Cardinal Capital Group

Cardinal Capital Group is a private equity firm based in Dublin, Ireland, with additional offices in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 2003, the firm specializes in providing growth capital, buyouts, and subordinated mezzanine finance to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) primarily located in Ireland. Its investment focus spans various sectors, including technology, media, telecommunications, healthcare, clean-tech, food, specialist manufacturing, financial services, water purification, support services, real estate, and consumer brands. Cardinal typically invests between €2 million and €100 million in its portfolio companies, with loan investments ranging from €5 million to €50 million per transaction. Additionally, the firm manages real estate funds and offers co-investment opportunities for larger funding amounts, positioning itself as a specialist provider of alternative capital in the private equity market.

John Dolan

Managing Director

Paul Doody

Associate Director of Private Equity

2 past transactions

Sim Local

Private Equity Round in 2021
A global distribution network that provides local SIM cards to international travellers, offering: Local solutions for reducing and even eliminating roaming costs, on a ready-to-go basis; a convenient point of access, with customer support for voice, text and data; and reliabilityguaranteed SIMs from licensed mobile network operators (MNOs) The model is driven by selling to travellers either before or after they arrive into an airport, through the Sim local web site or through affinity partners web sites linked through to Sim Local.

The City Bin Co

Private Equity Round in 2019
City Bin Co. is the first and only company in the waste management industry to be placed on the ‘Index of Excellence’ by Excellence Ireland. The practice and pursuit of excellence is part of our company culture. city bin co have been a Deloitte Best Managed Companies (Ireland) four years in a row as well as twice representing Ireland in the European Business Awards in the area of ‘Customer Focus’.