Techstars Startup Weekend

Join our amazing judges at the Techstars Startup Weekend DeepTech Belfast pitch event! We have kicked off the Techstars Startup Weekend DeepTech Belfast yesterday evening, and the least we can say is that the room was buzzing with excitement! The entrepreneurs are now working on their idea to be presented to our judges tomorrow during the pitch competition... but who are our judges, you ask? Meet Clare McGee, Gren Armstrong, Deborah Colville, Saurabh Kumar, Oko Davaasuren and David Moore, the amazing judges who will have the very difficult task to select the best ideas of the weekend... Join us tomorrow and watch the entrepreneurs pitch their idea, and join our networking event! Register here ➡ https://lu.ma/gqjsnomf Stay tuned for news about the winners of this pitch competition! Emilie Vallauri | Georgie Phillipson | Sebastian Turano | Oko Davaasuren | Emily Skinstad | Katie Smith | Brian McCaul | Chris McClelland | Paul Donachy | Kat Maguire | Louise Magee | Gren Armstrong | Invest Northern Ireland

Learn from World-Class Mentors at Techstars Startup Weekend Belfast! 🌟 How lucky would you be to learn from global experts? At Techstars Startup Weekend Belfast, happening from 26th – 28th July at Queen's University Belfast Belfast, you’ll have the chance to gain insights from an extraordinary lineup of mentors and speakers with vast experience in multiple sectors. 💡 Our mentors are leaders in: DeepTech, Founding a Startup, British and Irish Tech Ecosystems Customer Discovery Funding and Fundraising, IP and Patenting Sales and Partnerships Operations, Product Development and Prototyping Pitching, Storytelling and Pitch Deck Design Commercialisation, Setting a Vision 🚀 Imagine receiving tailored advice on: Starting your own company and navigating the British and Irish tech ecosystems Crafting compelling pitches and stories to win over investors Securing funding and managing IP and patents Innovating in fields like HealthTech, AI, and InsurTech...and much more! 🌍 Our mentors come from diverse backgrounds and industries, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to help you turn your startup dreams into reality. They’ve been through the journey themselves and are here to guide you every step of the way. 🎉 This is an unparalleled opportunity to network with and learn from some of the best in the business. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of this transformative experience. 🚨 Spots are filling up fast! Make sure you sign up before it’s too late and use this link to grab your discount of 50%: https://lnkd.in/gN4aiRWa #StartupWeekend #Techstars #Belfast #QueensUniversity #GlobalMentors #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #TSWDeepTechBelfast Emilie Vallauri | Georgie Phillipson | Sebastian Turano | Oko Davaasuren | Emily Skinstad | Katie Smith | Brian McCaul | Chris McClelland | Paul Donachy | Kat Maguire | Louise Magee | Gren Armstrong | Invest Northern Ireland Leyla F Karaha | Tanya Vacarda | Pádraig Reidy | Alison McMurtrie | Brendan Lowry | Josh Watts | Tom Bell | Richard Nugent | Katie Lockwood | Chris McClelland | Marie Yang O'Brien | Dermot Tierney | Rosie McDowell | Nick McCleery | Drew O'Sullivan | Darach Neeson | Nomi Unenbat | Emily O' Gorman | Paul Lemon | Zeki Kucuk-Kose | Chris Trotter | Mia Brzakovic

🖥️ Are you interested in building a new DeepTech Startup? Or you’ve always wanted to build something using AI? Join us from the 26th-28th July at Techstars Startup Weekend Belfast at Queen's University Belfast Graduate Schools to build a new startup in just 3 days. Find out more here and sign up today: https://lu.ma/xh1th285 🚀 Mentor Announcement: We are very excited to announce that Brendan Lowry, Senior Innovation Partner at Digital Catapult Northern Ireland will be joining us at Startup Weekend as a mentor. Digital Catapult are accelerating the adoption of Digital Technologies throughout Northern Ireland and the wider UK, focusing on specialist technologies such as Nanotechnology, Photonics, Immersive Technology, Artificial Technology, Machine Learning, Blockchain and 5G. Brendan works with Start-ups, SME’s, Corporates and Academia and his expertise in manufacturing will provide amazing support to any DeepTech startups during the weekend. Learn what it really takes to innovate, disrupt, and start a company from people who’ve been there before. #StartupWeekend #Techstars #Belfast #QueensUniversity #QUBIS #TSWDeepTechBelfast Emilie Vallauri | Georgie Phillipson | Sebastian Turano | Oko Davaasuren | Emily Skinstad | Katie Smith | Brian McCaul | Chris McClelland | Paul Donachy | Kat Maguire | Louise Magee | Gren Armstrong | Invest Northern Ireland

