Octopus Ventures appoints Dr Simon Murdoch

He will work alongside Alex Macpherson and his team across the company's portfolio of 25 early-stage venture and growth investments including Graze.com, Zoopla! and GetOptics.

Murdoch founded a bookselling company, Bookpages, in 1996, which was acquired by Amazon.com in 1998. He then launched Amazon.co.uk during his time as vice president Europe. In 2000, as co-founder and partner of Chase Episode 1, Murdoch invested in and advised several early-stage internet investments including Betfair. Since then, he has also been involved with UK technology businesses LoveFilm, Shazam and Shutl.

 

 

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