Thank you for the review and the continued support, Paul!
Hey folks! Firstly, thank you so much for visiting our Product Hunt page, we greatly appreciate it.
My co-founder @robert_halligan and I built Shuttle to scratch an itch we had ourselves. Having both come from the tech world ourselves (me on the technical side and Rob on the commercial) we had front row seats to the venture backed companies we worked with. We saw their products evolve, teams grow and valuations skyrocket after fresh rounds of funding. We even saw some we worked with acquired for huge amounts…
We’ve been investing ourselves in public markets and crypto for nearly a decade, and naturally our curiosity about other asset classes grew. Unfortunately we had no way of investing in the VC backed tech companies we worked with. For that, you needed the right network, and even then, without the right net-worth, access is useless. We couldn’t write €25K cheques, which is often the minimum entry amount, and we didn’t have the network, leaving us frustrated and locked out.
We spoke with hundreds of other people like ourselves and realised there was a big opportunity in front of us. We got to work getting regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland to operate across Europe. A painstaking process for a couple of underfunded founders with young families. A process that took us almost 2 years end-to-end.
We launched late last year and have now co-invested alongside almost 20 well known European & US VCs in six exciting startups. We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved so far but we’re only scratching the surface.
Through launching Shuttle it’s become painfully obvious that the underlying infrastructure for private markets remains fragmented, slow, and manually intensive. The systems are built for institutional capital and cannot scale to handle millions of individual investors or thousands of emerging managers.
We believe private markets won’t scale through tokenisation or marketplaces – they’ll scale through standardisation. That’s why we’re building the first vertically integrated infrastructure layer that standardises how capital forms, moves, and is managed within Europe’s private markets.
We’re not simply building a platform; we’re building the operating system for Europe’s private markets – the rails, standardised workflows, network, and data layer that will enable true scale.
For the individuals, it means access to investment opportunities historically reserved for high net worths and institutions - through a simple, intuitive user experience.
And for deal managers, it means retail capital that behaves like institutional capital.
So, if you’re an investor looking for access to private markets, a syndicate lead looking to run your syndicate without the admin, or an emerging manager/solo GP looking to streamline your fund operations. Let’s talk!
@robert_halligan @scott_shuttle Excited for the journey ahead. LET'S GO!
This is great! are these co-investments across multiple stages (seed through growth) or focused on particular rounds?
@brendan_scullion2 Thanks for the comment Brendan! We focus on early stages (pre-seed - Series A) and look to invest in future rounds of companies we already back, following them through the various stages!
When can I use Shuttle to invest in Shuttle? This is something I'd be particularly interested in..
Also any merch you have to sell, very interested.
@connor_mulholland2 merch coming VERY soon
Shuttle is the most impressive finance product I have, and probably the best product experience too. It's simple to use, it provides incredible value, and the team are excellent at helping investors understand the landscape and really understand where their money is going. Highly recommend!
When myself and Scott set out to build Shuttle it was because WE wanted access.
Access to invest in the same exciting early-stage tech companies we’d been watching VCs pile into.
That was the itch. Build the thing we wished existed.
Now that we're doing that, we can look back and see what we've really built - regulated infrastructure thats bridging the power gap between individual investors and institutional investors.
Our customers are about to add their 8th startup to their portfolio, having invested alongside some of Europe's most well known VC funds.
If you've ever been interested in investing in companies like the ones you follow online. Check us out at joinshuttle.com
I believe true alpha lies in private markets. I’ve been using Shuttle since their early days because it gives me easy access to promising deals and allows me to diversify my portfolio easily.
As a founder myself, I also value staying close to your customers to improve your product and @scott_shuttle and @robert_halligan have always been highly responsive and open to feedback.
For me, Shuttle is a no-brainer.
As a syndicate lead, I've been waiting for someone to properly build an Angel List for Europe: the legal, compliance, and product frameworks PLUS the network. Great work guys, looking forward getting going with it! 🚀
@eamonleonard Thanks Eamon! We couldn't be more excited to support amazing syndicate leads like yourself and many more across Europe 🤝
Thanks so much, Susan!