Founder of Vroom Digital on a journey towards expansion

From Trinity student to Mater Hospital care assistant, Shane Curtin has taken a roundabout route to his current role – and it’s made him extra motivated to turn his company into a roaring success

Shane Curtin, founder of Vroom: ‘We’ve been around for six years now. When you go in to pitch for business, it’s a different story to year one or two’ Pic: Maura Hickey

Irish businesses are still struggling to get their heads around the point of online advertising, but Vroom Digital is betting it can steer them in the right direction.

The business is creating 15 new jobs over the next two years, bringing its total staff number to 25, as part of a €750,000 investment.

“We hitched our cart to Google three years ago. Google has a premier partner programme. We built our team around ...