Investing Profile

Paul Murphy(28)

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Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

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4 Investors

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
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 Media fund), Jeff Schox (Trucks Venture Capital), Nate Redmond (Alpha Edison)
MITO AI	Pre SeedJan 2026$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Roxanne Varza (Sequoia Capital), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Sergio Álvarez Leiva (KFund), Marc Clemente Yeves (KFund), Jaime Novoa (Kickstart Fund), Iñaki Arrola (KFund), Manuel Bronstein (500 Startups Korea)
Tem-Energy	Series BJan 2026$75M	$89M
Co-investors: Harsh Sinha
Epiminds	SeedOct 2025$7M	$7M
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), Jan Hammer (Index Ventures), Anjney Midha (Andreessen Horowitz), Jeannette zu Fürstenberg (General Catalyst), Antoine Moyroud (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Quentin Clark (General Catalyst), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Martin A Cabrera (Quassar Capital), Xavier Niel (Iliad / Free), Christian Miele (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Anjney Midha
Proxima Fusion	Series AJun 2025$150M	$180M
Co-investors: Devika Thapar (Wilbe Capital), Daniel Waterhouse (Balderton Capital), Harald Nieder (Redalpine Venture Partners), Johannes Weber (High-Tech Gründerfonds), Filip Dames (Cherry Ventures)
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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