Investing Profile
Bill Coughran
VCInvestorFounder
Founder's Coach and Partner at Sequoia Capital
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cbCurrent 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)
Company | StageDateRound Size | Total Raised |
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Stairwell | Series BOct 2022$45M Series ASep 2021$20M Seed RoundOct 2020$4.5M | $70M |
Lilt | Series CApr 2022$55M Series BMay 2020$25M Series AOct 2018$9.5M | $90M |
Neeva | Series BMar 2021$40M | $78M |
Graphcore | Series EDec 2020$220M Series DDec 2018$200M Series CNov 2017$50M | $680M |
Graphiant | Series ADec 2020$34M | $34M |
Alkira | Series BOct 2020$54M Series AApr 2020$22M | $76M |
Cohesity | Series EApr 2020$250M Series DJun 2018$250M Series CApr 2017$90M Series BJun 2015$55M Series ANov 2013$15M | $810M |
Robust Intelligence | Series AFeb 2020$11M Seed RoundMar 2019$3M | $44M |
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
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