Laura Dillion, managing director and principal of the Irish arm of private equity firm Waterland, said rising interest rates and ongoing economic uncertainty meant business valuations would have to fall in 2023

Just 5 per cent of managing partners in European investment firms are female, compared to 15 per cent in the US

ISIF to pump €200 million into farm-based alternative to fossil gas, which supplies more than a fifth of renewable energy in other EU states

While valuations in some areas have moderated from the heady highs of 2021, private equity firms agree that good quality businesses will always attract investment

The €500m ISIF strategy to enhance regional growth, with a particular focus on start-ups, is welcome, but fledgling unicorns need more than a cash injection

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund said it believes the investment will ‘deliver a strong commercial return for the fund’ as payents processor reduces its internal share price

Bookings for both for business and leisure are almost back to pre-pandemic levels despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, says Luis Gallego

Patrick Collison wrote in the Economist that the European tech sector is worth four times more than it was five years ago, attracting 15 per cent of global venture capital

The Collison brothers now control the most valuable private company in Silicon Valley, with Stripe estimated to be worth $95 billion. But every new slate of investors makes their lives a little more complicated