A sneak peak into Shuttle's 3rd Drop

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We’re just two days into Drop no.3 and already over 65% allocated on both deals! With that in mind, this week we thought we’d give our newsletter subscribers a taste of what’s on offer in our third Drop at Shuttle 💧

First up: A company reshaping how revenue and go-to-market teams plan, measure, and grow. Their solution addresses a problem almost every sales organisation faces: sales planning is still largely done in static spreadsheets, disconnected from execution, leading to missed targets and reactive decisions.

Early adopters, including a number of global enterprise tech companies you already know, are using it to cut planning cycles from months to days, optimise headcount and budget alignment, and improve revenue productivity significantly. The vision is to replace spreadsheets with a dynamic, connected, and predictive platform that becomes an essential part of the revenue operating system.

The round is being led by a very prominent Irish venture capital firm we’ve wanted to invest alongside for a while now so we’re delighted to have secured an allocation in the round! They’ve demonstrated strong early traction, securing notable enterprise customers, achieving positive customer testimonials, and maintaining full insider support in its current funding round.

They’re also led by a killer team with decades of experience in very senior revenue operations roles. We’re excited about this one!!

Next up: A company tackling a critical bottleneck in textile manufacturing. Most mills still rely on physical sampling to visualise new fabric designs - a process that takes weeks, generates significant material waste, and requires expensive scanning equipment if digital versions are needed.

This startup has developed proprietary software that generates photorealistic digital twins of fabrics entirely from existing CAD data and yarn specifications, with no physical samples or scanning required. Early pilots across Europe have already produced over 18,000 digital twins, and initial customers are seeing both cost savings and faster time to market.

This might seem niche, but what are your clothes made of, what are your bed sheets made of, what is the cushion you’re sitting on made of? This company is disrupting an age old industry that is woven (literally) into all our lives, and we believe it’s one of those unobvious yet obvious ideas that can go the distance.

We’ve been following the team closely over the last year and have been really impressed by their determination and ability to execute. We’ll be investing alongside an Irish fund with a focus on delivering returns that benefit people, the planet, and investors.

We’re really excited about these two startups and believe they have big futures ahead, as do the VCs we’re investing alongside. If you’d like to get involved, just head to joinshuttle.com and register now, it’s a quick and easy process!

What we’ve been working on at Shuttle

• Launching Drop no.3 🥳

• Filling Drop no.3 🤑

• Closing Drop no.3 🫡

• Hired & Hiring some A+ team members ✍️

• Working on something new 👀

The Unsophisticated Investor is brought to you by Scott & Rob, the founders of Shuttle. We’re both sick of private markets being a playground exclusive to the ultra-wealthy so we started a company to challenge the status-quo. Shuttle’s singular focus is to unlock private markets for Millennial and Gen Z tech professionals and help them build wealth through the highest performing private market opportunities.

Scott & Rob
Shuttle Co-Founders