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Full coverage: EIIS

“We are going to have more unicorns” – Elkstone set to launch €75m Irish start-up fund

On the back of its success backing companies like LetsGetChecked and Flipdish, Alan Merriman's Elkstone has convinced the authorities of applying EIIS tax advantages to a multi-company investment fund targeting early-stage companies in Ireland.

Tom Lyons
19th Jan, 2022 - 4 min read

Casks, equity and lots of gin: how Dingle Distillery is financing its expansion

With more and more entrepreneurs emerging on the distilling market, Elliot Hughes talks to The Currency on how he finances one of the most popular distilleries in Ireland, why he is glad there is more competition in the industry and his company’s most recent cask programme.

Cait Caden
7th Jan, 2021 - 6 min read

From law to craft gin and whiskey: Why a corporate lawyer opted to invest in rural Ireland and start her own business

June O’Connell gave up a career as a corporate lawyer to co-found a whiskey and gin distillery in her home town of Cahersiveen. Four years later, she has a €10m distillery, a pop up shop and is in talks to raise millions in investment for her company Skellig Six18.

Cait Caden
13th Feb, 2020 - 7 min read

The EIIS tax break scheme is not fit for purpose. But it can be fixed. Here’s how.

It was designed as a tax incentive to support young businesses. But the companies that need EIIS funding the most are effectively being locked out by the rules of the scheme.

Rena Maycock
1st Oct, 2019 - 5 min read
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