Investing in high potential Irish businesses and supporting them to progress and grow.

Private Equity

20+

Bolt on acquisitions across portfolio

+315%

Learning Pool: Revenue growth

+150%

Sim Local: Increase in distribution footprint

+100%

Payzone: Transaction volume increase

+750

Mowlam Healthcare: Additional beds provided

+103%

Lily O’Brien’s: EBITDA growth

+40%

Sports Surgery Clinic: Additional capacity

+117%

Carroll Cuisine: Employee headcount

We are dedicated to investing in Ireland’s leading companies, our objective is to accelerate growth and scale investee companies to generate value through the growth of equity investments. We are particularly interested in talking to founder owners, family businesses and management teams of large corporates (MBO/carve-outs) seeking capital either for expansion or liquidity.

John Dolan,
Managing Director, Private Equity

John Dolan, Managing Director, Private Equity

Progress and Growth

Our focus is on fast growing companies that have demonstrated success and have an ambition to scale to market leadership.

We look for experienced and motivated management teams with proven track record and ambitious growth plans and significant acquisition and expansion opportunities.

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Working Together

Our team brings a wealth of experience and expertise to our portfolio companies. We work closely with management to develop and execute aligned strategies to scale, unlocking and delivering significant growth in equity value.

Building relationships and structures that drive accelerated growth through our strategic expertise, national and international network and our industry relationships. Aligned interests unlock multiple opportunities for growth: organic, acquisitions, new product or service development and geographic diversification.

The Cardinal Ireland Partners Fund (the “Fund”) is now closed for further investment. Cardinal, as AIFM for the Fund, intends to terminate the arrangements made for marketing units or shares in the Fund in all jurisdictions.

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