Businessman seeks €10,000 in crowd funding for kiosk venture

An ice-cream, crepe, and bike hire kiosk in the heart of Cork City is to be the first venture in the city to benefit from an innovate business-funding mechanism.

The kiosk is the brainchild of restaurant owner and current president of the Cork Business Association Ernest Cantillon, who is to “crowd-source” €10,000 of a planned €60,000 fit-out of the riverside promenade coffee pod on South Mall through the crowd-funding website LinkedFinance.

Businesses looking for a loan through crowd-funding apply through the LinkedFinance website, submitting a business plan and information on the venture, as well as a proposed repayment schedule.