Matt Murphy

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel

Matt Murphy joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1999. Matt focuses on multi-stage investments across mobile and cloud infrastructure technologies.

Matt is either a Director or works closely with the management teams of AppDynamics, Drawbridge, Egnyte, Insidesales.com, InstartLogic, PernixData, Puppet Labs, SessionM, Shazam, and Simplivity.

Previously, Matt was a Board Observer at Google (from initial investment to IPO), launched the iFund in ’08 (a collaborative initiative with Apple to build the defining applications on the iOS platform), and led KPCB’s investments in AutoNavi (Nasdaq: AMAP, 2010) and Aerohive Networks (Nasdaq: HIVE, 2014).

Matt also served as a Director at Shopkick (acquired by SK Planet 2014), Pelago (acquired by Groupon in 2011), Ocarina Networks (acquired by Dell in 2010), Dash Navigation (acquired by RIM in 2009) and Peakstream (acquired by Google in 2008).

Before joining KPCB, Matt led product management at semiconductor startup Netboost (acquired by Intel) and worked at Sun Microsystems, where he led business development for the Network Systems Group and was a product line manager for networking platforms.

Matt also worked in strategic and technical consulting for a number of years at Booz Allen Hamilton and Accenture.

Matt holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
1
Matt Murphy has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 6, 2019, when Digits raised $10.50M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Nov 6, 2019 Digits Series A $10.50M Artificial Intelligence Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
9
Matt Murphy has 9 current jobs including Board Member at Vivun , Investor at Netlify and Board Member at Zylo .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Vivun Board Member Dec 1, 2020 Detail
Netlify Investor Jul 1, 2020 Detail
Zylo Board Member Sep 1, 2019 Detail
HOVER Board Member Mar 1, 2019 Detail
Envoy Board Member Aug 1, 2018 Detail
Clarifai Board Member Oct 1, 2016 Detail
Heap Board Observer Jan 1, 2016 Detail
DataStax Board Observer Aug 1, 2014 Detail
Simplivity Member of the Board of Directors Sep 24, 2012 Detail