May, announced that it has secured investment from techstart NI to enable it to develop its first innovation which will focus on maternal... |
| 05.04.2017 | Belfast healthcare start-up funding tops £500k for 3D-printing tech | Axial3D, a Belfast-based company that is 3D-printing anatomical models for the healthcare industry, has secured £530,000 in seed funding. |
| 04.04.2017 | Locate a Locum website secures major backing | A company making software to help pharmacies find locums at short notice has won funding of more than £500,000. |
| 22.03.2017 | Belfast healthtech startup raises £1 million in seed funding | BrainWaveBank, a Belfast healthtech startup that is developing a neuroscience platform to track cognitive fitness, has raised £1 million in seed funding from a group of investors that includes tec... |
| 30.01.2017 | Angels invest £280,000 in Orca Money | Orca Money has successfully raised £280k seed investment from TechStart NI, the Halo NI EIS Fund and private investors, including members of the NI Fintech Syndicate. The funds will be used to ... |
| 13.12.2016 | International investment for Entrepreneurial Spark Chiclet, CADshare | An innovative Northern Ireland startup business is set to create 10 jobs after securing a significant injection of capital from local and international investors. |
| 02.12.2015 | Local graduate set to revolutionise global medical industry via high tech start up | An Ulster University engineering graduate has secured a £300,000 investment to expand his new 3D medical printing company into European and US markets. |
| 07.07.2015 | £850,000 Investment In Titan IC Will Drive Global Sales | Titan IC Systems, a technology spin-out in cybersecurity from Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), has just completed a £850,000 investment round from Belfast based investors techstartNI and Co-Fu... |
| 09.06.2015 | Titan IC keeping homes and firms free from viruses | Titan IC Systems is a Belfast firm which is leading the way in high-speed cyber security - and counts no less than some of Silicon Valley's biggest names among its customers. |
| 09.02.2015 | Limejar: Developing Software for Children with Autism | Software developer Debbie Craig has used her personal experience to develop a tablet based platform which has the potential to change the lives of children with autism. We caught up with Debbie to ... |