Pre-matched for you by our experts
Catalyst is a not-for profit that works with world leading NI innovation companies who need funding. Catalyst’s mission is to help make it easier for them to innovate. Inbound Investors is one way Catalyst supports these companies to do just that, by creating an opportunity for them to meet investors from outside Northern Ireland. The benefit to you is your access to deal flow – Inbound Investors matches you with local companies that fit your portfolio, bringing you 5-10 pre-qualified meetings in one day.
As an event for local NI funding ecosystem players, it’s also a great opportunity to network and get business done. And all at no cost to you, thanks to our amazing sponsors.
We do the hard work for you!
Catalyst provides intelligent and highly focused matching with graduates of their scaling and support programmes: Co-Founders, INVENT, Springboard, Way to Scale, CEOs Connect and more. Suitable companies are also referred to us by trusted sources. Once companies are accepted into the process, their funding journey is profiled and support is provided to prepare them and their investment materials for their meetings with you.
The matching process is personalised to each participating company and investor, based on your investment thesis. You will also get the opportunity to view one-page summaries from each company attending and request your own meetings (via the events platform). We advise you to be as specific as possible at application stage to help inform the matching process.
Ultimately, it is always up to the participating company and funding source to agree and finalise a deal. Catalyst can provide information, but it does not provide advice.
DC Cahallan
Inbound Investors 2024 event was a huge success
Arrival and Registration
Welcome
Pre-arranged matched investor/company meetings
Lunch and networking
Further investor/company meetings
Topical Panels
We recommend flying into Belfast City airport which is a short 10 minute cab ride to the event venue.
We are working with central Belfast locations to offer a preferential hotel rate and will let participants know in due course.
The positive feedback from previous years is that the evening stay provided great value and allow for additional, pre-event informal networking. Such as the opportunity to understand NI’s strong innovation culture and meet with fellow investors, key players in the local ecosystem and NI companies. So we recommend flying in early and we’ll keep you updated on preferential hotel rates.
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