# Stephen O'Shaughnessy

> Stephen O'Shaughnessy is the founder and CEO of VideoElephant, a Dublin- and New York-based company that aggregates millions of professionally produced video clips from providers like Reuters, Bloomberg and Al Jazeera and licenses them to publishers, broadcasters and ad-tech platforms. He started the company in 2012 after shooting 500 travel videos of his own and finding there was no single marketplace to sell them. He has spent roughly 25 years building businesses in music, digital publishing, digital advertising and video production, and raised a EUR 5.5m Series A in 2019 led by Act Venture Capital to chase his stated goal of running the biggest video library in the world.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at VideoElephant
- **Organizations:** VideoElephant, MUZU.TV, TravelGuide.TV, Webmatrix Ltd
- **Nationality:** Irish
- **Known for:** Founded and scaled VideoElephant into one of the largest premium video content aggregators, with a library reported at millions of professionally produced clips., Built content relationships with major providers including Reuters, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, Fox, EuroNews and National Geographic., Signed publisher and platform clients including Hearst, USA Today, Comcast, Forbes and ByteDance.

## Career timeline

- **1999** — Became Managing Director of Webmatrix Ltd (through 2006).
- **2006** — Founded and ran TravelGuide.TV as CEO (through 2010), creating a series of city travel videos.
- **2010** — Worked in Product at music video platform MUZU.TV.
- **2012** — Founded VideoElephant in Dublin as Founder and CEO.
- **2014** — Raised early investment of EUR 750,000 from Act Venture Capital.
- **2019** — Closed a EUR 5.5m Series A led by Act Venture Capital to expand content and technology.
- **2022** — Expanded the Dublin team by roughly 50% amid rising demand for digital video.
- **2023** — Relocated VideoElephant's global HQ to new offices at Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin.

## Achievements

- Founded and scaled VideoElephant into one of the largest premium video content aggregators, with a library reported at millions of professionally produced clips.
- Built content relationships with major providers including Reuters, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, Fox, EuroNews and National Geographic.
- Signed publisher and platform clients including Hearst, USA Today, Comcast, Forbes and ByteDance.
- Raised a EUR 5.5m Series A in 2019 led by Act Venture Capital, with backing from prominent Irish operators.
- Grew the company from a Dublin startup into a business with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin and Sydney.

## Latest updates

- **2023-01** — Moved VideoElephant's global headquarters to new offices at Earlsfort Terrace in Dublin after outgrowing its previous Leeson Street space.
- **2022-06** — Grew the Dublin team by about 50% and expanded US hiring on the back of rising demand for digital video content.

## Links

- Website: https://videoelephant.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/videoelephant/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/VideoElephant
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/VideoElephantLtd

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Last updated: 2026-07-08