At Enterprise Ireland, we are currently providing
three major lean programmes:
1)
LEAN Start – a week long, consultant
based programme for companies new to the area.
2)
LEAN Plus – Lean principles are applied
to specific projects that will be evaluated on the
basis of proven metrics.
3)
LEAN Transform – this is for large
manufacturing companies with a turnover of over
€30 million. The programme is benchmarked
against that of the likes of Toyota and General
Electric.
What is the venture capital landscape
like in Ireland for mobile entrepreneurs
and start-up companies?
Funding assistance is increasingly coming from
the venture capital community and Enterprise
Ireland has made a very positive commitment to
fostering and developing venture capital in Ireland.
Since the mid 1990s the State, through Enterprise
Ireland, has committed investment of over €325
million, as a limited partner, into over 40 seed and
venture capital funds in Ireland with a total fund
size of over €1.2 billion. Over 1,200 investments
have been made in companies in that period.
Enterprise Ireland’s funds have been invested, on
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