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Simon Murdoch

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Simon set up online bookstore Bookpages in 1996 and sold it to Amazon in 1998. As VP Europe for Amazon, he managed huge growth from start-up through to multimillion turnover and hundreds of staff. In 2000 Simon co-founded and became a partner of Episode 1 Partners, an early stage technology VC which managed the $100m Chase Episode 1 Fund. Episode 1 invested in nine businesses, notably the successful Betfair.com.

As an Angel investor, he has invested in Shazam, been chairman of Video Island (now merged with and renamed LoveFilm), Zoopla! (where he is currently a director) and Shutl (currently chairman).

Recently, Simon founded and funded FriendsAbroad.com, a social network for developing language skills and contacts abroad which was successfully sold to Lesson Nine GmbH, operators of language learning site Babbel.com.

Simon is currently CEO of StormForward, an e-commerce conversion consultancy which helpsonline retailers to increase their online sales and profits.

Milestones

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  Simon Murdoch added a position as Non-executive Director at Profitero. (1/1/11)
  Posted 2/6/11 at 12:31pm
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  Simon Murdoch added a position as Board Member at SubHub. (10/1/09)
  Posted 1/7/11 at 3:12am
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  Simon Murdoch added a position as Non Exec Chairman at Touchnote.
  Posted 5/25/10 at 6:46am
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  Simon Murdoch added a position as Non-executive Director at LOVEFiLM.
  Posted 6/30/09 at 10:51am
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  Simon Murdoch added a position as CEO at StormForward.
  Posted 6/30/09 at 10:51am
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  Simon Murdoch added a position as SVP Europe at Amazon.
  Posted 6/30/09 at 10:51am
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  Simon Murdoch added a position as Non Exec Chairman at Shutl.
  Posted 6/28/09 at 1:14pm
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  Simon Murdoch added a position as Non-exec Director at Zoopla.
  Posted 10/28/08 at 8:25am
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  Simon Murdoch added a position as CEO at FriendsAbroad.
  Posted 1/18/08 at 3:30am
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  Simon Murdoch invested in Shutl. (8/1/10)
  Posted 5/9/11 at 9:55am
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  Simon Murdoch invested in Huddlebuy. (4/11/11)
  Posted 4/11/11 at 5:07am via techcrunch.com
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  Simon Murdoch invested in Shutl. (10/1/09)
  Posted 10/19/09 at 12:32am via techcrunch.com
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  Simon Murdoch invested in Shutl. (1/1/08)
  Posted 10/15/09 at 10:16am via responsesource.com
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  Simon Murdoch invested in NetProspex. (5/23/08)
  Posted 6/3/08 at 10:46pm via netprospex.com

Investments

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1. Huddlebuy, The ‘Groupon-For-Small Businesses’, Raises £350K In Angel Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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3. Stealth-mode Shutl says it now has money (eu.techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. NetProspex, New Entrant in the Market for Trading Executive Contacts, Secures Series B Funding (blog.netprospex.com) [edit]
5. Shutl secures investment (responsesource.com) [edit]