Demis Hassabis
Founder & CEO @ Google DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Demis Hassabis is a seed investor at Google DeepMind in London focused on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. DeepMind is a neuroscience-inspired AI company, bought by Google in Jan 2014 in their largest European acquisition to date. Demis is now Vice President of Engineering at Google DeepMind and leads Google’s general AI efforts, including the development of AlphaGo, the first program to ever beat a professional player at the game of Go. Demis is aformer child chess prodigy, who finished his A-levels two years early before coding the multi-million selling simulation game Theme Park aged 17. Following graduation from Cambridge University with a Double First in Computer Science he founded the pioneering videogames company Elixir Studios producing award-winning games for global publishers such as Vivendi Universal. After a decade of experience leading successful technology startups, Demis returned to academia to complete a PhD in cognitive neuroscience at UCL, followed by postdocs at MIT and Harvard, before founding DeepMind.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Demis Hassabis invests in
Stages Demis Hassabis invests in
Countries Demis Hassabis invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $525k–$3.8M
- Series C
- $90M–$170M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (44%)
- Machine Learning 3 (33%)
- Software 2 (22%)
- SaaS 1 (11%)
- Fashion 1 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (33%)
- Series A 2 (22%)
- Series C 2 (22%)
- Series B 1 (11%)
- Funding Round 1 (11%)
Country
- United Kingdom 5 (56%)
- United States 2 (22%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Cosmos Innovation
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Cosmos Innovation specialize in full stack software development, product design, cloud hosting, and MVP deployment. | $16.8M / Series A / Oct 16, 2023 | |
Entrepreneurs First
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Entrepreneurs First provides programs that identify individuals interested in building technology companies and support them through the early stages of company formation. The organization evaluates applicants as individuals and brings selected participants into cohorts where they explore ideas, connect with potential cofounders, and form startupteams. Participants receive guidance on idea development, product validation, and company creation while preparing to seek venture funding. Entrepreneurs First also provides financial backing and structured programs that include workshops, mentorship, and networking with investors. Through these activities, the organization facilitates the transition from individual participants to newly formed startup companies. | $170.1M / Series C / Jun 28, 2022 | |
nPlan
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nPlan learns how previous construction projects performed, to predict the outcomes of future projects. | $3.8M / Seed / Jul 30, 2018 | |
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Entrepreneurs First
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Entrepreneurs First provides programs that identify individuals interested in building technology companies and support them through the early stages of company formation. The organization evaluates applicants as individuals and brings selected participants into cohorts where they explore ideas, connect with potential cofounders, and form startupteams. Participants receive guidance on idea development, product validation, and company creation while preparing to seek venture funding. Entrepreneurs First also provides financial backing and structured programs that include workshops, mentorship, and networking with investors. Through these activities, the organization facilitates the transition from individual participants to newly formed startup companies. | $12.4M / Sep 12, 2017 | |
Graphcore
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Graphcore is a startup that develops a microprocessor designed for AI and machine learning applications. It has created a new processor, the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU) for artificial intelligence. The IPU’s unique architecture means developers can run current machine learning models orders of magnitude faster. The company was founded in2016 and is headquartered in Bristol, United Kingdom. | $30M / Series B / Jul 20, 2017 | |
Netomi
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Netomi is a provider of AI-first customer experience designed for the Relationship Economy. Netomi's AI-powered virtual agents automatically resolve 80% of routine customer service inquiries, decreasing resolution time, increasing customer satisfaction and support quality, while reducing costs. The patented, no-code platform works acrossmessaging, chat, email and voice, and understands 100+ languages. Netomi is based in San Mateo and has offices in New York, Toronto and India. | $2.6M / Seed / Mar 22, 2016 | |
Focal Point Positioning
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Focal Point consists of a team of experts with more than 30 years of combined knowledge in the world of positioning, navigation and timing. The company has revolutionised navigation and positioning software through the development of two core products: S-GNSS and D-Tail. S-GNSS drastically improves the sensitivity and accuracy of GPS receivers,making it far easier to track people indoors and in remote environments. D-Tail taps into sensors already within a smartphone or wearable device to more accurately track users in three-dimensions, producing data that can be trusted more than ever before. Founder Dr Ramsey Faragher is a world-leading expert in GNSS-denied positioning and has previously worked as a senior research associate at the University of Cambridge and a principal scientist at the BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre, where he developed award-winning technologies. His early work included developing a range of multi-sensor positioning systems for unmanned aerial and ground vehicles and the Astute nuclear submarine. He was also part of the original design team for the ExoMars martian rover's "Seeker" visual navigation system. | $525K / Seed / Sep 17, 2015 | |
Thread
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Thread operates as an online personal styling platform designed to help men find clothes. The platform offers a combination of human stylist and machine learning algorithms, where they receive personalized information from human stylists and suggestions from an algorithm that understands the customer's preferences over time, helping men todress well without having to go shopping. | Series A / Aug 23, 2015 | |
Eat Just
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Eat Just offers a plant-based egg substitute intended to provide healthy and nutritional food alternatives.It applies cutting-edge science and technology to create healthier, more sustainable foods and the key ingredient is protein from the mung bean and it is cholesterol-free, non-GMO, and packed with as much protein as many animal proteins andwhile it cooks and tastes like eggs. Its ingredients use less water, less land, and emit less CO2e than conventional animal sources, enabling customers to prepare their food items with the required nutrients and protein of an egg.It was founded by Josh Balk and Josh Tetrick in San Francisco, California in 2011. | $90M / Series C / Dec 18, 2014 |
Co-Investors
About Google DeepMind
DeepMind Technologies Ltd. operates as an artificial intelligence company. They build general-purpose algorithms for use in simulations, e-commerce applications, and games. DeepMind markets its products and services internationally. DeepMind is the world leader in artificial intelligence research and its application for positive impact.They re ona scientific mission to push the boundaries of AI, developing programs that can learn to solve any complex problem without needing to be taught how.They believe this will be one of the most important and widely beneficial scientific advances ever made, increasing their capacity to understand the mysteries of the universe and to tackle some of their most pressing real-world challenges. From climate change to the need for radically improved healthcare, too many problems suffer from painfully slow progress, their complexity overwhelming their ability to find solutions. With AI as a multiplier for human ingenuity, those solutions will come into reach.
Google DeepMind Contacts
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Demis Hassabis
Founder & CEO
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Douwe Kiela
Research Scientist Director
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Oriol Vinyals
Principal Research Scientist
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Satinder Singh Baveja
Research Scientist
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Vishal Maini
Research Strategist
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FAQ
What does Demis Hassabis invest in?
Demis Hassabis invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Demis Hassabis's check size?
Demis Hassabis typically joins rounds of $525k–$3.8M at Seed and $90M–$170M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Demis Hassabis participates in.
When did Demis Hassabis last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Demis Hassabis closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 9 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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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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