Funding Opportunities
InterTradeIreland deliver a number of programmes which can provide direct funding for your SME: Innovation Boost, Elevate and Acumen.
Sourcing specialist advice or finding the right person with the right skills to help your business grow can be a challenge. InterTradeIreland can support you financially in these areas, assisting not only with funding, but also with sourcing the specialist expertise and making the vital introductions.
Whether you’re a first-time exporter or advanced exporter, InterTradeIreland can help you to fund and recruit an experienced and skilled sales resource through the Acumen programme to identify new opportunities and win new sales in the cross-border market. Funding is available up to a maximum of £17,250/€21,562 for a 12 month period or £9,200/€11,500 for a 6-12 month period.
Learn more about Acumen funding
Innovation Boost provides financial support to help you get the specialist skills your business needs. Funding is available up to £31,000/€41,100 for 12 month innovation projects and up to £44,250/€58,700 for 18 month innovation projects.
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Sourcing specialist advice or finding the right person with the right skills to help your business grow can be a challenge. InterTradeIreland can support you financially in these areas, assisting not only with funding, but also with sourcing the specialist expertise and making the vital introductions.
The Enterprise Investment Scheme is designed to help smaller higher-risk trading companies raise finance by offering a range of tax reliefs to investors who buy new shares in an eligible company.
One-to-one advice for early stage high growth ventures that intend to raise funds in the next 12 months.
We can help you by assisting you with the required knowledge and skills to secure other key sources of finance to grow your business.
Seedcorn can greatly improve your ability to attract investment for your business by helping you and your business become investor ready.
Our Venture Capital Conference is a must for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, business angels, investors and anyone with an interest in venture capital.
Each year, InterTradeIreland hosts a range of events focused on helping companies raising finance, across the island of Ireland.
A list of currently active asset finance, leasing, business angel, credit insurance, crowd funding, govt support, lending, loan fund, venture capital companies.
For companies seeking to raise new equity capital in the seed and early stages, business angel finance may be more suitable than venture capital funding.
Direct contact details for funding advisory teams at InterTradeIreland.