What the Local Enterprise Offices offer small businesses — grants, mentoring and the Trading Online Voucher — and where they sit relative to Enterprise Ireland.

dgm is an independent osFoundry implementation partner — not affiliated with osFoundry’s developer (the company OS LLC), and it has not yet completed any client integrations.

The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the first-stop shop for small businesses — they offer grants, mentoring and vouchers, but not cash to buy AI software off the shelf.

What the scheme actually gives

  • Mentoring, training and grants (priming, business expansion, feasibility) for micro and small businesses, typically up to ten employees.
  • The Trading Online Voucher supports getting a small business online (subject to current terms).
  • LEOs sit below Enterprise Ireland; larger RD&I supports move to EI as a firm grows.

Does it fund buying AI software?

LEO supports help small firms build capability; they fund mentoring, capital and getting online — not the purchase of an AI subscription. A platform such as osFoundry lowers the cost structurally through usage-based pricing and the BYOK principle — which helps more than waiting for support that does not cover software.

Important note

This article is general information and is not legal, tax or grant advice. Tax schemes, grants, rules and rates change, and only the relevant authorities (among them Revenue, IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, the Data Protection Commission and the Central Bank of Ireland) decide eligibility and awards. dgm is not a grant deliverer, approved knowledge provider or intermediary. Always confirm the current terms with the official source or a qualified tax or legal adviser.

How dgm helps

dgm is an independent implementation partner that helps businesses in Ireland adopt osFoundry — from identifying the first practical use case, through building it, to connecting AI to the systems you already use. dgm works independently of osFoundry’s developer (the company OS LLC) and has not yet completed any client integrations; everything above is therefore a description of the service offered, not a delivered result. If you would like to look at a sensible first step, dgm is happy to think it through with you. Arrange a no-obligation conversation with dgm.