Patrick Horgan candidly admits that the journey of his regtech business, Valid8Me, is “atypical” and somewhat difficult to explain. After all, in the space of just three and a half years, it has morphed from the European outpost of an international technology services business supported by the IDA to becoming an entrepreneurial start-up. It has rebranded twice, pivoted its focus, and has now just finalised a shareholder restructure that involved the accountancy firm Grant Thornton taking a majority stake for €12.5 million. However, as far as Horgan is concerned, this is just the start. Aided by the new investment, he…

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