Paul Murphy
InvestorPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
London
Writes $3M – $20M checks · typically $15M
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354 people in our graph share verified history with Paul — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Georgia StevensonunlockedPaul: together at Northzone (2018–2019)
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Paul: together at CuspAI
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Contact· self-published, not guessed
Experience
- Lightspeed Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2021 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Mistral AIInvestor & Board Directorcurrent2023 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
- Neko HealthInvestorcurrent2025 — presentStockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
- CuspAIInvestorcurrent2024 — presentCambridge, England, United Kingdom
- SupercriticalInvestor & Board Directorcurrent2023 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
- Smartex.aiInvestorcurrent2022 — presentPorto, Portugal
- KatchCo-Foundercurrent2021 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
- FlinkInvestor2021Berlin, Germany
- HopinInvestor2020 — 2021Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- TIER MobilityInvestor2018 — 2021Berlin Metropolitan Area
- Klang GamesInvestor & Board Director2018 — 2021Berlin, Germany
- Thirty MadisonInvestor2018 — 2021New York City Metropolitan Area
- NorthzoneGeneral Partner2018 — 2021London
- DotsBoard Director2018 — 2020New York City Metropolitan Area
- DotsCo-founder & CEO2013 — 2018New York City Metropolitan Area
- Giphy…2013 — 2020New York City Metropolitan Area
- IE Business SchoolAdjunct Professor2014 — 2018Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area
- betaworksPartner2012 — 2017New York City Metropolitan Area
- Aviary, Part of the Adobe FamilyAdvisor2012 — 2013New York City Metropolitan Area
- Aviary, Part of the Adobe FamilyCOO, Advisor2011 — 2013New York City Metropolitan Area
- MicrosoftChief of Staff, Office of the President2010 — 2011Greater Seattle Area
- MicrosoftDirector, Business Development2008 — 2010Greater Seattle Area
- MicrosoftDirector2007 — 2008Bangalore, India
- MicrosoftBusiness Development2005 — 2007London Area, United Kingdom
- MicrosoftDeveloper Tools2003 — 2005Redmond, Washington, United States
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship70Venture Capital12Marketing Strategy14Product Development24Start-ups57Strategic Partnerships62Strategy51E-commerce4Go-to-market Strategy2SaaS4Product Marketing3Team Building2
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Business PlanningAnalyticsB2BNegotiationNew Business DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentCompetitive AnalysisMobile DevicesLanguages English · Spanish
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Colleagues at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Alexander Schmitt
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Amber Yang
Investor at Bloomberg Beta
Anand Iyer
Investor and founder in San Francisco
Anoushka Vaswani
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Antoine Moyroud
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Arif Janmohamed
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Banafsheh Fathieh
General Partner at Faction
Barry Eggers
Co-Founder, Lightspeed at Giant Ventures Global Llp
Network6
Amy SchulmanScout
Managing Partner at Polaris Partners
Brett MartinScout
Investor at Charge VC
Ciaran O'LearyScout
General Partner at BlueYard Capital
David Lau-KeeScout
General Partner, Co-Founder at London Venture Partners
Eric Martineau-FortinScout
Founder & Managing Partner at White Star Capital
Filip DamesScout
Founding Partner at Cherry Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Paul Murphy?
- Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Where does Paul Murphy work?
- Paul Murphy is Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.
- What check size does Paul Murphy write?
- Paul Murphy typically writes checks of $3M – $20M.
- Where did Paul Murphy go to school?
- Paul Murphy studied at IE Business School (MBA, Business); Virginia Tech (Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical & Computer Engineering).
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Also attended IE Business School355
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Also attended Virginia Tech290
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Shared employers
Also worked at CuspAI14
Zheela QaiserInvestor at Index VenturesTony AskewFounder Partner at REV Venture PartnersXuezhao LanFounding and Managing Partner at Basis Set VenturesSamir KumarGeneral Partner at Touring CapitalLan XuezhaoFounder & Partner at Basis Set VenturesPhilip ChopinManaging Director, Head of Europe at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
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