The Government of the Republic of Ireland recently launched the €10m International Start-Up Fund.

The fund, which aims at encouraging overseas entrepreneurs to locate start-up businesses in the country, will be managed by Enterprise Ireland.

The investment vehicle will be open particularly at the Irish diaspora, international expatriates, people from overseas who have previously worked or studied in Ireland, and serial and mobile entrepreneurs.

The fund will make equity investments in projects, mainly start ups, operating in Internet, Games, Cloud Computing, Medtech and Financial Services sectors, seeking between €200k and €500k. Geographically, it will target North America, UK, Europe and Australia.

FinSMEs

13/11/2011

Tagged as: Enterprise Ireland, International Start-Up Fund

Enterprise Ireland is a business development organisation of the Government of Ireland. Its mission is to drive Ireland’s export growth and the resulting job creation. Enterprise Ireland Gulf HQ is in Dubai. We wish to add an additional business development executive (titled “Market Adviser”) to our small team.

The core of the job is to Identify market opportunities relevant to Ireland’s supply base and to advise specific Irish companies about how to win that business; also to link these companies with the local buyers/partners with which to do the business and to get the companies inside the right doors and help them conclude the deals profitably.

Within a small team, dealing with an exciting fast growing market opportunity, flexibility is essential, however the primary markets of focus are currently UAE and Qatar (the organisation has a separate office in KSA)Primary sectors of focus are likely to be Telecoms, ICT, Healthcare, eGovernment and eLearning.

Salary is AED 23,670 per month

Skills

Key Skills required:

Strong contacts and business network
Experience of sales and marketing in Gulf markets
Experience and knowledge of business development
Ability to work on own initiative and also to manage projects
Degree qualified with 5-7 years relevant working experience
Strong working knowledge of Arabic and fluency in English; knowledge of other languages an advantage
Demonstrate capacity to acquire knowledge and successfully operate in a multi-sectoral environment
Results oriented and have a “can-do” attitude
Good organisational skills
Ability to influence and rapidly build credibility with clients and buyers
Excellent interpersonal, team and communication skills with good presentation skills