Founders at Enterprise Ireland's first Start-Up Day earlier this year tell SiliconRepublic.com about the many ways in which the state agency helps them navigate their entrepreneurial journey.
Earlier this summer, Enterprise Ireland hosted its annual Start-Up Day, bringing together hundreds of founders to network with Ireland’s who’s who in investment, accelerators and other agencies.
This was on the back of a report on its investments last year, which showed €24m invested in 156 Irish start-ups at various stages of development (pre-seed and high-potential), across a wide range of locations (55pc based outside Dublin) and coming from a wide range of sectors, from medtech and cybersecurity to artificial intelligence.
For Frankie Bates, co-founder of Prodensus, the stage agency has given the team more than just funding. It has provided them with a guideline on how to navigate the start-up journey.
“Our backgrounds are always working in very large, established multinationals, so having to leave that environment and go into something that for us felt unstructured at the start, Enterprise Ireland has really helped us through that.”
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Words by Vish Gain
