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Paul Murphy is Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, based in London, United Kingdom.
Paul Murphy is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners based in London, where he primarily focuses on European technology and gaming investments. Before joining Lightspeed, he spent three years operating as an investor at the venture capital firm Northzone. Earlier in his career, Murphy worked at the startup studio Betaworks, where he directly contributed to the development of digital platforms including Giphy and Poncho. As a serial entrepreneur, he co-founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of the mobile game studio Dots, which was ultimately acquired by Take-Two Interactive. He also created the calendar management application Katch and recently led a 2023 seed investment in the artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI. Murphy currently leverages his extensive operational background as a founder to fund early-stage ventures across the gaming, artificial intelligence, and sustainability sectors.