Simon Murdoch
| Simon Murdoch | |
|---|---|
| Born | Simon Thomas Murdoch June 1961 (age 62) Dorchester, England |
| 🏳️ Nationality | British |
| 🏫 Education | Froebelian School Bradford Grammar School |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge Brunel University London |
| 💼 Occupation | Venture capitalist and investor, partner at Episode 1 Ventures |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Danielle Murdoch |
Simon Thomas Murdoch (born June 1961) is a British entrepreneur, engineer and managing partner at Episode 1 Ventures, a venture capital firm he co-founded with Adrian Lloyd and Damien Lane in October 2013.[1]
Early life[edit]
Simon Thomas Murdoch was born in June 1961[2] in Dorchester, England although spent most of his childhood in Leeds. Educated at Froebelian School in Horsforth and then Bradford Grammar School from 1972-1978, Murdoch won a scholarship to Trinity College, at the University of Cambridge and studied Natural Sciences (Physics) from 1979-1982. Before and after Cambridge, he worked at GEC Marconi in Chelmsford, then from 1983-1986 studied a PhD in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) at Brunel University London.
Career[edit]
In 1987 Murdoch joined Triptych Systems, then an independent software company. He began as a Project Manager, within three years became Managing Director and focused the company on developing systems for bookshops in EPoS, stock control and customer ordering. This background led him to founding and launching online bookseller Bookpages.co.uk in 1996. In 1998 he sold the business to Amazon and then as VP Europe at Amazon, he launched Amazon.co.uk. In 2000, he left Amazon to become a professional investor and was an early backer of Betfair, LoveFilm, ScanSafe, Shazam and Zoopla. In May 2010 he joined Octopus Investments as a senior investment partner.[3]
He co-founded Episode 1 Ventures with Adrian Lloyd and Damien Lane in October 2013. It was created with a mixture of public and private money. It is one of the UK Government's Enterprise Capital Funds – set up to support fund managers who invest in small, high-growth businesses. The £12.5 million of private investment was matched with £25 million of public money.[4][5][1]
In 2015, Murdoch announced a £1.5m investment in eMoov, which is owned by former Dragons' Den star James Caan.[6]
External links[edit]
- Episode 1 Ventures website
- Simon Murdoch on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Moules, Jonathan (October 7, 2013). "Entrepreneurs in mobile and web start-ups venture". Financial Times. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ↑ "EPISODE 1 VENTURES LLP - Officers (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ↑ O'Hear, Steve (May 26, 2010). "Ex-Amazon Europe VP Simon Murdoch joins Octopus Ventures". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Zoopla's Alex Chesterman and Shutl's Tom Allason contribute to early-stage tech venture fund". Growth Business. 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
- ↑ "Britain falls behind France in venture funding after Brexit". POLITICO. 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
- ↑ White, Anna (2015). "Zoopla investor backs online estate agent eMoov". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
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