Pictured above is the Irish Government Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, Richard Bruton and Frank Ryan, Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Ireland with Company Founder Robin Blandford, announcing the awarding of their Government Investment Fund into Decisions For Heroes (ByteSurgery Ltd).

Speaking after meeting the company to discuss their plans Minister Bruton commented: "The ingenuity and creativity of young Irish entrepreneurs will drive our recovery. As a government we are determined to help committed young companies with good ideas to succeed. That is what this is all about - getting vital start up funding and supports into companies at that critical early stage, when they most need it."

Enterprise Ireland set up the new fund as a mechanism to get financial support into very early stage companies at the critical product market fit stage of their projects. Decisions For Heroes is using the funding to fund product engineering and continue to expand their global sales. We are recruiting!

Commenting on the announcement Frank Ryan, Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Ireland said: "We see this fund as a strategic investment in the future of Ireland’s internet and games industry. Under our Software Strategy, we want to further stimulate the emergence of internet based companies in Ireland and to broaden their international base and scale. This new fund is getting critical early stage finance to some of Ireland’s newest and most exciting internet and games entrepreneurs to help them validate their market and successfully grow their business."



Game On! We're delighted, thanks to all our emergency response teams and our entire community who have backed us to this point so far. This news should be in the national papers this weekend, and has already started appearing online.