Ireland has its first ‘unicorn’ tech company worth more than €1bn. Ireland has its first ‘unicorn’ tech company worth more than €1bn. Read more: Record valuation for unicorn Intercom a rare success story After the new mammoth funding round, the four young Dublin founders are likely to own up to half the company. The move makes Intercom the most valuable Irish tech company. Unicorn tech companies, while still rare, have become more common in recent years as investors sought alternative options to shares, banking interest rates and other traditional repositories or capital.

Source: Irish Independent March 28, 2018 06:00 UTC