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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.

ACUMEN

Start exporting across the Irish border

Cross-border trading is one of the easier, more accessible ways to begin exporting. This programme is designed to help businesses grow on an all-island basis by dedicating a sales resource to develop sales opportunities in the cross-border market. 

Businesses that want to target new cross-border markets.

You might be eligible if: 

  • You are a small to medium-sized business
  • You are trading in manufacturing or an eligible services industry
  • You have been trading for at least 2 years

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

Grants & Funding

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

Innovation Boost

Accelerate your business innovation with our expert support and funding

You may be eligible if: 

  • A small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) with 5 – 249 full time employees.
  • An SME which is a manufacturing or tradable services company, located on the island of Ireland (North or South).
  • Financially viable.
  • 2 year trading history.
  • Understanding of and capacity for innovation.
  • An SME which is able to demonstrate the need for Innovation Boost technical support.
  • An SME which is able to demonstrate the capacity and commitment to support an Innovation Boost project at senior management level.


Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions. 
 

Training & Programmes

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