Investing Profile

Paul Murphy(28)

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Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Networks Paul is a member of

Lightspeed Venture Partners Network

123 CONNECTIONS

IE Business School Network

92 CONNECTIONS

Virginia Tech Network

46 CONNECTIONS

Virginia Tech Network

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Network

43 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout Partner

Investment Range

$3.0M - $20.0M

Sweet Spot

$15.0M

Investments On Record

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Paul Murphy's Investments On Record (30)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Mistral AI	Series DSep 2026$3.5B Series CSep 2025$2B Series BJun 2024$500M Series ADec 2023$410M SeedJun 2023$110M	$6.6B
Co-investors: Quentin Clark (General Catalyst), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Anjney Midha (Andreessen Horowitz), Jan Hammer (Index Ventures), Christian Miele (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Jeannette zu Fürstenberg (La Famiglia VC), Antoine Moyroud (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Martin A Cabrera (Quassar Capital), Guillaume Houzé (Motier Ventures), Nicolas Essayan (Motier Ventures), Xavier Niel (Iliad), Anjney Midha
Neko Health	Series CJul 2026$700M Series BJan 2025$260M	$1B
Co-investors: Katie Haun (Haun Ventures), Bejul Somaia (General Catalyst), Paul Kwan (General Catalyst), Klaus Hommels (Lakestar), Niklas Zennström (Atomico), Gary Vaynerchuk (Twitter), Tim Ferriss (Angel investor), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Thierry Henry (Arsenal Football Club), Chris Bischoff (General Catalyst Partners), William Adams
Proxima Fusion	Series BJul 2026$470M Series AJun 2025$150M	$650M
Co-investors: Johannes Weber (High-Tech Gründerfonds), Ian Hogarth (Plural), Harald Nieder (Redalpine Venture Partners), Filip Dames (Cherry Ventures), Daniel Waterhouse (Balderton Capital), Devika Thapar (Wilbe Capital)
Supercritical	Series UnknownMay 2026 Series AJun 2023$13M	$16M
Co-investors: Remus Brett (Latitude)
Science	Series CMar 2026$230M	$270M
Co-investors: Eric Martineau-Fortin (White Star Capital), Jeff Kearl (Pelion Venture Partners), George Kliavkoff (Hearst Ventures), Jeff Schox (Schox Venture Capital), Nate Redmond (Alpha Edison)
MITO AI	Pre SeedJan 2026$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Manuel Bronstein (Self-employed), Iñaki Arrola (KFund), Roxanne Varza (Atomico), Felipe Navio (Jobandtalent), Juan Urdiales (Job&Talent), Didac Lee (Galdana Ventures), Sergio Álvarez Leiva (Kickstart Fund), Marc Clemente Yeves (KFund), Jaime Novoa (Kickstart Fund)
tem	Series BJan 2026$75M	$75M
Epiminds	SeedOct 2025$7M	$7M
Co-investors: Mandeep Singh (Andreessen Horowitz), Pieterjan Bouten (Entourage Ventures)

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Sources: Lightspeed is close to hiring a new London-based partner to put down further roots in Europe – TechCrunch

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Paul Murphy's Experience

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Adjunct Professor Area 31Present

Adjunct Professor IE BUSINESS SCHOOLPresent

Board Director PlaydotsPresent

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Investor Neko HealthPresent

Partner betaworksPresent

Co-founder & CEO PlaydotsPresent

Co-founder & CEO Dots ITPresent

General Partner NorthzonePresent

Co-Founder KatchPresent

Partner Lightspeed Venture PartnersPresent

Paul Murphy's Education

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Bachelor of Engineering - BE Electrical & Computer Engineering

Virginia Tech Bachelor of Engineering - BE Electrical & Computer Engineering

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University BS Computer Engineering

Virginia Tech BS Computer Engineering

IE Business School MBA Business

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