Mayo is known for plenty. Croagh Patrick, Achill, the Wild Atlantic Way, and, after 75 years of waiting, the All-Ireland champions. Sam Maguire is finally home. What gets talked about a wee bit less is the people quietly building companies here.
This page pulls together what Dealroom knows about them: who they are, who backs them, where they learned the ropes and who has bought them. The footballers have set the bar high this year, and the founders are well able for it.
Companies started or headquartered in Mayo, by founding year and industry.
A company can carry up to two industries.
Who funds Mayo companies, where the founders worked and studied before, and who has bought Mayo businesses. Built from funding and deal records and founder career histories.
Hover or tap an investor or company to trace its links. Acquirers are shown separately below.
Employers and universities that turn up in more than one Mayo founder's background, plus the medtech firms several founders came through.
Acquisitions recorded by Dealroom, newest first.
Each spoke points the true compass direction from Castlebar; the distance scale is logarithmic so Galway and Sydney both fit. Hover a city for who is there.