Fergal Mullen Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Co-Founder & Par...

  • Primary Industry
  • Information Technology

  • Active Board Seats
  • 9

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Fergal Mullen General Information

Biography

Mr. Fergal Mullen serves as Board Member at 9fin. He is also a Co-Founder and serves as Partner of Highland Europe. He served as Board Member at Unibuddy. He serves as Board Member at Advanced Manufacturing Control Systems, Podimo, Spartoo and Nexthink. He focuses on e-commerce, software and business services companies with a particular emphasis on emerging growth opportunities in Europe. He represents Highland Capital Europe on the board of AMCS Group, GetYourGuide.com. Until the formation of Highland Capital Europe, he was a General Partner with Highland Capital Partners. He launched the firm's Europe investment initiative and represents Highland Capital Partners on the boards of GlassesDirect, PhotoBox, Privalia,and Wooga. He is a former director of Autoquake, Coremetrics (acquired by IBM), Eleven Technology (acquired by Trimble), M7 (acquired by BEA) and VistaPrint (IPO: NASDAQ). Before joining Highland, he was a founding partner of RSA Ventures, the corporate venture fund of RSA Security, Inc., where he led that firm's European and Boston investments. Before RSA Ventures, was a founder and Senior Vice President of Cambridge Technology Partners (NASDAQ: CATP) and a member of the Global Executive Committee of the firm. He attended Harvard Business School, where he earned his M.B.A. He also holds a B.S., Electrical Engineering, and a B.A., Business Economics from Brown University. He also served as the Non-Executive Director at PhotoBox. He is an Angel Investor.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Co-Founder & Partner, Highland Europe
Education
Harvard Business School, MBA (Master of Business Administration)
Brown University, BS (Bachelor of Science)
Brown University, BA (Bachelor of Arts)
Gender
Male
Total Investments
Phone
+41 022
Address
  • 18 rue du Marche
  • 1204 Geneva
  • Switzerland
+41 022

Fergal Mullen Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Highland Europe Investor Co-Founder & Partner London, United Kingdom Venture Capital

Fergal Mullen Board Seats (9)

Company Industry Ownership Status Financing Status Location Since
9fin Media and Information Services (B2B) Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed London, United Kingdom
AMCS Group Business/Productivity Software Privately Held (backing) Private Equity-Backed Limerick, Ireland
Bitmovin Business/Productivity Software Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed Denver, CO
GetYourGuide Application Software Privately Held (backing) Private Equity-Backed Berlin, Germany
Jampp Business/Productivity Software Acquired/Merged (Operating Subsidiary) Formerly VC-backed San Francisco, CA

Fergal Mullen Lead Partner on Deals (24)

Fergal Mullen has been the lead partner on 24 deals. Their latest deal was with 9fin, a media and information services (b2b) company. The deal was made for on 02-Dec-2024.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
9fin 02-Dec-2024 Later Stage VC (Series B) Completed Media and Information Services (B2B) London, United Kingdom
Podimo 14-Sep-2022 Completed Movies, Music and Entertainment Copenhagen, Denmark
The Go-To 06-Jun-2022 Completed Internet Retail London, United Kingdom
AMCS Group 12-May-2022 Completed Business/Productivity Software Limerick, Ireland
Unibuddy 01-Jul-2021 Completed Media and Information Services (B2B) London, United Kingdom
Bitmovin 20-Apr-2021 Completed Business/Productivity Software Denver, CO
Nexthink 08-Feb-2021 Completed Business/Productivity Software Lausanne, Switzerland
GetYourGuide 02-Nov-2020 Completed Application Software Berlin, Germany
Meditopia 16-Jun-2020 Later Stage VC (Series A) Completed Other Healthcare Technology Systems Istanbul, Turkey
Nexthink 30-Nov-2018 Later Stage VC (Series C) Completed Business/Productivity Software Lausanne, Switzerland

Fergal Mullen Network (278)

Board Members (89)

Name Company Representing Location From
Stefan Kuentz Bitmovin Swisscom Ventures Denver, CO
Irena Goldenberg Wooga Highland Europe Berlin, Germany
Nexthink Self Lausanne, Switzerland
Nexthink Self Lausanne, Switzerland
GetYourGuide Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Berlin, Germany

Portfolio Executives (182)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Alessandro Albano 9fin Leveraged Finance Senior Reporter 02-Dec-2024 London, United Kingdom
Ryan Daniel 9fin Financial Journalist 02-Dec-2024 London, United Kingdom
9fin Interim Private Credit Editor 02-Dec-2024 London, United Kingdom
9fin Credit Analyst 02-Dec-2024 London, United Kingdom
9fin Senior Reporter 02-Dec-2024 London, United Kingdom

Fund Team Members (7)

Name Investor Fund Fund Location
Laurence Garrett Highland Europe Highland Europe Technology Growth I London, United Kingdom
Laurence Garrett Highland Europe Highland Europe Technology Growth II London, United Kingdom
Highland Europe London, United Kingdom
Highland Europe London, United Kingdom
Highland Europe London, United Kingdom

Fergal Mullen Affiliated Funds (3)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
Highland Europe Technology Growth I Highland Europe Venture - General Fully Invested 2012
Highland Europe Technology Growth II Highland Europe Venture - General Closed 2015
Highland Europe Technology Growth III Highland Europe Venture - General Closed 2018

Fergal Mullen FAQs

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    Fergal Mullen’s primary position is Co-Founder & Partner.

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    Fergal Mullen holds 9 board seats including 9fin, AMCS Group, Bitmovin, GetYourGuide, and Jampp.

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