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EIIS and KEEP must be made more effective and accessible

Scale Ireland’s State of Start-ups Survey 2023 made it clear that the two schemes are vital but need to be reassessed

Dara Calleary, Minister of State in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, was keynote speaker at Scale Ireland’s regional summit. Picture: Rollingnews

Last Saturday, I “virtually attended” Scale Ireland’s regional summit. Scale Ireland is an independent body representing Irish tech start-ups and scale-up companies. The keynote speakers were Leo Varadkar, the Taoiseach. and Dara Calleary, the Minister of State in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

Scale Ireland announced the findings of its State of Start-ups Survey for 2023, which canvassed 248 business leaders. Not surprisingly, access to finance screamed out as the biggest challenge facing ...