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Event Highlights

Key Stakeholders

Presenting Partner: Software NI

Software NI is a non-profit representative organisation founded in 2022, working to accelerate and double the size of the NI Software industry. To do this we are optimising areas such as school, skills and sales systems to create the maximum number of new software companies and ensure existing companies ride the waves of change, including AI. We work in partnership with others and do not duplicate.

Headline Sponsor – Kainos

As one of NI’s most successful global digital companies, Kainos exemplifies excellence in scaling teams, driving innovation, and delivering world-class technology solutions—values that underpin the event’s learning themes.

MCS Group

MCS Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy based in Belfast that connects talented professionals with employers across sectors like technology, finance, engineering, sales, legal and HR, helping businesses build and retain world-class teams. They support both job seekers and organisations with tailored recruitment solutions, candidate preparation and market insights throughout the UK, Ireland and beyond.

Invest NI

Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) is the region’s economic development agency, responsible for driving business growth, increasing exports, and attracting inward investment to Northern Ireland. Operating under the Department for the Economy, it helps local businesses compete globally and assists international companies in setting up operations.

Department for the Economy

The Department for the Economy (DfE) in Northern Ireland (established May 2016) is a devolved government department responsible for fostering a globally competitive economy. It oversees economic policy, skills, further/higher education, tourism, energy, and employment law to promote, jobs, productivity, and a net-zero carbon future.

Clarendon Fund Managers Limited

Clarendon Fund Managers Limited is a venture capital fund manager based in Belfast, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. We manage £94m of regional VC Funds in Northern Ireland including the £49.8m Co-Investment Fund. We have invested in over 100 companies since we began investing in 2001.

Options Technology

Options Technology is a global financial technology company providing cloud-enabled trading infrastructure, managed services and advanced data solutions to capital markets firms, including hedge funds, banks and exchanges, enabling secure, high-performance trading and connectivity worldwide.

Catalyst

Catalyst’s mission to build a world-leading entrepreneurial ecosystem in Northern Ireland is central to the conference’s focus on connecting founders with global opportunities, investment insights, and scale-up expertise.

Ormeau Labs

Ormeau Labs is an independent entrepreneurial hub that prides itself on being part of a wider network of investors, founders, and co-working spaces across Ireland and the UK.

Raise Ventures

Raise Ventures are a commercial startup accelerator supporting early-stage Irish, Northern Irish and UK companies. We nurture high potential, disruptive scalable ideas to create global enterprises through our accelerator programme. Created for founders, by founders. Raise Ventures are committed to building a circular startup ecosystem that creates longevity and prosperity for founders in Northern Ireland and beyond.

Techstars Belfast

Techstars Startup Community Partnerships give cities a clear framework and global support to grow a stronger entrepreneurial ecosystem. Drawing on more than two decades of experience, these partnerships bring clarity, structure, and momentum to the complex work of community building.

Women in Business

The leading network for women in the workplace across Northern Ireland. We provide women with the support, skills and connections they need to start and grow a business or thrive in their careers through the widest range of tailored training and events.