About us

Investing for growth. We put Ireland first.

Investing for growth. We put Ireland first.

Cardinal Capital have unrivalled experience of managing and investing in Irish companies across a wide range of sectors. Critically, our experience is backed by a pioneering approach that, in the last 5 years alone, has seen us facilitate over 50 private equity (in joint venture with The Carlyle Group through the Carlyle Cardinal Ireland (CCI) Fund) and real estate finance transactions, with a total enterprise value in excess of €2 billion.

Our financial and operating insights seek to maximise every investment and financing opportunity on behalf of our portfolio companies, our clients and our investors.

The Cardinal team culture is one of inclusiveness and innovation, firmly built on ethics, professionalism and performance with a proven track record of delivering significant returns to our investors and partners.

We invest our own capital, alongside fund investors, to support entrepreneurs, corporate management teams and real estate developers in achieving their growth ambitions. The funds that Cardinal advises and manages invest across a wide spectrum of business sectors including technology, food, healthcare, business & financial services and real estate. Our team has long standing experience of managing and investing in international as well as domestic companies across a wide range of sectors.