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John Murphy

Managing Partner at Hyperplane Venture Capital

Boston, Massachusetts

Overview 

John Murphy is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Hyperplane Venture Capital in Boston, Massachusetts. With a background in private equity and venture capital, he has successfully invested in companies like LinkSquares (Series C) and Haystacks.AI (Seed), while also serving as an investor and board member for various tech startups. Murphy's career highlights include co-founding Hyperplane Venture Capital and making strategic investments in emerging companies in the data services and AI sectors, positioning himself as a key player in the Boston/New England startup ecosystem.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner

    2014 - Current

    Hyperplane Venture Capital is an investment firm focused on exceptional founders building machine intelligence and data companies.

Hyperplane is an investment firm backing exceptional founders building machine intelligence and data companies.

  • Investor / Board Member

    2019

  • Investor / Board Member

    2019

Gastrograph uses artificial intelligence to help companies predict and personalize flavor for new food products.

Raised $11,120,000.00 from Sony Innovation Fund, BASF Venture Capital, Leawood Venture Capital and Cornes Technology.

  • Investor / Board Member

    2018

LinkSquares is a provider of AI-powered contract management tools for in-house legal teams.

Raised $161,469,800.00 from Catalyst Investors, Sorenson Capital, MassMutual Ventures, G Squared, Xerox Venture Capital, G2 Venture Partners, Hyperplane and First Ascent Ventures.

  • Investor / Board Member

    2018

Pillar is a real-time risk management platform for general contractors.

Raised $8,275,000.00 from ValueStream Ventures and Leawood Venture Capital.

  • Investor / Board Member

    2018

  • Investor

    2016

Spiro is a proactive relationship management platform that creates contacts, organizes, and prioritizes opportunities.

Raised $7,500,000.00 from MassVentures, MassVentures, Geekdom Fund, Half Court Ventures, Geekdom Fund, Zelkova Ventures, Hyperplane, Plug and Play, Marblehead Savings Bank and Beacon Angels.

  • Associate

    2011 - 2014

    Point Judith Capital is a leading early-stage venture capital firm focused on investments in software and technology enabled services.

PJC is an early-stage venture capital firm with a focus on enterprise, consumer, and artificial intelligence.

  • Senior Associate

    2007 - 2011

    Grant Thornton LLP is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the world’s leading independent audit, tax and advisory firms.

  • Accounting Intern

    2006 - 2006

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