Paul Murphy

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Overview

Paul Murphy is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, a position Murphy has held since September 2021[1][2]. Murphy holds board and investor positions at several artificial intelligence companies, including Mistral AI as Investor & Board Director since June 2023[3], Supercritical as Investor & Board Director since September 2023[6], and investor roles at CuspAI since June 2024[5] and Neko Health since January 2025[4]. Murphy is also an investor in Smartex.ai, a position held since April 2022[7], and co-founder of Katch since February 2021[8]. Murphy's educational background includes a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech[11] and an MBA in Business from IE Business School[10].

Career history

  1. PartnerSep 2021 to presentLightspeed Venture Partners
  2. Investor & Board DirectorJun 2023 to presentMistral AI
  3. InvestorJan 2025 to presentNeko Health
  4. InvestorJun 2024 to presentCuspAI
  5. Investor & Board DirectorSep 2023 to presentSupercritical
  6. InvestorApr 2022 to presentSmartex.ai
  7. Co-FounderFeb 2021 to presentKatch
  8. InvestorJan 2021 to May 2021Flink

Education

  1. MBA, BusinessIE Business School
  2. Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical & Computer EngineeringVirginia Tech

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