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Venture capital firm Venrex backs Dublin mushroom coffee company OYL
The value of the ‘functional mushrooms’ market is forecast to grow to more than €50 billion by 2030
OYL, a new mushroom coffee company established by the founder of the Dublin Barista School, has received backing from Venrex, a VC firm which was an early investor in Revolut, Bolt, Mumsnet and Just Eat.
James McCormack, whose academy has trained more than 50,000 baristas since it was founded in 2011, has co-founded the business with Conor Sharpe and Barry O’Neill. Sharpe and O’Neill are founders and partners at CircleRock Capital, which backed Irish tech ...