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10/02/2016
1,500 New Jobs Over Three Years With High Potential Start-Up Companies
More than 1,500 new jobs could be created over the next three years by High Potential Start-Up (HPSUs) companies currently being supported by Enterprise Ireland.
An HPSU is defined as a start-up businesses with the potential to develop an innovative product or service for sale on international markets and the potential to create 10 jobs and €1m in sales within 3 to 4 years of starting up.
New research, presented at the annual Enterprise Ireland Start-Up Investor Day, indicated that 9 out of 10 ten start-ups surveyed by Amárach Research on behalf of Enterprise Ireland plan to increase staff in 2016. 6 in 10 expect substantial growth this year with the main export markets being the UK, Europe and USA.
Welcoming the potential for job creation, Enterprise Ireland's Kevin Sherry, Director of Global Business Development, said: "Last year was a record year for Enterprise Ireland supported new start-up companies with the highest number of funding approvals with a total direct Enterprise Ireland investment commitment of €31m in start-ups. A key role of Enterprise Ireland is to support entrepreneurs to start new enterprises, to develop innovative products and services and to scale their businesses on international markets".
Highlights of 2015 included record numbers for the agency:
• 105 new High Potential Start-Up businesses.
• In addition, 112 new early stage businesses were supported under the Enterprise Ireland Competitive Start Fund in 2015 (81 in 2014) which injects critical early stage funding into new businesses.
• 61 new female-led start-ups supported - up from 43 in 2014. This reflected the expansion of Enterprise Ireland's support for female entrepreneurs which included the development of a dedicated competitive start fund to encourage more females to start businesses.
• 11 spin-out companies from higher education institutions were supported in 2015. These businesses are built on publicly-funded research to become new HPSUs.
• 15 new start-ups established by entrepreneurs from overseas, involving a range of sectors and with founders who have moved to Ireland to establish their businesses from Singapore, India, Switzerland and Germany.
Speaking at the Investor Day, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD said: "At the heart of the Government's Action Plan for Jobs is creating a powerful engine of Irish enterprise that will accelerate jobs growth in towns and villages right across the country. The companies supported by Enterprise Ireland under its High Potential Start-Ups programme and Competitive Start Funds are key to our plans. I am delighted that there is a strong regional representation with 47% of the high potential start-ups being from outside Dublin. Furthermore I am encouraged to see more young entrepreneurs– over 10% of the founders of the Class of 2015 are under 30. All of the start-ups involved today are the new ambitious promoters that will go on to become part of the growing number of internationally trading Irish companies that each year are increasing Irish exports and creating new Irish jobs – some I am confident will ultimately develop into the large employer Irish multinationals of the future. I wish all the Start-ups here today the very best for the future."
(MH)
An HPSU is defined as a start-up businesses with the potential to develop an innovative product or service for sale on international markets and the potential to create 10 jobs and €1m in sales within 3 to 4 years of starting up.
New research, presented at the annual Enterprise Ireland Start-Up Investor Day, indicated that 9 out of 10 ten start-ups surveyed by Amárach Research on behalf of Enterprise Ireland plan to increase staff in 2016. 6 in 10 expect substantial growth this year with the main export markets being the UK, Europe and USA.
Welcoming the potential for job creation, Enterprise Ireland's Kevin Sherry, Director of Global Business Development, said: "Last year was a record year for Enterprise Ireland supported new start-up companies with the highest number of funding approvals with a total direct Enterprise Ireland investment commitment of €31m in start-ups. A key role of Enterprise Ireland is to support entrepreneurs to start new enterprises, to develop innovative products and services and to scale their businesses on international markets".
Highlights of 2015 included record numbers for the agency:
• 105 new High Potential Start-Up businesses.
• In addition, 112 new early stage businesses were supported under the Enterprise Ireland Competitive Start Fund in 2015 (81 in 2014) which injects critical early stage funding into new businesses.
• 61 new female-led start-ups supported - up from 43 in 2014. This reflected the expansion of Enterprise Ireland's support for female entrepreneurs which included the development of a dedicated competitive start fund to encourage more females to start businesses.
• 11 spin-out companies from higher education institutions were supported in 2015. These businesses are built on publicly-funded research to become new HPSUs.
• 15 new start-ups established by entrepreneurs from overseas, involving a range of sectors and with founders who have moved to Ireland to establish their businesses from Singapore, India, Switzerland and Germany.
Speaking at the Investor Day, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD said: "At the heart of the Government's Action Plan for Jobs is creating a powerful engine of Irish enterprise that will accelerate jobs growth in towns and villages right across the country. The companies supported by Enterprise Ireland under its High Potential Start-Ups programme and Competitive Start Funds are key to our plans. I am delighted that there is a strong regional representation with 47% of the high potential start-ups being from outside Dublin. Furthermore I am encouraged to see more young entrepreneurs– over 10% of the founders of the Class of 2015 are under 30. All of the start-ups involved today are the new ambitious promoters that will go on to become part of the growing number of internationally trading Irish companies that each year are increasing Irish exports and creating new Irish jobs – some I am confident will ultimately develop into the large employer Irish multinationals of the future. I wish all the Start-ups here today the very best for the future."
(MH)
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