Wayflyer backer is impressed by other Irish firms and keen to invest

VC firm Left Lane has ‘definite appetite’ to back more Irish tech companies, says investor Paddy Dillon

Paddy Dillon, an investor with venture capital firm Left Lane Capital: ‘There is now a plethora of domestic talent in product and growth that have lived the journey to hyper scale’

Left Lane Capital, the New York-based venture capital and growth equity firm that last year led a multimillion-euro funding round for tech unicorn Wayflyer, is keen to back other Irish companies.

Speaking after Left Lane closed a new $1.4 billion fund last week, Paddy Dillon, an investor with the firm, said the fund was excited about the calibre of tech companies coming out of Ireland.

“We did lots of meetings when in town for the ...