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Micah Smurthwaite
Partner at Next47
United States
Overview
Micah Smurthwaite is a Partner at Next47 in London, specializing in investments at various stages across sectors like Manufacturing, Logistics, Cybersecurity, and AI. With a background in leading sales and business development at companies like Cloudflare and 101 Domain Inc, Micah has successfully invested in notable startups such as Apollo GraphQL and Aforza, showcasing a strong track record in venture capital and strategic partnerships.
Work Experience
Startup Investor and Advisor
2025 - Current
AI -> Veritus Agent, Index.app, MarlyAI, Endorsed Security -> Maze, Arcjet, c/side, Konvu Infra -> Incident.io, Layercode, Alpic, Plakar, Heal.dev, PartyKit (acq by Cloudflare)
Partner
2020 - 2024
Series A-C VC firm. Partnered with founders at Sysdig, Apollo GraphQL, Aforza, Grafbase, and Armorblox (acq by Cisco)
Global Head of Channel Sales
2015 - 2017
Head of EMEA Sales
2014 - 2015
Customer Development
2013 - 2014
Cloudflare Worker's Launchpad is a funding program for for startups in partnership with leading venture capital investors.
Director of Business Development
2009 - 2013
101Domain.com is the leading provider of domain name registration and online brand protection for corporations.