These terms govern your use of IBGP.ie — the website, the authenticated platform and the mobile app (together, the "Platform"), operated by Smart Business Growth Platform Company Limited by Guarantee (Register Number 816312), incorporated in Ireland ("we", "us").
1. Acceptance
By creating an account, submitting an enquiry, or otherwise using the Platform, you agree to these terms. If you are using it on behalf of a company, you confirm you are authorised to bind that company, and "you" means both.
2. Eligibility
The Platform is for business use by people aged 18 or over acting in a professional capacity. It is not a consumer service and is not intended for personal or household use.
3. Accounts
Sign-in is through Google or LinkedIn; we do not issue or store passwords. You are responsible for the security of the identity account you sign in with and for everything done under your account. Tell us at once if you believe it has been compromised. We may suspend an account we reasonably believe is being misused.
4. What the Platform provides
- AI matching — suggested counterparties based on your profile and preferences.
- AI modules — the Export Assistant, Business Launch wizard, IP & Licensing tools and Multi-Agent Deal Analysis.
- Trade Desk — structuring, screening and documentation workflows for cross-border deals.
- Service pages — company formation, tender support, funding and grants, logistics, digital services and related offerings, quoted individually.
- Expert bookings — consultations with third-party advisers.
We may add, change or withdraw features. Where a change materially reduces a feature you are actively paying for, we will tell you first.
5. AI output — read this clause
Parts of the Platform generate text using large language models. That output is informational only. It is not legal, tax, accounting, financial, regulatory or investment advice, and it is not a substitute for professional judgement or your own due diligence.
- AI output can be factually wrong, out of date, or internally inconsistent.
- Scores, verdicts and risk levels are indicative, not determinations.
- A "GO" verdict is not a recommendation to enter a transaction, and a "NO-GO" is not a statement about any counterparty's character or legality.
- Sanctions, AML and compliance features assist your own screening — they do not discharge your legal obligations.
Verify anything you intend to rely on. You remain solely responsible for your commercial decisions.
6. Introductions and third parties
A match, listing or introduction is not an endorsement, a warranty of solvency, or a representation about the quality, legality or suitability of any counterparty, company for sale, tender or expert. We are not a party to any agreement you reach with them, and we are not liable for their acts or omissions. Conduct your own diligence — and where we act as principal in a trade, the terms of that specific transaction will be agreed in writing and prevail over this clause.
7. Your content
You keep ownership of everything you upload or enter — your profile, company description, documents and messages. You grant us a non-exclusive licence to host, process and display it for the purpose of operating the Platform and providing the features you use, including sending the relevant parts to our AI processor. You confirm you have the right to provide it and that it does not infringe anyone else's rights.
8. Acceptable use
You must not:
- use the Platform for anything unlawful, or in breach of sanctions, export controls or anti-corruption law;
- submit false, misleading or impersonated information, including in enquiries;
- scrape, bulk-export or resell platform data, or attempt to extract other users' data;
- probe, overload, circumvent or reverse-engineer the Platform, its rate limits or its access controls;
- upload malware, or content that is defamatory, discriminatory or infringing;
- use AI features to generate content intended to deceive a third party.
9. Fees
Core platform access is currently provided at no charge. Individual services — company formation, grant applications, tender support, logistics, expert consultations and similar — are quoted and invoiced separately, and the price ranges shown on the Platform are indicative until confirmed in writing. Fees are exclusive of VAT unless stated otherwise.
10. Intellectual property
The Platform, its software, design, prompts and content (other than your content) belong to us or our licensors. These terms grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable right to use the Platform; nothing more is assigned or licensed.
11. Availability
We aim to keep the Platform available but do not guarantee uninterrupted service. Features may be unavailable during maintenance, or where a third-party provider (identity, AI or infrastructure) is degraded.
12. Disclaimers and liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Platform is provided "as is" and we exclude all implied warranties, including fitness for a particular purpose and accuracy of AI output.
We are not liable for lost profits, lost business, lost opportunity, loss of data, or any indirect or consequential loss. Our total aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with these terms is limited to the greater of (a) the fees you paid us in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim, and (b) €500.
Nothing in these terms excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be excluded.
13. Indemnity
You will indemnify us against claims, losses and reasonable costs arising from your breach of these terms, your content, or your dealings with a counterparty introduced through the Platform.
14. Suspension and termination
You may stop using the Platform and ask us to delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate access where you breach these terms, where we are required to by law, or where continued provision would expose us or other users to material risk. Clauses that by their nature should survive termination (including 5, 7, 12 and 13) do.
15. Data protection
Our handling of personal data is described in the Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms.
16. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. The "last updated" date above reflects the current version, and we will notify signed-in users of material changes before they take effect. Continuing to use the Platform after that point means you accept the new version.
17. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of Ireland, and the courts of Ireland have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute — without preventing either party from seeking urgent injunctive relief elsewhere.
18. Contact
Smart Business Growth Platform CLG, Register Number 816312, Ireland. Email info@ibgp.ie.
See also our Privacy Policy.