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Business Innovation Centre

South East BIC

South East BIC, now trading as Propelor, provides business consultancy, incubation offices and the Prep4Seed accelerator to entrepreneurs across the south east.

Operates Ireland-wide · 6 listed services · 1 facility

What they do

South East BIC, rebranded in 2024 as Propelor, is based at the incubation centre in IDA Waterford Industrial Park, Cork Road, Waterford. It provides bespoke, client-led business consultancy and active incubation to innovative entrepreneurs across Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford, Tipperary, Laois and Offaly, covering project evaluation, business modelling and planning, investor readiness and sourcing public and private finance. Named programmes include one-to-one startup consultancy, investor readiness support covering fundraising strategy, financial modelling, pitch deck and data room preparation, and Prep4Seed, a twelve-week accelerator run jointly by the Irish network of Business Innovation Centres for companies raising seed investment. The incubation centre offers flexible, affordable lockable one and two-person offices with around-the-clock access, on-site consultant support, broadband, meeting rooms and printers. Engagement begins with an initial consultation booked through the website.

South East BIC lists 6 services and 1 facility on Irish Resource Hub across Ireland. The listed provision covers mentoring and service. Its support includes Start a business, Grow and scale, Mentoring and advice, Skills and training, and Innovation and R&D. 1 distinct eligibility condition is recorded across those services.

Business support information

Where they operate

Recorded as available Ireland-wide.

Types of support available

Listed provision includes mentoring, service.

Who the support is for

Business stages
Thinking about starting, Startups, Scaling, Established
Company sizes
Sole traders, 1–9 people, 10–49 people, 50–249 people, 250+ people
Audiences
Startups, SMEs

Taken from this organisation's record and its published services.

Access and eligibility

Incubation office space requires a licence agreement; the Prep4Seed accelerator requires application and is aimed at companies actively raising seed investment; consultancy begins with a booked initial consultation.

No organisation-wide eligibility rule is recorded. Eligibility is set by each individual service, so conditions vary by service and some support may not be open to every business.

Each distinct eligibility condition recorded for this organisation's services — check the service page for the full conditions.

The same conditions also apply to 5 further services listed below.

Check access with South East BIC

Support offered (6)

Workspaces and facilities (1)

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