Murray Newlands

Murray Newlands is a Partner at IA Seed Ventures, an early-stage Silicon Valley firm, and the founder of Open Future Forum (openfutureforum.com), a private executive community that has hosted 100+ invite-only dinners and events for CFOs, CISOs, CTOs, CROs, and CEOs across the Bay Area.

He is also a Partner at Tilden Capital, where he works with the Tilden Family Office Group a private alliance of family offices focused on the long-term stewardship of capital, co-investment, and generational wealth strategy.

He publishes Murray's Newsletter on Substack, reaching 50,000+ subscribers on AI, venture, and enterprise strategy.

Murray has held senior strategic roles at Turing.com, ahead of the company's $4 billion valuation, and advised the Draper Nexus Network of Things Fund. As a contributing writer, he has shared his expertise in Forbes, Inc., The Guardian, Time, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, and Mashable, among others.

He is the author of "Online Marketing: A User's Manual" published by John Wiley & Sons, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He earned his US residency as an "alien of extraordinary ability."