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Backing the repeat founders behind Europe's unicorns: Patrick Murphy, Partner at Tapestry VC

2026-07-30 · 4 company · 9 thematic

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Patrick Murphy is a Partner at Tapestry VC, a firm focused on backing repeat founders in Europe. He grew up in Ireland, spent 10+ years in San Francisco investing globally, and recently relocated to London. He has made ~70 investments as a VC, with 7 reaching $100M+ revenue, all having immigrant co-founders. Tapestry just raised an $80M Fund III anchored by British Business Bank.

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“Uh so, Hoppin, Johnny is an incredible entrepreneur. Uh we were a seed investor in Hoppin alongside some other great funds. And there was huge growth from zero to 100 million of ARR during COVID. And that also inspired a thousand competito…”

—patrick murphy

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