Simon King

Experience

1. LakestarPartnercurrent2025 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
2. Octopus VenturesDeeptech and Biotech focused Partner in Ventures Team2012 — 2025London, United Kingdom
3. TRAFINon Executive Director2015 — 2025London, United Kingdom
4. WaveOpticsNon Executive Director2016 — 2021Oxfordshire
5. The Sabre Charitable TrustSite Manager2011Elmina, Ghana
6. Imperial College LondonPost Doctoral Research Associate2010 — 2011London

Education

1. Imperial College LondonPhD, Solar Energy/Plastic Electronics2006 — 2010
2. University of CambridgeMsc, Physics2002 — 2006
3. Magdalen College School1997 — 2002

Skills & more

• Superforecasting Fundamentals — Good Judgment Inc
• Automata — Coursera
• Neural Networks for Machine Learning — Coursera
• Berkleyx: CS188.1x: Artificial Intelligence — edX
• MITx: 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics — edX

From Simon's professional profile.

Shared employers

Also worked at Lakestar9

MPMagda PoslusznyPrincipal at Partech VenturesJFJannis FettInvestor at HV CapitalAVAdriana VitaglianoPrincipal at firstminute capitalHPHenrik PerssonManaging Partner at Sprints CapitalCMChirag ModiEntrepreneur In Residence at MMC VenturesRJRaza Jack RizviInvestor at Flash Ventures

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Also worked at Octopus Ventures69

SMSimon MurdochGeneral Partner, PhD at Episode1CSConor ScanlanAssociate Partner at Nauta CapitalDPDafydd ProlePrincipal at Presidio VenturesADAkriti DokaniaVenture Partner at Ridge VenturesGWGeorge WhiteheadPartner at ACF InvestorsWGWill GibbsPartner at Octopus Ventures

+ 63 more

Also worked at TRAFI1

RRytisInvestor at Dig Ventures Management Limited

Also worked at WaveOptics1

CHClare HunterHead of Brand, Communications and Marketing at Backed