The Irish Times

Delta Partners launches €70m fund for early-stage companies

Digit Games’ Richard Barnwell, Mastercard’s Amy Neale join Delta as partners

Fri Apr 08 2022 - 11:00

Draper Esprit shifts listings to Dublin and London

Tech-focused VC firm says move allows it extend shareholder base to a wider group

Fri Jul 23 2021 - 09:41

MyComplianceOffice confirms €10m debt financing deal

Dublin-headquartered fintech secures investment from Accel-KKR Credit Partners

Thu Feb 18 2021 - 14:27

Draper Esprit invests further €10.5m in UK chipmaker

Dublin venture capital company joined Microsoft and BMW in the fundraising round

Tue Dec 18 2018 - 09:46

Draper Esprit hails Dublin listing as it looks to back more Irish tech firms

Tech-focused VC firm has been a strong source of financing for Irish companies

Mon Jun 04 2018 - 05:12

Draper Esprit raising £176m to invest in more tech firms

Dublin-listed VC firm also announces 116% growth in value of its 31-company portfolio

Fri May 25 2018 - 07:54

Draper Esprit leads $29m funding round for Aircall

French cloud-based call centre software business has over 3,000 business customers

Wed May 16 2018 - 09:19

The successful habits of Ireland’s most successful business leaders

Winners of The Irish Times Business Person of the Month Award, on what leadership is, who they are influenced by, and what alternative career they might have pursued

Wed May 09 2018 - 06:00

Draper Esprit grows primary portfolio by 50%

Venture capital firm records fair value growth of 66% over 12 months

Mon Apr 16 2018 - 11:36

Who are the contenders for ‘Irish Times’ Business Person of the Year?

We profile four more contenders for inaugural ‘Business Person of the Year’ award

Mon Apr 02 2018 - 05:00

‘Irish Times’ Business Person of the Year awards to take place in May

Inaugural gala awards night run in association with KPMG, to showcase best in business

Thu Feb 01 2018 - 17:34

Dublin-listed Draper Esprit co-leads €9.9m funding round for UK firm

Evonetix is a Cambridge-headquartered firm developing a novel gene synthesis platform

Tue Jan 30 2018 - 12:04

Dublin-listed Draper Esprit leads €75m round for Ledger

French cryptocurrency and blockchain security company is already profitable

Thu Jan 18 2018 - 13:24

‘The Irish Times’ Business Person of the Month: Garry Moroney

CEO of Clavis Insight, which was sold to Ascential for €100m, is a serial tech entrepreneur

Fri Jan 12 2018 - 06:00

Irish ecommerce firm Clavis Insight acquired by Ascential in €100m deal

The price paid for the company could rise considerably if it achieves strong revenues

Sat Dec 23 2017 - 13:34

Dublin-listed VC firm Draper Esprit generates £42m from exits

Company said its gross primary portfolio value has risen 43 per cent over last year

Tue Jul 25 2017 - 16:23

Irish companies raised €522m in VC funding last year

Total seed funds raised in 2015 amounted to €43.8m, equivalent to 8% of all VC funding

Wed Feb 03 2016 - 10:57

Irish ecommerce firm secures $20m in funding

Clavis Insight will use investment for growth and creating up to 150 jobs

Tue Oct 20 2015 - 14:01