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Full coverage: Investment

Having raised £3.4m, Sligo-born Deirdre McGettrick’s Ufurnish is gathering steam

Sligo-born Deirdre McGettrick swapped a corporate finance career to found Ufurnish, the UK's largest furniture comparison site. She talks to The Currency about purposefully bringing female investors on board and shifting the business plan through a turbulent market.

Rosanna Cooney
8th Mar, 2023 - 3 min read

We don’t need female office hours or other such pony shows. We want one thing and one thing only. Investment.

Putting real power in the hands of women is creating a system where they can start and own their own companies. That requires a seismic rethink in how VCs and our state development agency provide funding.

Rena Maycock
8th Mar, 2023 - 6 min read

“Born out of necessity”: Why Coillte works with private investors – and why they work with the forestry semi-state

Coillte’s decision to raise investor funds through the asset management firm Gresham House has re-lit a passionate debate on forestry. We interview the central people involved at the state-owned company and its two PPP private partners.

Thomas Hubert
2nd Feb, 2023 - 14 min read

Big Pharma, baby food and Brexit: What is driving a 50% jump in trade with France?

As trade routes between Ireland and the continent are redrawn to avoid Britain, France has never felt closer – and its modernising economy is attracting a growing volume of business to and from this island. Thomas Hubert reports from Paris.

Thomas Hubert
14th Dec, 2022 - 17 min read

Understanding Blacksheep: Nine graphs that tell the story of the low-profile wealth manager

From its offices in South Co Dublin, Blacksheep Fund Management manages hundreds of millions of dollars. An analysis of its filings in both Ireland and the US provides insights into its profitability, bonus structure and market strategy.

Ian Kehoe
24th Jun, 2022 - 3 min read

Who is Ardstone? Part 1: A decade of office deals from Dublin to Barcelona

Behind a leafy façade in Georgian Dublin, a small team has been instrumental in directing global institutional investors towards Irish property development. Based on hundreds of documents, site visits and insider information, this investigation tells Ardstone’s story.

Thomas Hubert
21st Jun, 2022 - 14 min read

Who is Ardstone? Part 2: €2.5bn in assets, 7,300 homes and global capital’s gateway to Irish housing

When the housing crisis emerged, Ardstone Capital had an address book full of international investors and no baggage from the Irish property crash. In the past six years, it has discreetly funded every possible type of home in the country.

Thomas Hubert
21st Jun, 2022 - 21 min read

Sinead O’Sullivan: The structure of Irish farmland must evolve out of the middle ages

While many argue that we should not allow new forms of land ownership to disrupt the farm, farms are already in the process of disrupting themselves. There is a young generation of farmers that are in fact seeking to rent instead of buy land to improve their return on capital.

Sinead O'Sullivan
19th May, 2022 - 6 min read

In their own words: How Aidan Corbett and Jack Pierse grew Wayflyer to unicorn status (in just 20 months)

Jack Pierse and Aidan Corbett have just closed a $150m funding round that values their e-commerce financier at $1.6bn. They open up about their strategy for the business, how they negotiated the funding deal, and their plans for the future.

Tom Lyons
4th Feb, 2022 - 11 min read

Sean Keyes on investing: Ireland’s tech industry is powering up

It took twenty years for Ireland to get its first unicorn. In the four years since, three others joined the list. And in the last two weeks, Ireland got two more. There are other signs our technology industry is powering up.

Sean Keyes
2nd Feb, 2022 - 4 min read
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