James Murdoch
Founder and CEO @ Lupa Systems
London, United Kingdom
James Murdoch is a Founder and CEO at Lupa Systems. He was a Co-Founder at Quadrivium Foundation. He attended Harvard University from 1992 to 1995.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries James Murdoch invests in
Media and EntertainmentNewsVideoEdTechSoftware
Stages James Murdoch invests in
Series BFunding RoundSeedSeries ASeries C
Countries James Murdoch invests in
United StatesIndiaFranceAustralia
Round sizes
Series B $31M–$150M
Round size
- Series B
- $31M–$150M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Media and Entertainment 3 (25%)
- News 2 (17%)
- Video 2 (17%)
- EdTech 2 (17%)
- Software 2 (17%)
Stage
- Series B 3 (25%)
- Funding Round 3 (25%)
- Seed 2 (17%)
- Series A 1 (8%)
- Series C 1 (8%)
Country
- United States 4 (33%)
- India 3 (25%)
- France 1 (8%)
- Australia 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Viridios Capital
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Viridios Capital invests in carbon finance projects in accordance with its nature-based market-creation strategy. The company creates and implements proprietary technology to value, structure, and originate emissions offsets and sustainable development assets, thereby facilitating investment flows and investor returns. Viridios Capital alsoprovides sustainable development asset structuring and advisory, ESG facilitation, carbon credit portfolio and registry management.Viridios was founded in 2019 and has offices in Sydney, London, and New York. | $55M / Series B / Oct 27, 2022 | |
Viacom18 Digital Ventures
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Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd. is one of India's fastest growing entertainment networks and a house of iconic brands that offers multi-platform, multi-generational and multicultural brand experiences. A joint venture of Viacom Inc and the Network18 Group, Viacom18 defines entertainment in India by touching people onair, online, on ground, in shopand through its cinema. | $2B / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 27, 2022 | |
Rebellion Defense
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Rebellion Defense turns data into a decision advantage, developing advanced software to stay ahead of national security threats. It equips warfighters with cutting-edge capabilities to detect, deter, and outpace adversaries at speed and scale by combining private-sector tech experts with defense veterans. Their mission is to build transformativetechnology for defense and national security. | $150M / Sep 16, 2021 | |
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Rebellion Defense
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Rebellion Defense turns data into a decision advantage, developing advanced software to stay ahead of national security threats. It equips warfighters with cutting-edge capabilities to detect, deter, and outpace adversaries at speed and scale by combining private-sector tech experts with defense veterans. Their mission is to build transformativetechnology for defense and national security. | $150M / Series B / Sep 16, 2021 | |
Brut
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Brut is an international video content publisher, focused on news and feature-based, short-form content. They cover topics from politics to technology and social justice, culture and more. Brut videos are viewed more than 400 million times a month and touch more than 150 million worldwide.Brut. is a global media company that creates short-formvideo content for audiences around the world. With offices on two continents, Brut. publishes content daily in three languages and across eight social platforms generating over 500MM views a month. | $75M / Series C / Jun 30, 2021 | |
Doubtnut
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Doubtnut leverages technology to make education accessible for all. It offers an App in which students can ask study questions in Math by clicking the picture of the problem or concept.The application offers personalized live online solutions for all user's math doubts. In its online doubt clearing platform, students get to learn fromteachers who have studied from top colleges and institutes across India. It also provides solutions for CBSE & ICSE board school students so that students can understand maths in a structured manner at the comfort of their home. Doubtnut was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, India. | $31M / Series B / Feb 25, 2021 | |
Harappa Education
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Harappa is an online learning institution that builds competencies to liberate people’s potential in their chosen line of work. Their curriculum is designed around foundational Habits critical to achieve professional success and personal meaning. | Seed / Jan 07, 2020 | |
THE VOID
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THE VOID builds and operates virtual entertainment centers that primarily focus on exploring immersive virtual worlds and dimensions with friends and family, and creating memorable experiences together. It specializes in creating ‘hyper-reality’ experiences that layer virtual reality over interactive real-world environments. THE VOID servesindividuals in the age group of ten and more of all genders and backgrounds eager to journey to new worlds and create new memories together. Curtis Hickman, James Jensen, and Ken Bretschneider founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Lindon in Utah with additional offices in locations in Anaheim in California, Orlando in Florida, New York City, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, and Toronto in Canada. | $20M / Jul 15, 2019 | |
Breezeworks
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Breezeworks Corporation provides a mobile application that turns smartphones into business management tools. It offers a Breeze that enables the users to put them in control of their business by updating their arrival time and reminding their customers to schedule follow-up works. The company's solution also enables the users to store jobnotes and photos, and share various things with the customers.They build products that improve their quality of life and help them serve their customers better. It also allows independent service professionals to run their business entirely from their smartphone. It connects on-site service providers and customers with its smartphone business manager apps, and schedule appointments, manage jobs, collect payments, eliminate no shows, navigate traffic, capture repeat business, follow up with customers and connect with suppliers.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. | $5M / Series A / Nov 18, 2014 | |
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Breezeworks
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Breezeworks Corporation provides a mobile application that turns smartphones into business management tools. It offers a Breeze that enables the users to put them in control of their business by updating their arrival time and reminding their customers to schedule follow-up works. The company's solution also enables the users to store jobnotes and photos, and share various things with the customers.They build products that improve their quality of life and help them serve their customers better. It also allows independent service professionals to run their business entirely from their smartphone. It connects on-site service providers and customers with its smartphone business manager apps, and schedule appointments, manage jobs, collect payments, eliminate no shows, navigate traffic, capture repeat business, follow up with customers and connect with suppliers.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. | $2M / Seed / Sep 09, 2013 | |
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Co-Investors
About Lupa Systems
Lupa Systems is a private investment company founded in 2019.
Lupa Systems Contacts
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James Murdoch
Founder and CEO
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Ben Fitzgerald
Partner
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FAQ
What does James Murdoch invest in?
James Murdoch invests primarily in Media and Entertainment, News and Video startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 12 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 James Murdoch's check size?
James Murdoch typically joins rounds of $31M–$150M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds James Murdoch participates in.
When did James Murdoch last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for James Murdoch closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 12 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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