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Full coverage: Shaw Academy

Facebook is writing off more than €8m as part of Shaw Academy restructuring

A new €3.2m investment has allowed the online educational platform to exit examinership for the second time in three years. But unsecured creditors such as Facebook have taken steep haircuts.

Tom Lyons
12th Nov, 2021 - 2 min read

Legal lessons: A London debt fund sues the Shaw Academy founders

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.

Francesca Comyn
21st Aug, 2020 - 5 min read

Back from the brink: A year after near collapse, an Irish online educator is growing globally and experiencing a surge in customers

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.

Tom Lyons
3rd Apr, 2020 - 4 min read
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