Dhiraj Mukherjee

Named one of Europe’s Top 50 technology entrepreneurs by the Financial Times, Co-founder of Shazam, Dhiraj Mukherjee, focuses on innovating for impact, supporting “Tech for Good” startups (primarily in climate tech). He has invested in several women and minority-led startups, and believes in the power of young people as the change-makers of the future.

Dhiraj built Shazam from an original idea into an iconic global brand with over 2 billion downloads. He led Shazam’s successful launch, navigated two financial crises, raised tens of millions in funding, and learned all about hypergrowth. From this, he was named one of Europe’s Top 50 technology entrepreneurs by the Financial Times. Since Shazam’s sale to Apple for a reported $400M, he has invested in many high-growth start-ups and scale-ups.

Now an international keynote speaker on emerging technology, climate action and the workforce of the future, Dhiraj is passionate about sharing his knowledge and learnings. As a Tech for Good investor, he has a front row seat of the view of the future and has invested in over 250 cutting-edge companies from climate tech to AI (including OpenAI).

Previously Dhiraj was Head of Banking Innovation at Virgin Money, responsible for developing new digital services for students in the UK. He has also worked in media and entertainment, technology, and in charity at Save the Children.