WestBIC - Get Investor Ready

WestBIC is an Enterprise Ireland partner providing hands-on startup support, funding readiness and investment preparation for early-stage founders

WestBIC has supported founders for 40 years. We provide hands-on, expert support to help early-stage companies validate their ideas, strengthen their business model, and secure investment, including Enterprise Ireland's Pre-Seed Start Fund and HPSU funding.

Whether you're preparing for your first funding application, getting investor-ready, or just figuring out where to start, our consultants will work with you one-to-one to get you there.

From Idea to Investment

Empowering Start-Ups and Scaling Enterprises since 1987

We work directly with early-stage companies, from MVP to securing investment, providing hands-on consultancy, structured programmes and connections to the right investors.

Our support covers Enterprise Ireland's Pre-Seed Start Fund, HPSU funding preparation and accelerator programmes designed to get founders investor-ready, faster. Through our network across Ireland and Europe, we connect founders to funding and opportunity beyond their local market.

WestBIC is an Enterprise Ireland partner with over 40 years of experience helping ambitious founders validate, fund and scale their businesses.

Networks

WestBIC engages with EU BIC partners and works on collaborative projects. Key learnings are then transferred into the Irish ecosystem facilitating growth and innovation in the Irish market.

WestBIC is part of a network of over 150 EU Business Innovation Centres (BICs), driving the future of business support across the region.

From 2022 – 2025 we have…

Companies Supported

327

PSSF's & CSF's Approved

32

iHPSU's Approved

41

Raised by the companies we worked with

€48.7M