Facilitator
to Founder

The following story captures our pivot from corporate finance services to becoming entrepreneurs and company founders.

History. Success. Creation.

Raglan Capital was established in 2007 by Cathal Friel with a number of former Merrion Stockbrokers colleagues following the successful sale of Merrion Stockbrokers in 2006. Its initial aim was to continue providing corporate finance services to a range of Irish and international clients, as previously done with Merrion.

However, it was also Raglan’s stated intention from day one to create companies in-house which are then listed on the London Stock Exchange, working on occasion in conjunction with former clients of Raglan’s corporate finance services who were advised during successful trade sales. These included entrepreneurs who had sold their companies and wanted to do it all again but in a publicly listed vehicle. Therefore, Raglan wound down its corporate finance advisory business from 2012 onwards to focus almost exclusively on creating its own in-house companies.

Historical Corporate Finance Work*

Corporate Finance Advisor

  • Raglan associate company Amryt on securing a €20m debt facility from the EIB.

Advisor on in-licensing of Lojuxta

  • Assisted associate company Amryt Pharma on acquiring the EMEA rights from Aegerion Pharmaceuticals

Corporate Finance Advisor

  • Advised on the farm-out to SK Innovation of a 12.5% interest in the Foum Assaka licence, offshore Morocco

£10m IPO on the AIM market

  • Corporate Finance Adviser to Fastnet Oil & Gas on its £10m IPO on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange

$8m acquisition of Pathfinder Hydrocarbon Ventures

  • Corporate Finance Adviser to Fastnet Oil & Gas plc on its $8m acquisition of Pathfinder Hydrocarbon Ventures

Reverse Take Over of Sterling Green Group plc

  • Corporate Finance Adviser to Fastnet Oil & Gas on its Reverse Take Over of Sterling Green Group plc

Advisory Services

  • Advisory Services to Regulated Industries Ltd

Strategic Advisory & Partner to

  • Strategic Advisory & Partner on the Re-Launch of Rehab Online Bingo

Advisory Services

  • Advisory Services for Rivermedia Group Ltd

Corporate Finance Advisor

  • Corporate finance adviser to Irish Government on its sale of ACC Bank

Advisory Services

  • Advisory Services for Independent Valuation for FINEOS Corporation Limited

Corporate Finance Advisor

  • Corporate Finance Adviser to Opinion on Sale of Horizon Technology Group Plc Subsidiaries

Trade Sale Adviser

  • Trade Sale Adviser on its sale to NASDAQ quoted Verint Systems for $20m+

Trade Sale Adviser

  • Trade Sale Adviser to DMGT on the Sale of its Irish Subsidiary, Buy & Sell

Trade Sale Adviser

  • Trade Sale Adviser on the Sale of a Strategic Interest to the Alpha Newspaper Group

Corporate Finance Advisor

  • Corporate Finance Adviser to Fastnet Oil & Gas on its £10m Equity Placing in November 2013

Corporate Finance Adviser

  • Corporate Finance Adviser to VP Power Ltd on its Fundraising

Adviser

  • Adviser to Openet on its €30m Fundraising from Benchmark Capital

Corporate Finance Advisor

  • Corporate Finance Adviser to Acquisition, Debt & Equity Fundraising

Corporate Finance Advisor

  • Corporate Finance Adviser to Opinion on Sale of Horizon Technology Group Plc Subsidiaries

Trade Sale Adviser

  • Trade Sale Adviser to Johnston Press Plc

Trade Sale Adviser

  • Trade Sale Adviser to Lite FM on its Sale to Ulster Television Plc

Trade Sale Adviser

  • to Founders on Sale of Strategic Stake to Gamestop Inc.

Corporate Finance Advisor

  • Corporate Finance Advisor to Terra Energy on its initial fundraising and advisor on its Reverse Takeover and IPO to become Fastnet

Corporate Finance Adviser

  • Corporate Finance Adviser to Merrion Pharma on its €5m Fundraising from Icon Plc & Irelandia and its IPO

Corporate Finance Adviser

  • Corporate Finance Adviser to Curam Software on its $10m fundraising from Fidelity

Corporate Finance Advisor

  • Corporate Finance Adviser to DataElectronics for independent valuation

Trade Sale Adviser

  • Trade Sale Adviser on its sale to Exponent Private Equity for €170m

Trade Sale Adviser

  • Trade Sale Adviser to Loyaltybuild on its sale to Affinion International for €20m+

Trade Sale Adviser

  • Trade Sale Adviser to Shannonside Northern Sound FM on its Sale to Radio Kerry

Trade Sale Adviser

  • Trade Sale Adviser to The Midland Tribune on its Sale to the Alpha Newspaper Group

Corporate Finance Advisor

  • Corporate Finance Advisor to Cove Energy PLC on its £182m fundraisings

Corporate Finance Adviser

  • Corporate Finance Adviser to Norkom Technologies oon its €17m Fundraising from TVC Plc & Private investors

Adviser

  • Advisor to QUMAS €10m Fundraising from Fidelity & General Catalyst Partners

Corporate Finance Advisor

  • Corporate Finance Adviser to Corporate Finance & Stockbroking Services for Rendina Ltd

Trade Sale Adviser to EMAP Plc

  • Trade Sale Adviser to EMAP Plc on the Sale of its Irish Radio Assets for €200m

Trade Sale Adviser

  • Trade Sale Adviser to The Sligo Champion on its Sale to Independent News & Media for €25m

Trade Sale Adviser

  • Trade Sale Adviser to LM FM on its Sale to Ulster Television Plc

Trade Sale Adviser

  • Trade Sale Adviser to Datacare on its €12m Sale to Computershare

Corporate Finance Advisor

  • Corporate Finance Advisor to SELC Ltd on its €2.5m Fundraising

Advisor

  • Adviser to WebReservations on its €30m Fundraising from Summit Partners

Adviser

  • Adviser to Intune Technologies Limited on its Private Placement

Corporate Finance Advisor

  • Corporate Finance Adviser to FinancElectric Ltd General Advisory

Trade Sale

  • Trade Sale Adviser to Major Shareholder of 123.ie on its sale to RSA for €65m

Trade Sale Adviser

  • Trade Sale Adviser to Eland Technologies on its Sale to SITA Inc.

Trade Sale Adviser

  • Trade Sale Adviser to Eir on on the Sale of its subsidiary Accuris

IPO of Amryt Pharma

  • Advised Raglan’s in-house created company, Amryt Pharma, on its IPO which led to them raising €20m at IPO

Strategic Advisory
& Partner

  • Strategic Advisory & Partner to BetPack on the Launch of its new Online Gaming Platform

Advisor

  • Adviser to Fineos on its €30m Fundraising Corporation Ltd on €14.5m Fundraising

The above list includes some transactions completed by Raglan Directors prior to joining Raglan.*

Our IPO Companies

Poolbeg Pharma plc

  • Spun out of Open Orphan and listed on AIM in July 2021, Poolbeg is a clinical-stage biopharma company with a core focus on transforming the cancer immunotherapy field.

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hVIVO plc

  • Listed on AIM and Euronext in June 2019 through the reverse takeover of Venn Life Sciences plc and acquired hVIVO plc in January 2020.

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Amryt Pharma plc

  • Listed on AIM and Euronext in 2016, raising £20m in funding. Listed on Nasdaq in 2020 and was sold for $1.48bn in 2023.

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Fastnet Oil & Gas plc

  • Raised over $50m through its floatation on the London and Dublin stock exchanges.

European Green Transition

  • EGT is focused on acquiring, integrating and optimising revenue-generating and profitable services businesses in the critical infrastructure sector.