$30M Series A
Co-founded Coya, a Berlin digital insurer. Raised a $30M Series A led by Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures.
TechCrunch, June 2018THE FOUNDER OF GREY WIZARD
Andrew Shaw.
Founder. Executive. Operator. Engineer.
Andrew brings hands-on engineering and experience leading regulated businesses to the same table. Here’s the track record, the milestones, and the sources behind them.
01 / THE RECORD
Track record & recognition.
Companies Andrew helped build. Recognition they earned. Awards and rankings below belong to the named companies.
BaFin licensed. Acquired by Luko.
Ran Coya as a BaFin-licensed insurance carrier — the German federal regulator's bar for capital, governance, and customer protection. Sold to Luko in 2021.
Coya AG$40M Series B
Joined Kreditech as employee #1 and CIO. By 2014 the company closed a $40M Series B — at the time the largest ever round for a German financial-services technology company.
TechCrunch, June 2014Fintech Startup of the Year
Kreditech took home Fintech Startup of the Year at the inaugural FinTech Summit Hamburg, awarded by the paymentandbanking jury for its data-driven technology and international momentum.
FinTech Summit Hamburg, 2014#7 worldwide · Fintech100
Kreditech ranked #7 worldwide on the 2017 KPMG Fintech100 — the only European company in the global top ten that year.
KPMG Fintech100, 2017Cloud Challengers Top 100 B2B
Comet, Andrew's current venture, was named to Notion Capital's Cloud Challengers Top 100 B2B in 2024 — the firm's annual ranking of Europe's leading cloud companies.
Notion Capital, 202402 / THE EXPERIENCE
Experience from the inside.
Andrew has taken multiple venture-backed companies from zero to one. He has chaired and sat on boards of regulated businesses, answering to financial regulators on capital, governance, and customer protection. And he has stayed hands-on with code — building AI operations, training and shipping models, and wiring them into the workflows that move a company's numbers.
That experience connects technical delivery with the decisions a leadership team is accountable for.
03 / THE NAME
The story behind the name.
Andrew’s dad was a commercial lawyer. His partners at the firm called him ‘the Grey Wizard’. That’s where our name comes from.
04 / THE NETWORK
The right people for the work.
Andrew works with a network of experienced engineers, founders, and operators. The team is chosen around your industry and the work your project needs.