Paul Murphy

We're leading tem energy's $75M round. TEM replaces the $1T wholesale energy market, cutting costs by 30% and delivering 100% supply traceability. This is one of the most impressive and focussed ...

congrats on the new fund!

Our whole family loves this company.. great one to check out

Couldn’t be more excited that Neko Health is launching in NYC this spring! A completely new preventive healthcare experience is coming to the city I love. NYC waitlist now open → nekohealth.com/nyc

Today Lightspeed announced $9B+ for the next generation of breakthrough companies. We've invested over $1B across 35+ companies in Europe backing Mistral, Helsing, Paid, Proxima Fusion, Neko Health...

NYC crew check it out 🔥

Tonight in Paris, I watched Arthur Mensch receive the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite, presented by Cédric O. What stood out most was how clearly Arthur grounds his work in values...

The UK Budget dropped today and threading this needle was always going to be brutal given the pressure and tiny amount of room to move. Still, the result was far better than expected. No hikes to C...

A new European story is taking shape. Spain’s improved fiscal position signals real structural change powered by growth, cheap renewable energy, talent, and investment. The startup landscape shows ...

Europe is producing world-class AI companies that solve fundamental problems, not just for European markets, but globally. This was reinforced by the conversations at #FTFutureofAI, and by what we ...

I'm very proud to be a small investor in this effort. I've never met someone more mission-driven than Lawrence and we are all very lucky he's decided to focus this next part of his career on this v...

Mistral is easily one of the most exciting companies I've seen in my 25+ years in tech. Their applied AI team is an incredible opportunity to be at bleeding edge of AI solutions.

AI’s energy use will nearly double by 2030 adding 300 MtCO₂/yr, with fossil fuels still >50% of supply 🤯 To keep this compatible with a liveable planet, we need gigaton-scale carbon removal. Teams ...

We just led the $6.6m Epiminds seed round Lightspeed! I’ve spent $100M+ on performance marketing as a founder. Agencies are essential and AI changes everything. Excited for Epiminds to power the ...

The ‘back any great team building in AI’ phase is ending (yes, a thing). The bar is rising fast: Pre-seed/seed: real product + signs of life Series A: traction + sings of durability

Great to join Italian Tech Week today discussing The European Advantage with Matt Miller, Ophelia Brown, Tom Mackenzie at Bloomberg. Lightspeed is a large fund with early stage DNA. Our best inves...

I was one of the few engineers at Microsoft that enjoyed public speaking, so I did it (a lot). We always asked the attendees to rate the presentation afterwards. There are three ingredients to con...

It’s so easy to create a bad company culture when things are going well and everyone is working hard. Not obvious until you hit a bump in the road. This hidden “culture debt” is what separates com...

I don't think European founders should be discouraged from going to SF to raise a Series A but my advice is to do so at the request of an SF-based fund Good SF-based investors know there is a robu...

I've done > 100 live demos over the years, some with Steve Ballmer standing behind breathing heavily while trying to write live code.. So I had a different reaction to Meta Smart Glasses demo fail...