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Charlie Songhurst is an investor and the founder of Katana Capital.
In 2001, Songhurst graduated from the University of Oxford with a bachelor’s degree in politics, philosophy, and economics.
Songhurst was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London.
Songhurst worked as both general manager and head of corporate strategy for Microsoft. As general manager, he focused on Google's emergence and the growth of the search engine industry. While running corporate strategy, he focused on mergers and acquisitions as well as partnerships. Songhurst played an integral role in the acquisition and commercial deals of Yahoo and Skype.
Songhurst is the founder of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund.
Songhurst runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.
Songhurst has made almost 500 private investments, including Rigetti Computing, Formlabs, Convoy, Tractable AI, Karat, Side, ClassPass, Grove Collaborative, Meow, Fluidly, Credit Kudos, Thingtrax, Firmbase, Zelt, Story Protocol, Blocktorch, and Fello. Songhurst is also a co-investor with Acequia Capital and an investment partner at Nyca Partners.
