It was the third week of March and serial entrepreneurs Louise Grubb and Tom Brennan were excited about almost finalising a €5.1 million new investment round for TriviumVet, their animal therapeutics company based in Waterford. Grubb and Brennan had already closed a seed round of €3.24 million in September 2018 attracting high-calibre investors like Liam Fitzgerald, the former chief executive of United Drug Group, Niall Wall, the former chief executive of tin and bottling giant Ardagh and ex- Irish rugby international Gordon D’Arcy. The next 18 months had been a whirlwind of activity as they built a talented team in…

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