Deadline: 15 March 2019
Applicants are invited to apply for Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneurs(IBYE) 2019 which is a programme run by the 31 Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) with the support of the Department of Enterprise and Innovation and Enterprise Ireland.
IBYE is Ireland’s most successful programme to celebrate Ireland’s young entrepreneurs, developed and run by the 31 Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) with the support of the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Enterprise Ireland and Local Authorities. Since its inception in 2015, over 500 young entrepreneurs have received in excess of €6.5million in IBYE funding as well as a wide range of vital training and mentoring to support them on their entrepreneurial journeys.
As part of the IBYE process, up to 450 young entrepreneurs will be invited by the LEOs to attend free regional ‘Entrepreneur Bootcamps’ later in the year to help them develop their businesses and new venture ideas.
Categories
IBYE is a nationwide competition, run across three categories:
- Best Business Idea
- Best Start-Up Business
- Best Established Business.
Funding Information
- With an IBYE investment fund of €50,000 each, every LEO will award up to six investments to three category winners and three runners-up at county level. The local winners in the Best Start-Up and Best Established Business categories at county level will receive investments of up to €15,000 each and the two runners-up will each receive up to €5,000.
- The Best Business Idea winner at county level will receive an investment of up to €7,000 and the runner-up will receive up to €3,000 of investment. These winners at county level will progress to Regional Finals during the summer with the national IBYE finals taking place on 15th September 2019.
Eligibility Criteria
The competition is open to people between the ages of 18 and 35 with an innovative business idea, new start-up or established business.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Country: Ireland
For more information, please visit https://www.ibye.ie/