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WeScale Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for support for the WeScale programme, businesses must:

  • Be a women-led or women-founded business
  • Be based on the island of Ireland
  • Be a registered business (pre-revenue applicants are eligible)
  • Have less than 250 employees and less than £40m (or euro equivalent) in annual turnover
  • Have a proven business model with demonstrated product-market fit in at least one market
  • Have strong potential for international market expansion
  • Have a scalable and innovation-driven business model
  • Have evidence of sustained growth over three years. Earlier stage, fast-growing companies with clear momentum will also be considered
Sole Traders and Social Enterprises that satisfy the eligibility criteria are welcome to apply.

Where demand exceeds available resources, InterTradeIreland reserves the right to apply additional assessment criteria to the WeScale Programme. Management decisions are final in these matters.

Ineligible Sectors

Businesses involved in the following sectors are generally not considered eligible for support: Wholesale, retail, distribution, tourism, hospitality, primary agriculture, personal services and professional business services.

Applications from the sectors above may be considered if the business has developed a unique product, system or process that provides additional value to the core business activity.

Businesses involved in practices associated with gambling, health risks or immoral activity or any other activity that may be negatively perceived and bring the reputation of InterTradeIreland into disrepute will not be supported.