SPRINGUP

Designers, engineers and marketers come together to build a startup and pitch to investors. Your team will have only 28 hours to get from concept to demo and pitch.

Everyone should attend! Honestly, no matter where you are in the world, come to Belfast for this event, and help kickstart the local startup community. All we ask is that you work as part of a team to design and develop your product, and are prepared to perform at least one of the following roles in your team:

Designer
> Create mockups, artwork and assets for user interface and branding

Engineer
> Build the product using your tools of choice

Marketer
> Understand and communicate with people who will use your product

• Meet co-founders and like minded people
• Create your startup and pitch to investors in a friendly environment
• Test your skills and learn best practice
• Get to know the community that will support you

We’ve lined-up some exceptional Judges to play the role of potential investors to judge your projects:

• Norbert Sagnard – Managing Consultant, Sagnard Associates. An expert in mobile technology, with over 20 years’ experience in the telecoms industry.
• Tristan Brittain-Dissont – Fund Manager, E-Synergy and Northern Ireland Spin-Out Funds. Our funding specialist, with over  20 years’ experience in executive and investment management.
• Jeff Peel – Managing Director, Quadriga Consulting. Expert in marketing research and digital marketing.
• Simon Hamilton – CEO, Rumble Labs. Leader of a highly successful web-based software development and design lab.

There will be experienced Mentors on-hand on the Saturday, to help steer teams through the development of their projects.

Grand Prize:

• £500.00 presented by  Rumble Labs
• 6 months membership to Farset Labs, worth £900
• Github Silver, worth $600
• Heroku credit, worth $300

Runner-up Prize:

• 3 months membership to Farset Labs, worth £450
• Github Bronze, worth $300

Rumble Labs is one of Northern Ireland’s most respected web software development and design houses. They’ve only been going since early 2009 but have already established leading services that focus on strategy, user experience, and agile development.

Rumble Labs is providing the grand cash prize for the winning team.

Anaeko provides cloud-focused management, software and consultancy services to large organisations, including multi-nationals such as BT and Orange.

Anaeko is sponsoring the catering, including Boojum burritos for all. Mmm, burritos.

Farset Labs is Belfast’s brand-new makerspace, where members are able to collaborate on tech projects as part of a geek community.

Farset Labs are kindly hosting us in their new event new space, and donating prizes of ’geek gym’ memberships for unlimited access to the labs.

GitHub has established itself as a world-renowned platform for software engineers, by employing a unique collaborative approach to development.

GitHub is donating runner-up prizes, including premium memberships to the GitHub plaform.