The Irish start-up, backed by a swathe of high-profile sports stars, has been buoyed by its disruption of Ireland's expensive grind schools. Now, it's eyeing up an overseas expansion.
The online learning provider bounced back from the brink, having been tipped into insolvency by a leading London debt fund last year. Examinership was supposed to wipe the slate clean. But now it seems the row has just got personal for the Irish owners of the global platform.
Shaw Academy survived a brush with insolvency exactly one year ago. Since then, it has raised €7m, amassed a stellar board, and, with people confined to their homes as a result of Covid-19, it is reporting significant growth internationally.
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