Primary Job Title Venture Partner Primary Organization Frontline Ventures
Location Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Regions European Union (EU), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
Investor Type Investment Partner, Individual/Angel Investor Stage Seed
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Shay is a founding partner of Frontline Ventures and one of the most active and experienced early stage technology investors in Europe. He was part of the core team of Delta Partners that raised 4 funds and €235m between 1994-2007. He has invested in 25 early stage tech companies and achieved exits over a number of cycles. He has deep networks
among investors and the entrepreneurial community in Ireland and USA.
Earlier in his career Shay worked in industry with Exxon and Corning before joining McKinsey. Shay then returned to Ireland and spent seven years in the Irish start up scene as a founder/investor in two companies and CEO of a major food exporter before joining the venture capital industry.
Shay has served on the boards of the Irish Venture Capital Association, the Trinity College Science Gallery and the Harvard Business School European Leadership Council.