Shane Gray

Founder | Investor | Consultant | Non Executive Director

📍 Ireland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 15 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2025
VC🌍 Ireland
7
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1
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0
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2
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15y
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Portfolio

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Angel Investor and Mentor
Sep 2024
Were a collective of operators from top multinational firms. With extensive networks in Ireland and beyond, we ensure our founders access the right expertise at the right moment, driving accelerated growth.
Non Executive Board Member
Mar 2021
Led by industry leader Angie Verros, Vaia Talent is a dynamic recruitment firm with a global reach and a remote multicultural team. We specialize in sourcing exceptional talent from diverse pools worldwide. Our agile team quickly scales to meet client needs, delivering white-glove recruitment solutions. And best of all, we integrate seamlessly into your workflow. Whether your company experiences a spike in hiring needs, a new launch, or unexpected changes to its recruiting team, our experienced sourcing team can be activated quickly to provide you with the “best-list”- a high-volume candidate funnel of candidates most likely to get hired and make an impact. We’re not just another recruiting firm that does anything and everything; we’re a boutique approach that specializes in finding candidates who are a great fit for our clients’ needs. We know how important this is because we’ve been there ourselves!
Non Executive Board Member
Nov 2017
The mission of TAtech is to provide the information, research, networking opportunities, advocacy and support that will help our Members realize their vision and achieve real and sustained success. The Members of TAtech work in many different ways, but share a single, motivating vision: to enhance all facets of talent acquisition through the application of the very best technology and expertise in the world.
Non Executive Board Member
Aug 2017
For 20 years, ATC has been exploring Talent Acquisition trends, tools and technology from all over the world, bringing together to advance the profession and improve hiring experiences and outcomes. We bring the entire Talent Community - Internal, RPO, Consultancy and Agency together for The Australasian Talent Conference (ATC) which is the largest TA event in the southern hemisphere. We also publish high quality content and share with over 10,000 people from Internal Talent Teams. If you’re new here, welcome! We invite you to join our community, attend or present at one of our conferences and read or contribute some great content! The ATC team work on many lands including those of the Boon Wurrung, Wurundjeri-Willem and Dharawal people. We also host events in Naarm, Kulin and Eora Nations and beyond. We thank the Traditional Custodians and Elders of all of the lands that we live and work on for their continued care of land and waters.
Experience · 10 entries
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Investments (7)
Founder (1)
Board (6)
2025
Non Executive Board Member
Jan 2025
Sigmar Recruitment established in 2002, is a leading Irish recruitment services company comprised of 14 specialist divisions covering the entire recruitment process and managed service spectrum. We employ over 100 industry specialists across our offices in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Athlone. Our specialist consultants recruit for temporary, permanent and contract positions across the following areas: Accountancy, Construction & Property, Engineering & Manufacturing, Financial Services, HR, Insurance, IT, Legal, Life Sciences, Marketing, Multilingual, Office Support, Public Sector, Sales and Supply Chain. Sigmar Recruitment has won over 60 awards for recruitment excellence and workplace culture, most recently being recognised as a "Best Large Staffing Firm to Work For in Ireland 2023" for the 3rd time (Staffing Industry Analysts Awards).
2024
Angel Investor and Mentor
Sep 2024
Were a collective of operators from top multinational firms. With extensive networks in Ireland and beyond, we ensure our founders access the right expertise at the right moment, driving accelerated growth.
Non Executive Board Member
May 2024
Whether you’re diving into AI for the first time, know what you need to do but don’t know how to do it, or simply want to outsource AI or data management, we can help. Use our exclusive platform, AI Studio, to create an AI assistant in only 10 minutes using just your website URL, or ask our experienced team to do it for you. Everything you need to scale is built-in for free, with no hidden features or costs + a free trial and tier. 🌟 Avg. success rate (fully resolved queries with no human help) = 96% (99.88% peak) ⬇️ Average £6 cost per customer enquiry reduced to only pence 💸 Tens of thousands of pounds saved in just 6 months 👍 Customer satisfaction increased by 67% 😁 12,000 AI assistants and counting! 💰 ROI we’ve delivered = 533% With 23 years in data management and systems integration as EBI Solutions (our mother company), we can also cconnect you to the cloud and IoT, support your legacy systems, boost your analytics, and prepare you for successful digital transformation. Global clients include Pfizer, Budweiser, Legal & General Insurance, JLL, AB inBev and BMW, covering every industry from retail and property to leisure and local government. Sign up to AI Studio or book a call with us today!
2021
Non Executive Board Member
Mar 2021
Led by industry leader Angie Verros, Vaia Talent is a dynamic recruitment firm with a global reach and a remote multicultural team. We specialize in sourcing exceptional talent from diverse pools worldwide. Our agile team quickly scales to meet client needs, delivering white-glove recruitment solutions. And best of all, we integrate seamlessly into your workflow. Whether your company experiences a spike in hiring needs, a new launch, or unexpected changes to its recruiting team, our experienced sourcing team can be activated quickly to provide you with the “best-list”- a high-volume candidate funnel of candidates most likely to get hired and make an impact. We’re not just another recruiting firm that does anything and everything; we’re a boutique approach that specializes in finding candidates who are a great fit for our clients’ needs. We know how important this is because we’ve been there ourselves!
Strategic Advisor
Jan 2021
Whistler Partners is a boutique matchmaking firm focused on counseling the best and the brightest attorneys over the course of their careers. We believe that the right move comes from working closely with talent to curate their long-term career paths. When it comes to career advice, what matters is not the size of the agency but the strength of your individual recruiter. We readily admit that we are elite and only work with the best – after all, a little elitism is okay when it comes to your career. Employers love us because we are picky about whom we represent, and attorneys love us because we get them their dream jobs.
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