# Ben Murphey

> Ben Murphey is a funding round investor at IP Group backing Chemical and Industrial. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [IP Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ip-group-plc)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Ben Murphey is a funding round investor at IP Group focused on Chemical and Industrial. Ben is an Investment Manager at IP Group focussed on cleantech. His portfolio boards include Mixergy innovating in domestic demand side response; C-Capture, bringing word leading CO2 separation chemistry to market and Ngenics, which uses evolutionary algorithms to optimise circuit designs.Ben has spent over ten years working in low carbontechnology. Including working for Google screening low carbon investments in Europe; doing scientific research at the European Commission; in the Carbon Trust helping governments and corporations to allocate innovation funding and for the Brazilian National Development Bank advising on the redesign of multi-£bn energy efficiency loan schemes.Ben has a first class degree in physics and mathematics as well as a masters in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London. As well as working in England he has also worked in Italy, Spain and Germany.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chemical | 1 | 50% |
| Industrial | 1 | 50% |
| Oil and Gas | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| C-Capture | C-Capture Ltd utilise their extensive knowledge of CO2 (carbon dioxide) based chemistry and engineering, to develop a bottom-up approach to designing solvent systems for the removal of CO2 from gas streams. CO2 is considered to be a ‘greenhouse gas’ and its release into the atmosphere is one of the leading contributors to global warming. | $11.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 23, 2021 |  |
| C-Capture | C-Capture Ltd utilise their extensive knowledge of CO2 (carbon dioxide) based chemistry and engineering, to develop a bottom-up approach to designing solvent systems for the removal of CO2 from gas streams. CO2 is considered to be a ‘greenhouse gas’ and its release into the atmosphere is one of the leading contributors to global warming. | $4.6M |  | Feb 04, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bp-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Drax Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drax-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [British Business Bank Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/british-business-bank-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About IP Group

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

IP Group's core business is the creation of value for its shareholders and partners through the commercialisation of intellectual property originating from research intensive institutions. Their strength lies in managing this process from finding suitable intellectual property to commercialise to either helping develop businesses and createvalue out of them, or identifying and establishing appropriate commercial partnerships to do so. IP Group's extensive expertise in this area combined with its inside knowledge of both industry and finance have enabled the group to create a formidable track record of consistently delivering excellent results for their companies, for their partners and for their shareholders.

5 contacts available at IP Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Murphey | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-murphey-ea6e |
| Dani Bach | Partner, Life Sciences | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dani-bach |
| Greg Smith | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greg-smith-3 |
| Jamie Vollbracht | Partner, Cleantech | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jamie-vollbracht |
| Manjari Chandran-Ramesh | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manjari-chandran-ramesh |

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Murphey invest in?

Ben Murphey invests primarily in Chemical, Industrial and Oil and Gas startups, most often at Funding Round and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ben Murphey last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Murphey closed in Feb 2021. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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