Dressed in smart casual attire that marks entrepreneurs out from bankers or lawyers, more than 140 company founders congregated on the rooftop terrace of Dublin’s Marker Hotel on August 28, 2019. It was a familiar venue for celebration to Ireland’s tech set; the hotel overlooks Facebook’s glittering Dublin headquarters and Google’s Barrow Street tower. Both companies employ thousands of people in the area, dubbed Silicon Docks, lured to Dublin through a combination of talent and tax.  They had been invited there by an Irish success story, the venture capital firm Act, which was celebrating its 25th birthday. There was Ken…

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