Introducing our Headline Partner

Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network established on 1 June 2024. It brings together the previously known Mazars international partnership and FORVIS, a top-ranked firm in the United States.

Operating as an internationally integrated partnership in over 100 countries and territories, they leverage their global expertise and scale to deliver cutting-edge services in audit, assurance, tax, consulting, financial advisory, corporate finance and financial outsourcing.

With over 800 staff across offices in Dublin, Galway and Limerick, the Irish firm draws on the expertise of more than 40,000 professionals to assist major international corporates, SMEs, financial institutions and public bodies achieve in achieving their strategic and business goals.

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Our Category Sponsors

Development Capital is an Irish development and growth capital fund manager. Founded in 2013, we provide development and growth capital ranging from ā‚¬2-12 million to Irish SMEs with significant growth opportunities, primarily in export markets which require growth funding to unlock and accelerate.

As an experienced minority investor, we have a track record of partnering with ambitious SME management teams across a range of sectors to assist them unlock and accelerate their growth potential. Since 2014 Development Capital has deployed over ā‚¬100 million through Development Capital Fund I and its successor fund Development Capital Fund II, investing in 13 Irish SMEs to date.

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DunPort Capital Management (ā€œDunPortā€) is an Irish based alternatives investment management company focused on the private debt asset class with a particular focus on the European lower mid-market. DunPort was founded in 2017 by Pat Walsh and Ross Morrow who successfully established the first private debt platform in Ireland in 2013.

Based in Dublin, Ireland and with an office in London, DunPort has rapidly evolved since its formation and is now the leading provider of non-bank debt capital to SMEs and mid-sized corporates in the Irish market, an established player in the UK lower mid-market and an emerging player in the fast, growing Benelux lower mid-market. DunPort has delivered over ā‚¬1bn in loans originated across 58 companies and has a demonstrable track record of delivering strong risk adjusted returns to its investor base which is made up of large institutional investors, Irish pension funds and family offices.

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Media and Comminication Partners

Business Post is a trusted and iconic Irish media brand. With a strong print and digital presence, it is the only Irish-owned Sunday newspaper in the market and has a well-established reputation for independent, innovative, and quality journalism. The Business Post is now the flagship brand in the wider Business Post Media Group, which also includes, Irish Tatler, Food & Wine, Auto Ireland, conference & exhibition company iQuest/Business Post Live, TV advertising sales company Post TV, Red C Research, Smart Speakers and data & technology companies Tribe 101 and Digital DNA.

For more information on the Business Post, subscribe at www.businesspost.ie.

The Irish Times has delivered top quality news, opinion and analysis since it was first published in 1859. As media technologies evolve, so do our methods of storytelling and delivery. The Irish Times continues the transition from print to multi-platform publication, while upholding the journalistic principles that earned it the reputation as Irelandā€™s paper of reference.

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