Investing Profile

Simon King

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Partner in Ventures Team at Octopus Ventures
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Networks Simon is a member of
University of Cambridge Network
324 CONNECTIONS
Imperial College London Network
156 CONNECTIONS
Octopus Ventures Network
60 CONNECTIONS
Octopus Ventures Network
60 CONNECTIONS
Imperial College Public Awareness and Social Service Society Network
34 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Octopus Ventures Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
14
Current Fund Size
£83M

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Simon King's Investments On Record (7)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Orbex Space
Series DJan 2025$29M
Series CApr 2024$21M
Series COct 2022$46M
Series BDec 2020$24M
$160M
Co-investors: Keith Barclay (BGF Ventures), Jimmy Fussing Nielsen (Heartcore Capital), Yann Fiebig (High-Tech Gründerfonds), Phillip Chambers (Balderton Capital), Sohaib Abbasi (TPG Biotech)
Unlikely AI
SeedSep 2022$20M
$21M
Co-investors: Amelia Armour (Amadeus Capital Partners), Christopher North (L Catterton Growth), William Tunstall-Pedoe (Cambridge Angels), Ian Lane (Cambridge Innovation Capital)
Origami
Series CJun 2021$29M
Series BApr 2018$26M
Series AApr 2016$19M
Series UnknownSep 2014$6M
$87M
Co-investors: Andrew Williamson (Cambridge Innovation Capital), Ben Huh (Y Combinator), David Lieb, Dylan Field, Balaji Srinivasan
iSIZE Technologies
Series AMay 2021$6M
$6.9M
Co-investors: Paul Massara (Alex & Thiago), William Tunstall-Pedoe (Cambridge Angels)
Edgify
SeedOct 2020$7M
Series UnknownJan 2018
$7M
Co-investors: Hans-Jürgen Schmitz (Mangrove Capital Partners)
MaxHouse International Services
Series UnknownFeb 2020$8M
$8M
Trafi
Series AMay 2015$7M
$7M

Simon King's Experience

Non Executive Director TRAFI2015 - Present
Partner in Ventures Team Octopus Ventures2012 - Present
Post Doctoral Research Associate Imperial College Public Awareness and Social Service SocietyPresent
Site Manager Sabre EducationPresent
Non Executive Director TrafiPresent
Non Executive Director WaveOptics (Snap Inc)Present
Deeptech and Biotech focused Partner in Ventures Team Octopus VenturesPresent
Partner LakestarPresent
Non Executive Director SmartKem Limited2014 - 2022
Non Executive Director WaveOptics2016 - 2021
Non Executive Director Surrey NanoSystems Ltd2013 - 2017
Site Manager The Sabre Charitable Trust2011 - 2011
Post Doctoral Research Associate Imperial College London2010 - 2011

Simon King's Education

Imperial College London PhD Solar Energy/Plastic Electronics, Chemistry Department
University of Cambridge Msc Physics
Magdalen College School

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