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
373 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Network
373 CONNECTIONS
Google Network
228 CONNECTIONS
Sequoia Capital Network
34 CONNECTIONS
California Institute of Technology Network
14 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Sequoia Capital Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$1M
Investments On Record
39
Current Fund Size
$549.5M

Bill Coughran is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Bill Coughran's Investments On Record (21)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Neeva
Series BMar 2021$40M
$77.5M
Co-investors: Asheem Chandna (Greylock), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Sridhar Ramaswamy (Greylock)
Graphcore
Series EDec 2020$222M
Series DDec 2018$200M
Series CNov 2017$50M
$532M
Co-investors: Stephanie Zhan (Sequoia Capital), Matthew Miller (Sequoia Capital), Paul Holland
Graphiant
Series ADec 2020$34M
$34M
Stairwell
Seed RoundOct 2020$4.5M
$4.5M
Co-investors: Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures)
Alkira
Series BOct 2020$54M
Series AApr 2020$22M
$76M
Lilt
Series BMay 2020$25M
Series AOct 2018$9.5M
$34.5M
Robust Intelligence
Series AFeb 2020$11M
Seed RoundMar 2019$3M
$14M
Orbital Insight
Series DNov 2019$50M
Series CMay 2017$50M
Series BJun 2016$20M
Series AMar 2015$8.7M
Seed RoundFeb 2014
$128.7M
Co-investors: Andrew Reed (Sequoia Capital), James Cham (Bloomberg BETA)

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