eir
Company

Last deal

$258.8M
Local Amount - EUR 230M

Amount

Secondary Market

Stage

10.06.2016

Date

3

all rounds

$429.14M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Eir is a telecommunications company that offers broadband, mobile, TV, and voice services to millions of customers in Ireland.

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Also Known As

eircom Holdings

founded date

06.09.1999

founders

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Secondary Market

IPO status

Private

Description

Based in Dublin, Eir has the most extensive telecommunications network in Ireland and is the principal provider of fixed-line and mobile telecommunications services with approximately 2 million customers. The company provides advanced voice, data, broadband, and TV services to residential, small business, enterprise, and government markets. Eir is also rolling out Ireland's largest 5G network, enabling customers to enjoy peak speeds over 1Gbps.
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Transaction name

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Investors 
Money Raised 
Lead 
10.06.2016
1
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Local Amount - EUR 230M
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Xavier Niel
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Employee Profiles
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Graham Duke

Head of architecture

Dympna Guinan

It digital delivery manager

David McRedmond

David McRedmond

Chairman

Sharon Vella-Hancock

Legal counsel; employment, data protection and litigation

Oliver Grenham

Network and security consultant

Peter Mccabe

Product manager - mobile messaging and mobile applications

Johan Von Hanno Brockfield

Board member

Eamonn Walsh

Director nework design at eircom

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