# Shane Curran

> Shane Curran is the founder and CEO of Evervault, an encryption infrastructure company he started in 2018 after dropping out of University College Dublin three days into a business and law degree. A year earlier, at 16, he had won the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition with a post-quantum encrypted storage project called qCrypt. Evervault sells developer-facing tools that keep sensitive data - card numbers, health records, keys - encrypted while still being processed, running inside AWS Nitro Enclaves. The company has raised $46 million from Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital, most recently a $25M Series B in March 2026.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Evervault
- **Organizations:** Evervault, Sequoia Scout Program
- **From:** Dublin, Ireland
- **Nationality:** Irish
- **Education:** Secondary school, Terenure College, Business and Law (did not complete - left after three days), University College Dublin
- **Known for:** Overall winner, BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2017, Forbes 30 Under 30 (January 2018), Raised roughly $46M in venture funding for Evervault by 2026

## Career timeline

- **2000** — Born in Dublin, Ireland
- **2017** — Wins the 53rd BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, aged 16, with qCrypt - a post-quantum encrypted storage platform with multi-jurisdictional quorum sharing
- **2017** — Represents Ireland at the 29th European Union Contest for Young Scientists in Tallinn, Estonia
- **2018** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30
- **2018** — Enrolls in a business and law degree at University College Dublin; leaves after three days to work on Evervault
- **2018** — Founds Evervault in Dublin
- **2019** — Closes $3.2M seed round led by Sequoia Capital, with Kleiner Perkins, Frontline and SV Angel
- **2020** — Closes $16M Series A led by Index Ventures
- **2024** — Evervault launches an independent payments security platform
- **2026** — Evervault closes $25M Series B led by Ribbit Capital, with Index, Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins and Operator Partners; total raised reaches roughly $46M

## Achievements

- Overall winner, BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2017
- Forbes 30 Under 30 (January 2018)
- Raised roughly $46M in venture funding for Evervault by 2026
- Built Evervault into a payments security platform used by fintechs, banks and merchants

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Evervault closes $25M Series B led by Ribbit Capital; total raised is roughly $46M.
- **2024** — Evervault launches an independent payments security platform for fintechs, banks and merchants.

## Links

- Website: https://evervault.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanemcurran
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/arcurn

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Last updated: 2026-07-08