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Invest NI supports half a billion investment in future economic growth and business success

In 2023/23 Invest NI offered £93m of support to companies to help them with a wide range of projects including help to develop new products, invest in energy and resource efficient technologies, improve skills, create jobs and export to new markets. These company investments and Invest NI support will see £519m invested in the NI economy in the coming years.

2023/24 – supporting future economic growth

During the financial year we monitor our activity and outputs against operational targets. These in-year targets help us measure our progress towards our Business Strategy.

KPIs show growth in external sales

Our 2023 Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) show a strong increase across Sales, External Sales and Exports amongst businesses we supported. All three metrics increased by at least 5 percent on 2022 figures.

Develop new export markets

Put away your scattergun. We’ll help you take a structured approach to exporting.

The Lightyear Corporation

Founded in Australia in 2017, The Lightyear Corporation offers cloud-based procurement and invoice processing automation software to large SMEs and mid-market companies across the world. Its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product increases workplace efficiencies and team collaboration through data extraction and customisable workflows for businesses.

In 2018 Lightyear selected Northern Ireland as the location for its global headquarters, locating inside Belfast’s largest tech hub community.

Rakuten

Rakuten is now one of the world’s leading internet services companies, with a transformative presence in e-commerce, digital content and FinTech. Rakuten has offices and talent all over the globe from Tokyo to Tel Aviv and Bangalore to Belfast. In 2016 Rakuten established the Rakuten Blockchain Lab in Northern Ireland with the goal of enabling distributed ledger technology and cryptocurrencies for the many Rakuten companies.

Version 1

Version 1 is an Irish company specialising in International Management Consulting, Software Asset Management, Software Development, Cloud Computing, and Outsourcing.

bazaarvoice

Each month in the Bazaarvoice network, more than a billion consumers create, view and share authentic user-generated content including reviews, questions and answers and social photos across more than 6,200 global brand and retailer websites.

SilverSky

SilverSky’s Belfast Team helps the company meet global demand for straightforward, accessible and affordable cyber security solutions.

EverQuote

Talent availability and a strong insurtech cluster were just some of the reasons why EverQuote chose Northern Ireland for its new software development centre.

Go Further Grow Stronger – the benefits of selling outside Northern Ireland

The benefits of exporting are well documented at both a company and overall economy level. Besides offering significant growth opportunities through increased sales and enhancing resilience from economic shocks, firms exporting to a wide range of markets contribute to improving productivity, driving innovation, and their export-fuelled growth can create and sustain high quality jobs. And importantly for Northern Ireland, the distribution of export activity right across the region means that trade and its associated benefits, can be a driver of regionally balanced and inclusive growth.