Pre-Seed Start Fund
Provides early-stage technology teams with support for product, capability, and milestone growth planning.
The Pre-Seed Start Fund (PSSF) is continuously open — there is no deadline or closing date. EI takes a convertible loan note (CLN) of €50,000 (single tranche) or €100,000 (two equal €50k tranches against milestones). Applicants must contribute €5,000 of 'new cash' per €50k of EI investment — angel, VC or other private equity sources are acceptable but other public funding is not. A maximum of 3 ap…
Early-stage Irish start-ups developing market-ready products or solutions, conducting product testing, building team capability, and reaching milestones to attract Seed funding within 6-18 months.
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