Number of Portfolio Companies 2
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 3
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed

Paul joined Northzone in 2018 and is based in the London office. His areas of interest are consumer applications and entertainment, and enterprise. He has invested in Klang, Thirty Madison and TIER.

Prior to Northzone, Paul worked at mobile games company Dots, behind successes Dots and TwoDots, where he was Co-Founder & CEO. He’s also not new

to the investment scene, having been an active seed and angel investor in the New York and West Coast ecosystems, with a dozen investments across consumer and B2B SaaS.

Paul has a BS in Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, and an MBA from the IE Business School in Spain, where he is an adjunct Professor.

Number of Investments 2
Paul Murphy has made 2 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - Vaunte on Aug 1, 2012, when Vaunte raised
$1.1M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Aug 1, 2012
Vaunte
Seed Round - Vaunte
$1.1M
Dec 1, 2010
Evo.com
Series B - Evo.com
$6M
Number of Current Jobs 6
Number of Past Jobs 12
Paul Murphy has 6 current jobs including Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, Co-Founder at katch, and Co-founder at Blend.io. Additionally, Paul Murphy has had 12 past jobs including Investor at Hopin.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Hopin
InvestorJan 2020May 2021
Northzone
General PartnerFeb 2018Feb 2021
Northzone
General PartnerFeb 2018Feb 2021
Giphy
DirectorApr 2013Jul 2020
Dots
Co-Founder and Executive DirectorMay 2013Jan 2018
Playdots
Co-founder & CEOApr 1, 2013Dec 5, 2017
Betaworks
PartnerFeb 1, 20132017
Betaworks
Entrepreneur in ResidenceOct 1, 2012Feb 1, 2013
Aviary
COOSep 12, 2011Oct 1, 2012
Microsoft
Chief of StaffJun 23, 2003Sep 9, 2011
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 3
Paul Murphy holds 3 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Heygo, Board Member at Playdots, and Advisor at Air Tailor.
Paul Murphy studied at Virginia Tech and IE Business School.