Ian Hogarth
British investor
Ian Hogarth is an investor and entrepreneur. He co-founded Songkick in 2007 and Plural Platform in 2021.2
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About
Hogarth is the current Chair of the UK Government's AI Foundation Model Taskforce, which conducts artificial intelligence safety research.
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Companies
Early life and education
Hogarth attended Dulwich College, before studying information engineering at the University of Cambridge. He later specialised in machine learning during his Masters. Hogarth also spent time at Tsinghua University in Beijing, learning Mandarin Chinese.
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Career
Occupation: chief executive officer.8
- Since 2023Chairperson5
- Since 2023Chair, AI Security Institute7
- 2023Chair, Frontier AI Taskforce6
- Date not recordedFounded Songkick4
Songkick
Hogarth founded the live music startup Songkick with friends Michelle You and Pete Smith in 2007. This was part of the 2007 Y Combinator program in Boston. Hogarth and his fellow Songkick co-founders were named to Inc. magazine's 30-under-30 list in 2010. The same year, Hogarth won the British Council’s UK Young Music Entrepreneur of the Year award. He was also named one of Forbes magazine's 2012 music 30-under-30.
In 2013, Songkick launched Detour, a crowdfunding platform for concerts.
In June 2015, Songkick announced its merger with direct ticket vendor CrowdSurge and a $16.6m Series C investment round. Hogarth became co-CEO of the combined company, alongside Matt Jones, the former CrowdSurge CEO.
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Silicon Milkroundabout
In 2010, Hogarth and Songkick COO Pete Smith founded Silicon Milkroundabout, a career fair for high tech startups in East London. It was established in response to lack of interest from graduates hampering tech start-ups, according to Hogarth.
Plural Platform
Hogarth co-founded Plural Platform in 2021, an early-stage venture capital firm. Hogarth has invested in more than 150 companies, including over 50 AI companies.
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Personal life
- CitizenshipUnited Kingdom9
Awards
- 2024Commander of the Order of the British Empire10
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataIan Hogarth on Wikidata
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- 10WikidataIan Hogarth: award, on Wikidata
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- 13WikidataSongkick, Founder