🔨 If you’ve ever wanted to test out what it’s like to build a new tech startup, you should check out Techstars Startup Weekend DeepTech Belfast from 26th – 28th July. 💡 Over 54 hours, you will get the chance to develop a new idea, create a team, have support from expert mentors and pitch your brand-new startup to a panel of judges. You don’t even have to have an idea to join the weekend, you can team up on someone else’s idea. 🩺 Startup Weekend Belfast is focussed on DeepTech but also Insurtech, HealthTech and AI. Techstars and Queen's University Belfast have partnered on this initiative to create the next generation of DeepTech founders in Belfast! If you’re interested in having a hands-on experience of what it’s like to run a tech startup and want to come away with a startup pitch in 3 days, sign up today: https://lu.ma/xh1th285 #StartupWeekend #Techstars #Belfast #QueensUniversity #QUBIS #TSWDeepTechBelfast Emilie Vallauri | Georgie Phillipson | Sebastian Turano | Oko Davaasuren | Emily Skinstad | Katie Smith | Brian McCaul | Chris McClelland | Paul Donachy | Kat Maguire | Louise Magee | Gren Armstrong | Invest Northern Ireland

💻 From the 26th – 28th July, build a brand-new tech startup from scratch at Queen's University Belfast in Belfast! In just 54 hours you will create a new team, ideate, receive mentorship and pitch your idea to a panel of judges. 📢 Today are excited to announce that Gary Davidson, Investment Lead Ormeau Labs, will be joining the weekend as one of our expert mentors. Over the last few years, Gary has helped founders across the island secure over £100m of funding. Additionally, he manages the HBAN network in the North, bringing angel investors together with potential founders to invest in. Gary will be available during the weekend to support you, and your brand-new tech startup team, as you begin your entrepreneurial journey. Sign up to join the Startup Weekend today: https://lu.ma/xh1th285 #StartupWeekend #Techstars #Belfast #QueensUniversity #QUBIS #TSWDeepTechBelfast Emilie Vallauri | Georgie Phillipson | Sebastian Turano | Oko Davaasuren | Emily Skinstad | Katie Smith | Brian McCaul | Chris McClelland | Paul Donachy | Kat Maguire | Louise Magee | Gren Armstrong | Invest Northern Ireland

📝 You have 3 weeks left to sign up to Techstars Startup Weekend DeepTech Belfast – Sign up today to secure your place to spend a weekend experiencing entrepreneurial life and building your own startup : https://lu.ma/xh1th285 On the 26th – 28th July 2024, you could be spending your weekend working with a brand new team, ideating and building an innovative and unique startup. All while getting 1:1 support from our expert mentors. 📢 Exciting new announcement – We can now confirm that Oko Davaasuren will be co-facilitating the Startup Weekend DeepTech Belfast. Currently Senior Director at Techstars and with over 15 years of experience in co-founding notable companies and dedicatedly cultivating the startup ecosystem, Oko initiated Ulaanbaatar’s Startup Weekend in 2011. He has co-founded, advised, and played integral roles in several startups across Asia, including MEND.live, And Global, START, iHotel, Erxes, Humuun Publishing, and TUZ Ventures. Oko will be available throughout the weekend to support you on your startup journey, providing his expertise and support. Join Oko and the rest of our amazing mentors at Techstars Startup Weekend DeepTech Belfast by signing up today. #StartupWeekend #Techstars #Belfast #QueensUniversity #QUBIS #TSWDeepTechBelfast Emilie Vallauri | Georgie Phillipson | Sebastian Turano | Oko Davaasuren | Emily Skinstad | Katie Smith | Brian McCaul | Chris McClelland | Paul Donachy | Kat Maguire | Louise Magee

