At 4.00pm on Tuesday, an assorted gathering of shareholders and creditors of Leveris, an ambitious Irish fintech, logged on to a virtual meeting to liquidate the business. It was a dramatic fall from grace. Just three years ago, the company was valued at €190 million on foot of a major funding round. Now, combined, the company was bust, and the creditors were owed €38 million. The biggest losers were the company’s shareholders. Australian financial services firm Link Group reportedly invested €25 million in the Irish company in 2018 in return for a 13 per cent stake. According to documents circulated…

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