Sourcing Small Business Finance

Business Angel Partnership
[ http://www.businessangels.ie ]
A joint initiative between Enterprise Ireland, InterTrade Ireland & the Irish BIC. It matches private investors with investment opportunities in start-up, early stage & developing businesses.

Credit Unions
[ http://www.creditunion.ie ]
Website for the Irish League of Credit Unions.

EU Grant Advisor Programme
[ http://www.eugrantsadvisor.ie ]
A partnership led by Microsoft to help SMEs and local/regional governments better understand EU funding opportunities.

First Step Microfinance
[ http://www.first-step.ie ]
Small loans for start-up businesses.

Irish Venture Capital Association
[ http://www.ivca.ie/ ]
The IVCA is the representative body of the venture capital industry in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Equity Network: All-Island Seedcorn competition
[ http://www.intertradeireland.com/seedcorn ]
Attention Aspiting Entrepreneurs! InterTrade runs an annual All-Island seedcorn competition for start-up businesses.

Seed Capital & BES Schemes
[ http://www.revenue.ie ]

Details of Revenue's Tax Incentive Schemes.