Investing Profile

Bill Coughran

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Founder's Coach and Partner at Sequoia Capital

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Networks Bill is a member of
Stanford University Network
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Stanford University Network
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Google Network
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Sequoia Capital Network
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California Institute of Technology Network
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Current Investing Position
Sequoia Capital Partner
Investment Range
$50K - $200.0M
Sweet Spot
$25.0M
Investments On Record
48
Current Fund Size
$195M

Bill Coughran is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Bill Coughran's Investments On Record (21)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Stairwell
Series BOct 2022$45M
Series ASep 2021$20M
Seed RoundOct 2020$4.5M
$70M
Co-investors: Steve Loughlin (Accel), Andy Harrison (Section 32), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures)
Lilt
Series CApr 2022$55M
Series BMay 2020$25M
Series AOct 2018$9.5M
$90M
Co-investors: Mark Rostick (Intel Capital), Farouk Ladha (Four Rivers Group)
Neeva
Series BMar 2021$40M
$78M
Co-investors: Asheem Chandna (Greylock), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Sridhar Ramaswamy (Greylock)
Graphcore
Series EDec 2020$220M
Series DDec 2018$200M
Series CNov 2017$50M
$680M
Co-investors: Stephanie Zhan (Sequoia Capital), Matthew Miller (Sequoia Capital), Hermann Hauser (Amadeus Capital Partners), Tobias Jahn (Hitachi Ventures), Siraj Khaliq (Atomico), Neil Shen (Sequoia Capital China), Daniel Docter (Dell Technologies Capital), Pieter Abbeel (Covariant), Paul Holland
Graphiant
Series ADec 2020$34M
$34M
Co-investors: J Seth Strattan PhD (Two Bear Capital)
Alkira
Series BOct 2020$54M
Series AApr 2020$22M
$76M
Co-investors: Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins)
Cohesity
Series EApr 2020$250M
Series DJun 2018$250M
Series CApr 2017$90M
Series BJun 2015$55M
Series ANov 2013$15M
$810M
Co-investors: Deep Nishar (General Catalyst), Gaurav Garg (Wing Venture Capital), Carl Eschenbach (Sequoia Capital), Ashu Garg (Foundation Capital), Randy Glein (DFJ), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Rob Salvagno (Cisco Investments), Ro Bhatia (Singh Capital Partners), Stuart Peterson (Artis Ventures (AV))
Robust Intelligence
Series AFeb 2020$11M
Seed RoundMar 2019$3M
$44M
Co-investors: John Curtius (Tiger Global Management), Alex Balkanski (Benchmark), Ashmeet Sidana (Engineering Capital), Ram Shriram

Bill Coughran's Experience

Trustee Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, UCLA2013 - Present
Trustee TheatreWorks2012 - Present
Founder's Coach and Partner Sequoia Capital2011 - Present
SVP, Engineering Google2003 - 2011
Senior Research Vice President, Bell Labs Research Silicon Valley Bell Laboratories1998 - 2000
Vice President, Computing Sciences Research Center Bell Laboratories1996 - 1999
Internet Software Vice President / Chief Technical Officer Lucent Technologies1997 - 1998
Head, Scientific Computing Research Department Bell Laboratories1993 - 1996
Member of Technical Staff, Scientific Computing Research Department Bell Laboratories1980 - 1993
Programmer/Analyst California State University, Los Angeles1973 - 1974
Student programmer California State University, Fresno1968 - 1970

Bill Coughran's Education

Stanford University Ph.D. Computer Science
Stanford University M.S. Computer Science
California Institute of Technology BS (with honors) Mathematics
California Institute of Technology M.S. Mathematics