Seven years ago, a London private equity firm called Volpi Capital made a €90 million bet on Irish digital transformation business Version 1. By that point, there had been a handful of deals by overseas private-equity houses in Irish firms but the Volpi investment represented something of a sea change. Volpi would go on to hold its stake in Version 1 for five years, before selling out to Swiss counterpart Partners Group when the company had tripled in size. Volpi’s foresight demonstrated that Irish growth-stage businesses were an attractive proposition to overseas investors. Crucially, that deal also helped inform Irish…

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