Businesswoman Jacqueline O’Donovan, managing director of London-based O’Donovan Waste Disposal and a keen supporter of the Irish community there, has sold the firm to Sortera, a Swedish firm seeking to become one of Europe’s leading recyclers of construction waste.
When it comes to technology and innovation, Ireland has earned a strong reputation as being an industry leader on the global stage, and our growing fintech capabilities are quickly becoming world-class. Fintech has enabled change to a traditional industry, changing our lives and the world of finance, by providing a plethora of alternatives with Ireland playing a pivotal role in this evolution.
When fast-growing Irish fintech startup Wayflyer announced in February that it had raised $150m in equity investment from a consortium of backers including global investment bank JP Morgan, most of the talk was about valuation.