Cork start-ups offered opportunity to avail of €200,000 enterprise fund

Entrepreneurs and early-stage start-up companies in Cork are in with a chance of landing a grant of up to €25,000 to develop their business concept as part of a new State-backed fund.

The new €200,000 Enterprise Ireland Competitive Feasibility Fund — officially launched, yesterday, by Jobs and Enterprise Minister Mary Mitchell-O’Connor — is being viewed as “a key measure” of the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs and is targeted at stimulating small business in the Cork region.

“The purpose of this fund is to help develop and support new, or early stage, businesses, which will, in turn, stimulate the creation of new jobs. As Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation I am committed to job creation in all regions across rural Ireland and this fund will go a long way to helping businesses grow and expand in this region,” Minister Mitchell-O’Connor said.