🔝 Get your DeepTech startup off the ground with Leyla F Karaha at the Techstars Startup Weekend DeepTech Belfast! The fantastic Leyla Karaha will be joining as one of our many mentors who will support you on the weekend, validating your idea and helping you to refine your startup proposition. Leyla is the Founder of YourY Network, a global community of social entrepreneurs and changemakers and the founder of KPesa, a fintech startup. Leyla also runs Techstars Startup Weekend Dublin Women. Thank you for mentoring our aspiring entrepreneurs at the Techstars Startup Weekend DeepTech Belfast, Leyla! We have so many more brilliant speakers and mentors to announce so keep your eyes peeled for upcoming posts! From 26-28 July, you will go from just having an idea for a startup to pitching in front of our amazing judging panel... in only 54 hours! You are a prospective founder in the deeptech space? You have an idea in the AI, Insurtech or Healthtech area? Or you don't have an idea... and you'd like to join someone that does? Join us for this amazing weekend and learn what it really takes to innovate, disrupt, and start a company from people who’ve been there before. Join us at Techstars Startup Weekend DeepTech Belfast: https://lu.ma/xh1th285 #StartupWeekend #Techstars #Belfast #QueensUniversity #QUBIS #TSWDeepTechBelfast Emilie Vallauri | Georgie Phillipson | Sebastian Turano | Oko Davaasuren | Emily Skinstad | Katie Smith | Brian McCaul | Chris McClelland | Paul Donachy | Kat Maguire | Louise Magee

Techstars is coming to Northern Ireland! I'm very happy to announce that Techstars Startup Weekend is coming to Belfast from the 26-28 July! And I'm the lucky person to lead this program in partnership with Queen's University Belfast and QUBIS Ltd 😎 If you are an aspiring entrepreneur in the deeptech field who wants to: 1️⃣ Meet a cofounding team 2️⃣ Ideate, build a product and validate it 3️⃣ Receive world-class mentorship and broaden your network 4️⃣ Pitch your newly formed venture in front of a panel of judges from the Belfast tech ecosystem ... all this in only 54 hours! Join us at Queen's University Belfast from 26-28 July ➡ https://lu.ma/xh1th285 Startup Weekend is a 54-hour program designed to fast-forward the entrepreneurship process. This program has yielded absolutely stunning results in the past 15 years, with thousands of companies founded, and some of them becoming unicorns. We're here to accelerate the next generation of DeepTech unicorns out of Northern Ireland! 🦄 If you are an active member of the Belfast tech ecosystem and you'd like to get involved in this initiative, reach out! I'd be happy to chat 😎 And thanks to Sebastian Turano | Georgie Phillipson | Oko Davaasuren | Katie Smith | Piotr Godzinski | Brian McCaul | Kat Maguire | Paul Donachy | Chris McClelland | Emily Skinstad | Louise Magee for all the help and support in bringing this initiative to life ! #TSWDeepTechBelfast

📣 Facilitator announcement: Our facilitator for Techstars Startup Weekend Belfast will be Emilie Vallauri, Program Manager at Techstars! Techstars Startup Weekend DeepTech Belfast is coming up in just 3 weeks, and Emilie will be facilitating this amazing 3-day program! Emilie is a Program Manager at Techstars, the most active pre-seed investor in the world, and has been supporting pre-seed startups and ecosystems across the EMEA region. She is also a Board Member of French Tech Berlin, the network linking the French and German tech ecosystems in Berlin, where she is spearheading the community growth efforts through meet-ups, events and conferences gathering 1000+ community members every year. Startup Weekend is a 3-day long event designed to foster startup innovation at a record pace while connecting the local startup ecosystem and developing long-term support networks for all our aspiring founders. Hosted at The Graduate School at Queen's. If you are an aspiring founder, with or without an idea, wanting to develop a startup in the AI, InsurTech or HealthTech verticals, this event is for YOU! You will form a team, ideate, validate your concept, receive mentorship and gather invaluable network, and pitch your idea in front of a panel of judges from the Belfast and Northern Irish ecosystem... all this in 54 hours! Buy your ticket now to get early bird prices: https://lu.ma/xh1th285 #startupweekend #Techstars #Belfast #QueensUniversity #QUBIS #TSWDeepTechBelfast Emilie Vallauri | Georgie Phillipson | Sebastian Turano | Oko Davaasuren | Emily Skinstad | Katie Smith | Brian McCaul | Chris McClelland | Paul Donachy | Kat Maguire | Louise Magee

Join us for the second event in the ‘Community Voices by Techstars’ series; exclusively for community leaders and facilitators. Chris Heivly will talk about how to build and maintain thriving ecosystems and why startup communities matter. Chris is one of the leading experts on launching startups and has been dubbed the “Startup Whisperer.” He co-founded MapQuest, is an angel investor, ran a corporate venture fund and 2 micro venture funds (directed over $75M) and was most recently SVP Innovation with Techstars. Chris just released his new book, The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide for founders, investors and economic development leaders to better accelerate their ecosystem.  Chris is a passionate and experienced community builder and long time supporter of the Techstars community network. Register for the event here: https://lu.ma/10hknert