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InterTradeIreland is the all-island economic development agency

We connect and help businesses across the island to trade cross-border, collaborate, innovate and attract investment. Through our unique role we also identify opportunities for North-South collaboration that accelerate economic growth and help deliver shared policy priorities.

Who we are?

With 25 years’ experience of working alongside businesses of every size in every county on the island of Ireland, InterTradeIreland’s trade, innovation and entrepreneurship pathways help businesses to access funding, advice, experts, and networks across the island to maximise their exports, productivity and growth. To date we have supported over 60,000 businesses and generated €1.95bn/£1.7bn in business development value, directly supporting 23,000 jobs and helping over 2,100 companies export for the first time. InterTradeIreland connects and helps businesses across the island to trade cross-border, innovate, collaborate and attract investment.​ We have a unique role to identify opportunities for North/South collaboration that accelerate economic growth.

Who we service?

  • Manufacturing & Tradable Services Companies
  • Typically ambitious SMEs who have a satisfactory trading record

What we do?

InterTradeIreland supports businesses across the island to grow through trading cross-border, innovating, collaborating, attracting investment and making connections. We help SMEs through:   

  • Growing  cross-border trade
  • Enabling cross-border innovation
  • Supporting all-island collaboration, clusters and networks
  • Helping build an all-island ecosystem
  • Fostering entrepreneurship
  • Research & Insights

At a glance

Focus
  • Identify opportunities for North-South collaboration that accelerate economic growth, helping businesses across the island to trade cross-border, innovate, collaborate and attract investment
Sectors
  • Manufacturing & Tradable Services Companies
Network
  • One office based in Newry, County Down
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Business Angel Funding

Raise new equity capital in the seed and early stages of your company’s development

Business angel finance may be more suitable than venture capital funding. Business angels are high net worth individuals who invest on their own, or as part of a syndicate, in high growth businesses. In addition to money, they often make their own skills, experience and contacts available to the company.

You might be eligible if:

  • Your business is in the seed or early stages of development.

Equity Advisory Service

One-to-one equity advice

Intertrade Ireland's Equity Advisor, venture capitalist and business development advisor, Drew O’Sullivan, offers one-to-one advice for early stage high growth ventures that intend to raise funds in the next 12 months

You might be eligible if:

  • You have a minimum new equity funding requirement of €100,000

In addition, you must demonstrate that you meet at least one of the following eligibility criteria:

  • HPSU status or equivalent in Northern Ireland
  • Have been appointed a Development Advisor with Enterprise Ireland or Client Executive with Invest Northern Ireland
  • Sales in excess of €100,000 (or sterling equivalent)
  • Have already raised €50,000 (or sterling equivalent) equity finance
  • Have completed a recognised accelerator/platform programme

In some cases short listing may be applied where there is strong demand for the service.

Horizon Europe Supports

Join the EU’s flagship research and innovation programme

Horizon Europe provides Irish businesses with funding and expertise to develop and launch innovative products and services that address global challenges. 

You may be eligible if: 

  • Your business is in an established EU Member State 
  • Your project aligns with the program's goals of research and innovation

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions

Training & Programmes

SEIS & EIS

Raise money and grow your business

The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) helps smaller, higher-risk trading companies raise finance by offering tax relief to investors who buy new shares. 

A company seeking finance via the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) or EIS will need to obtain advance assurance from HMRC that the company, its trade and its shares qualify. This 

will give potential investors comfort that the company should qualify for SEIS/EIS relief.

You might be eligible if: 

  • You’re a limited company registered 
  • You have been trading for up to 7 years
  • You’re in a qualifying trade
  • You’re planning to spend the investment on a qualifying trade

(Non-UK companies can avail of the SEIS and EIS schemes if they meet the criteria set out by HMRC to qualify and importantly have a permanent establishment in the UK.)

Grants & Funding

SYNERGY

Charge up your cross-border collaborations with access to key networks and support

Synergy contributes to the development of clusters and networks in Ireland and Northern Ireland by supporting collaborative all-island projects, cluster research projects and cluster practitioner training.

You may be eligible if: 

  • You are a network or cluster of entrepreneurs
  • You are a cluster initiative
  • Academics
  • Policy makers
  • Your project aligns with InterTradeIreland's Corporate Plan
     

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions

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Training & Programmes

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Innovate Solutions Project Manager
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