Investing Profile

Paul Murphy(28)

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Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Connected to Eric Chen (OVO Fund), Christoph Janz (Point Nine Capital), Gil Dibner (Angular Ventures), and 1 other investor on Signal.

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Current Investing Position

Lightspeed Venture Partners Partner

Investment Range

$3.0M - $20.0M

Sweet Spot

$15.0M

Investments On Record

Paul Murphy is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Entertainment & Sports (Seed)Entertainment & Sports (Series B)Entertainment & Sports (Series A)Consumer Internet (Series B)Enterprise (Series B)Enterprise (Series A)Consumer Internet (Seed)London Consumer Internet (Series A)Enterprise (Seed)Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists

Paul Murphy's Investments On Record (30)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Proxima Fusion	Series BJul 2026$470M Series AJun 2025$150M	$650M
Co-investors: Johannes Weber (High-Tech Gründerfonds), Devika Thapar (Wilbe Capital), Harald Nieder (Redalpine Venture Partners), Filip Dames (Cherry Ventures), Daniel Waterhouse (Balderton Capital), Ian Hogarth
Supercritical	Series UnknownMay 2026 Series AJun 2023$13M	$16M
Co-investors: Remus Brett (Latitude)
Science	Series CMar 2026$230M	$270M
Co-investors: Nate Redmond (Alpha Edison), Eric Martineau-Fortin (White Star Capital), Jeff Kearl (Pelion Venture Partners), George Kliavkoff (Hearst Media fund), Jeff Schox (Trucks Venture Capital)
MITO AI	Pre SeedJan 2026$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jaime Novoa (Kickstart Fund), Iñaki Arrola (KFund), Sergio Álvarez Leiva (KFund), Roxanne Varza (Atomico), Marc Clemente Yeves (KFund), Didac Lee (Galdana Ventures), Manuel Bronstein (500 Startups Korea), Felipe Navio, Juan Urdiales
Tem-Energy	Series BJan 2026$75M	$89M
Co-investors: Harsh Sinha
Epiminds	SeedOct 2025$7M	$7M
Co-investors: Mandeep Singh (Andreessen Horowitz), Pieterjan Bouten (Entourage Ventures)
Mistral AI	Series CSep 2025$2B Series BJun 2024$500M Series ADec 2023$410M SeedJun 2023$110M	$3.1B
Co-investors: Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Quentin Clark (General Catalyst), Anjney Midha (Andreessen Horowitz), Jeannette zu Fürstenberg (General Catalyst), Antoine Moyroud (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Jan Hammer (Index Ventures), Martin A Cabrera (Quassar Capital), Guillaume Houzé (Motier Ventures), Nicolas Essayan (Motier Ventures), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Christian Miele (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Xavier Niel (Iliad), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Anjney Midha
Manex	SeedJun 2025$9M	$9M
Co-investors: Ciaran O'Leary (BlueYard Capital)

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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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