Gregor Shaw
Investor | Business Growth Architect | Venture Capital Strategist | Startup Mentor |
Sales & Leadership Expert
Gregor partners with founders to scale businesses that matter - helping them raise capital, fix leadership bottlenecks, and build operations that can withstand real growth.
Over the past 25+ years, he’s done more than close big deals. He’s built and exited companies across sectors - financial services, consumer products, SaaS, childcare, and spirits.
Scaled teams from 13 to over 1,150. Raised over £1B in funding. Guided exits in the 7- and 8-figure range. Created companies that don’t just survive due diligence - they invite it.
Now, he works with founders who are serious about scaling:
From pre-revenue to sustainable profit
From idea to institutional funding
From founder-led to founder-exited
No smoke. No ego. Just real strategy, hard decisions, and systems that work.
Working with Founders Who Want to Win
Building Serious Businesses
Gregor started with nothing—broke, cold-calling, and borrowing £80 to survive his first month. No salary, no backup plan. Within a year, he was closing £1M annually in commissions and 40% of conversations on the first call. But what came next is the real story.
At Zurich, he sold 21% of the firm’s global insurance products in a single year. Then he built his own firm from scratch—growing it from 13 to 1,150 staff. Since then, he’s funded or scaled companies in nearly every vertical, helping founders turn chaos into structure, and structure into value.
Along the way:
He closed a £62M deal
Took board seats at high-growth firms
Built companies that attracted both institutional and strategic buyers
And proved that real scale isn’t about pitch decks—it’s about execution
Today, he splits time between the Algarve, London, and Africa—working with a small number of founders each year to help them scale, raise capital, and exit well.
How Gregor Helps You Fund It, Scale It, and Sell It.
Without the B*llshit.
Scale With Precision. Exit With Leverage.
Gregor doesn’t just help companies grow—he helps them grow with structure. From sales architecture to operational clarity, he works with founders to engineer scale that attracts capital, reduces chaos, and increases exit value.
Build Leadership That Outlasts You.
The fastest-growing companies don’t rely on heroic founders. Gregor helps shape teams that operate independently, make smart decisions, and push forward with clarity—so you stop being the bottleneck and start being the multiplier.
Fundraising, Without the Fluff.
If you need capital, you’ll get more than pitch deck advice. Gregor helps you build the business behind the raise—aligning messaging, metrics, and momentum to unlock strategic funding from the kind of investors you want in your cap table.
Strategic Growth That Investors Actually Back
Gregor helps founders scale with structure—clear financials, lean ops, and a path to serious valuation. These aren’t vanity plays or vague growth hacks. These are investor-ready roadmaps that stand up to scrutiny and drive long-term value.
Capital That Accelerates Real Scale
Raising a round? Planning an exit? Gregor connects you to the right capital partners—and makes sure the business is worth backing. No fluff. Just aligned funding strategies that unlock growth, increase optionality, and move the business forward.
No Nonsense. Just What People Think About Gregor.