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Enterprise Ireland’s New Fund to Help Grow Early-Stage Start-Ups

By Ryan Harmon 12 October 2022

Enterprise Ireland has launched a new investment offer to meet the needs of early-stage start-ups. The State agency’s new Pre-Seed Start Fund offers start-ups support of €50,000 or €100,000, in the form of a convertible loan note. The funding is intended to convert into equity on a future priced round with a 20pc discount. Enterprise […]

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High Potential Dublin Start-Ups

By Ryan Harmon 8 December 2021

Ireland’s capital remains one of the leading European tech cities, just behind London and Paris. So it’s encouraging that the latest Financial Times’ Tech Cities of the Future rankings described Dublin as a “thriving hotspot for start-ups”, and Enterprise Ireland’s support structures for early-stage entrepreneurs play a huge part in the city scoring highly.

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This Irish startup can work out your carbon footprint from your grocery receipt

By Jack Mullen 16 March 2021

Picture above: Evocco Co-founders Hugh Weldon and Ahmad Mu’azzam, The production and distribution of food accounts for around a third of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions. But as a consumer, it’s difficult to measure the climate impact of what you eat. A Dublin-based startup called Evocco could soon make it much easier. “It lets you track,

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15 Women-led Start-ups get €50k from Enterprise Ireland

By Jack Mullen 22 December 2020

Competitive Start Fund and Part-time key manager grant are among Enterprise Ireland initiatives that aim to grow the number of women business leaders. 15 women entrepreneurs supported by Enterprise Ireland Competitive Start Fund (CSF) have commenced an online business accelerator with Dublin Business Innovation Centre (BIC) aimed at getting their businesses investor-ready.