Connor Murphy
Managing Director @ Techstars
Berlin, Germany
Connor Murphy is a seed investor at Techstars in Berlin focused on SaaS and Machine Learning. Connor is an experienced Technology Entrepreneur, Board Director and Mentor.As an Entrepreneur, Connor has originated and closed $5.5M in venture capital, recruited and built teams from 0 to 30, and identified and closed 6 figure sales deals with leading global brands. As a Management Consultant, Connor has advised Fortune 500 companies,Governments and startups across the Middle East, Caribbean, Europe, and the United States on Digital Strategy and Innovation.Connor is an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, a Gartner ‘Cool Vendor’ winner, a Web Summit startup winner, and Best European Enterprise Startup winner. He has featured in the New York Times, FT, BBC, Forbes, Inc, Wired and the Irish Times and is a regular speaker, mentor and adviser to early stage start-ups. Connor graduated with a First Class honors degree in Computer Science from University College Cork in Ireland. He currently lives in Berlin Germany with his wife and two daughters.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 31%
Last updated:
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Industries Connor Murphy invests in
Stages Connor Murphy invests in
Countries Connor Murphy invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $21k–$4M
- Pre-Seed
- $120k–$1.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 5 (38%)
- Machine Learning 4 (31%)
- Software 3 (23%)
- Analytics 3 (23%)
- Business Intelligence 3 (23%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (46%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (46%)
- Series A 1 (8%)
Country
- United States 5 (38%)
- United Kingdom 3 (23%)
- France 1 (8%)
- Germany 1 (8%)
- Ireland 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Farmdrive helps supply chain partners create transparent, effective, and resilient operations from farm to shelf by streamlining data collection and simplifying farm management. | $1.3M / Pre-Seed / Nov 14, 2025 | ||
| SimpleStudy focused on the topics that matter, the study solution combines digital classroom features with audio-visual learning material and self-evaluation timed exam papers. They are an all-in-one study solution for every student's digital backpack as every teacher requires in the classroom. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Mar 31, 2025 | ||
| At SegmentStream we partner with growth leaders to drive more revenue from paid media through full-funnel attribution, incrementality measurement and automated cross-channel budget allocation powered by predictive AI. | $2.7M / Seed / Feb 04, 2022 | ||
| Clarisights was founded to empower performance marketing and growth teams by creating a platform that gives them insights and superhero powers they have always wanted. Rather than wrestling with outdated spreadsheets and BI platforms that can't keep pace with their growing volume of marketing channels and data, marketers can use Clarisights toindependently explore and analyze all their data in a single and intuitive interface. Marketing teams around the world use Clarisights for every aspect of their performance marketing workflow - from integrating with data channels, creating and optimizing dashboards, and collaborating with teammates - all in real time.Clarisights is a data ingestion and analytics platform that enables marketers to make sense of and gain unique insights from data coming in from all the sources. Our platform is a seamless in-browser experience - the users just add the sources (analytics, ads data) they want to track, our backend then ingests the data from those sources, performs the necessary transformations and stores it in our own database. All of this, without the user needing to configure any data pipelines. Users can begin answering questions on their marketing data by building interactive visualizations, minutes after signing up. With Clarisights, marketers can build visualizations to answer questions like “What are my largest sources of traffic and what are the major cost sinkholes?” and then also quickly drill down into granular details like “What kind of ad copy has the least customer acquisition cost” or “Which ad creatives are driving the maximum RoI?” | $14M / Series A / Oct 04, 2021 | ||
| Bringing open source applications to the widest audience. | Pre-Seed / Mar 30, 2021 | ||
