Applications for Inter Trade Ireland Seedcord programme close this Friday

April 21, 2026

Inter Trade Ireland’s has a Seedcorn investor readiness competition designed to help businesses get ‘investor ready’. With three categories, Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer and Deep Tech, the Seedcorn Competition mirrors the real-life investment process. Participants, who are in with a chance to win a share of a €800,000 cash prize fund, will receive expert feedback on their business ideas and pitches, improve their investor readiness and gain exposure to investors, all while boosting their firm’s profile. Applications for this programme ends at 1pm on Friday, 24th of April.

Inter Trade Ireland have directly assisted more than 65,000 business, while thousands of more SMEs have benefitted from its specialist advice. Its support has generated more than €2.2 bn / £1.9 billion in business development value. Established under Strand 2 of the Belfast Good Friday Agreement, its approach is value through collaboration. Across the island there are many shared policy priorities and economic opportunities that can best be addressed by maximising collaboration with our partners.

For further details of the programme please access this link: https://intertradeireland.com/funding/seedcorn