Innovative HPSU Fund (Equity)
Funds Ireland innovation teams building equity and growth support for startups from proof to commercialization.
Enterprise Ireland (EI) is Ireland's national agency for developing Irish enterprise and is the primary state body supporting Irish companies with the ambition and potential to grow in international markets. The Innovative High Potential Start-Up (HPSU) Equity Fund is one of Enterprise Ireland's flagship equity instruments, targeting newly formed Irish companies that can demonstrate a credible pat…
Equity investment for Irish High Potential Start-Up companies with the potential to employ ten or more people and achieve sales exceeding one million euros within three years of starting to trade.
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