Financial Assistance from Dublin City Enterprise Board

At present we can no longer approve funding due to severly limited funds. This is subject to change so we advise that you check our website regularly for updates. We are still accepting applications for SEED & BES certification, however no grant aid can be made.

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Applications must be;

• Financial assistance applications must include new job creation and/or fixed capital purchases

• Typed

• Signed and dated

• There must be 6 copies of all documentation supplied

• Each section completed - do not write, see Business Plan

• Accompanied with the relevant documentation

• The relevant Application Forms are available on the FORMS section of this website

• If you have applied for Enterprise Ireland funding or have received Enterprise Ireland funding you will need to declare this. This excludes you from receiving Dublin City Enterprise Board funding.

  We double check but this saves us time.

• Please note we can only accept a limited number of applications per round. It is advisable not to wait until the deadline day to submit your application. Any applications which are submitted after our quota has been reached will be put forward to the next round.

• We are curently no longer accepting grant applications. We have severly limited funding. This is subject to change so we advise that you check our website regularly for updates.

Deadline for Applications for 2010 (Tuesday 12 noon)

Please note, it is essential to fully investigate the eligibility requirements of these grants before applying.

Financial assistance is for businesses with manufacturing or a potential to export its products and/or services. If you have any queries please contact us to discuss your application (Tel: 01 635 1144 )

We are unable to accept applications by email as all copies must be SIGNED.

Dublin City Enterprise Board can offer funding to start-ups or established small businesses which:-

1. Operate from Dublin City > Click here for map
2. Have less than 10 employees > We fund sole traders as well as partnerships and limited companies.  

Operate in the areas of:-

• Manufacturing (including software development) and/or
• Internationally Traded Services  (i.e. businesses which export or which have the real potential to do so). We also fund businesses whose activities attract tourism to Ireland.
• If you are meet the support criteria Finance is available for qualifying projects by way of grants and repayable loans. Click here to see the types of grants available.
• Your grant application and approval should be before you incur any costs or before you hire a new employee (in the case of employment grants).
• Dublin City Enterprise Board can provide Certificates for the Revenue Seed Capital Tax Relief Scheme for businesses that qualify for our financial assistance. Click here for more details of the tax efficient way for you to invest in your new limited company.
• Dublin City Enterprise Board can provide Certificates for the Revenue BES Tax Relief Scheme for businesses that qualify for our financial assistance. Click here for more details of the tax efficient way for investors to invest in your limited company.
• We can only accept a limited number of applciations for each deadline. It is advisable not to wait until the day of the deadline to submit your applcaition. If we reach our quota we will forward all other applications to the next deadline.

The purpose of financial assistance offered by Dublin City Enterprise Board is to fast-track the development of start up and growing businesses. With the growing success of establishing a true enterprise culture in the Capital, with many more entrepreneurs accessing the services of the Board, there is increasing demand on our financial resources. For this reason, there is a growing emphasis on providing repayable loans instead of grants. This recently adopted policy enables the Board to recycle its financial resources and make them available at a later date for other new and deserving enterprises.

Please note you cannot receive funding from Enterprise Ireland or any other state agency and Dublin City Enterprise Board at the same time.

Select a section to continue:

• Types of Grants
• Eligible Expenses / Application Process
• How to Claim
• Support Criteria
• Ineligible Projects
• Innovation Vochers