| Clarisights was founded to empower performance marketing and growth teams by creating a platform that gives them insights and superhero powers they have always wanted. Rather than wrestling with outdated spreadsheets and BI platforms that can't keep pace with their growing volume of marketing channels and data, marketers can use Clarisights toindependently explore and analyze all their data in a single and intuitive interface. Marketing teams around the world use Clarisights for every aspect of their performance marketing workflow - from integrating with data channels, creating and optimizing dashboards, and collaborating with teammates - all in real time.Clarisights is a data ingestion and analytics platform that enables marketers to make sense of and gain unique insights from data coming in from all the sources. Our platform is a seamless in-browser experience - the users just add the sources (analytics, ads data) they want to track, our backend then ingests the data from those sources, performs the necessary transformations and stores it in our own database. All of this, without the user needing to configure any data pipelines. Users can begin answering questions on their marketing data by building interactive visualizations, minutes after signing up. With Clarisights, marketers can build visualizations to answer questions like “What are my largest sources of traffic and what are the major cost sinkholes?” and then also quickly drill down into granular details like “What kind of ad copy has the least customer acquisition cost” or “Which ad creatives are driving the maximum RoI?” | $2.3M / Seed / Dec 01, 2018 | ||
| Kono is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven scheduling service platform. Based on its NLU for scheduling and ML based engine, it has been providing various interfaces such as email bot, Slack bot and Facebook messenger bot for scheduling meetings & appointments. Konolabs achieved ISO 27001/27018, the most widely recognized standardinternationally for security control requirements within Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) and personally identifiable information (PII) in cloud. More info : https://kono.ai | $120K / Seed / Sep 13, 2018 | ||
| Datarade helps thousands of data-driven companies to find, compare, and choose the right commercial data products with confidence. Get the best data offer from 2,000+ data providers worldwide, curated across 210+ data categories. | $120K / Pre-Seed / Sep 13, 2018 | ||
| Praktice is an events company that offers services such as event management, interactive systems, mobile and tablet applications. | Pre-Seed / Dec 08, 2017 | ||
| Gtmhub is the world’s most sophisticated goal management and employee experience software that helps businesses amplify revenue growth by facilitating the alignment of execution and strategy of individuals and teams with those of the organization.The Gtmhub platform provides an easy and intuitive way to set, manage, and measure goals across theorganization. It is built to facilitate the introduction and management of the Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) methodology.Gtmhub ships with a world class data management and analytics engine, which allows companies to automatically track and visualize KPIs in real-time and create custom insights to inform goal setting, performance management, and longer term strategic decision making. With Gtmhub you can:MEET GOALS Create and manage goals easily using the world’s most intuitive goal-setting software.TRACK PROGRESS Our 150+ pre-built data connectors mean goal progress is updated seamlessly in real-time through existing analytics and tracking systems.ENGAGE YOUR TEAM Increase satisfaction and improve employee experience with intuitive goal alignment and conversations.DRIVE PERFORMANCE Increase goal attainment using the world’s most sophisticated OKRs management platform.ACHIEVE TRUE ALIGNMENT When everyone is pulling in the same direction, magic happens. Gtmhub makes it easy to see how everyone contributes. | $250K / Seed / Sep 12, 2017 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Techstars
Techstars provides a global platform for early-stage investment and innovation through programs that support startup growth and corporate collaboration. Its services include accelerator programs, startup education initiatives, venture capital funding, and corporate innovation partnerships.The Techstars Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Program offerssupport for startups, while Techstars Startup Programs focus on entrepreneurial education and community building. The Techstars Venture Capital Fund invests in emerging companies, and its Corporate Innovation Partnerships help established brands develop new products and services through collaboration with startups.
Techstars Contacts
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Alina Hoon
Mentor
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Andrew Cleland
Chief Investment Officer
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Artur Hasselbach
Mentor
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Beata Puncevic
Chief Technology Officer
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Ben Liao
Managing Director
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FAQ
What does Connor Murphy invest in?
Connor Murphy invests primarily in SaaS, Machine Learning and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Connor Murphy's check size?
Connor Murphy typically joins rounds of $21k–$4M at Seed and $120k–$1.5M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Connor Murphy participates in.
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When did Connor Murphy last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Connor Murphy closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 13 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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