Enterprise Ireland
If you are in the indigenous business sector and need to start up, grow, export or find partners, we can help you in Enterprise Ireland. Enterprise Ireland's priority is the achievement of export sales growth from Irish-owned companies. Enterprise Ireland works with entrepreneurs and business people across the full business development spectrum - from early-stage entrepreneurs, to established business owners and Irish multinational companies.
Our clients include:
- High Potential Start-Up companies with the capability to start a business and sell in export markets.
- Established manufacturing and internationally traded services businesses that are Small or Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs).
- Large companies (employing more than 250).
- Irish-based food and natural resource companies, that are overseas-owned or controlled.
We do not work with locally traded service companies or with micro-enterprises such as sole traders. Support for these companies or individuals is available from your local County Enterprise Boards and FÁS.
Our range of services is extensive, from funding, to making introductions in key international markets.
- Funding supports - a range of supports, for start-ups, expansion plans, and R&D business plans.
- Export assistance - including the provision of in-market services, local market information and the facilities of our international office network.
- Supports to develop competitiveness - helping companies to become leaner to make them more competitive in international markets.
- Incentives to stimulate in-company R&D – new product, service and process development to ensure sustainability, and growth through the evolution of products and services.
- Assistance with R&D collaboration - with research institutions, to develop and bring to market new technologies, products or processes.
- Connections and introductions to customers overseas - we provide access to a global network of contacts - from heads of government to end customers.