Michael Penington

About

Michael co-founded Longwall with David and Matthew, raising their first fund in 2008. At Longwall, Michael predominately focused on applications of physical sciences and mathematics in areas of security, media and business software. He retired from Longwall in 2023. With a D.Phil. in Mathematics from Oxford, Michael had a 16 year career with Morgan Stanley as an investment banker. He went on to be a successful angel investor in early stage technology businesses, including Natural Motion, an Oxford-based mobile games start-up, of which he was Chair, that was acquired by Zynga for $527m.

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