Investing Profile

Bill Gurley(1)

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General Partner at Benchmark
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Connected to Pete Flint (NFX).

Networks Bill is a member of
Credit Suisse Network
55 CONNECTIONS
Deutsche Bank Network
52 CONNECTIONS
University of Florida Network
29 CONNECTIONS
Hewlett-Packard Network
21 CONNECTIONS
The University of Texas at Austin - The Red McCombs School of Business Network
11 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Benchmark General Partner
Investment Range
$1M - $15.0M
Sweet Spot
$8.0M
Investments On Record
62
Current Fund Size
$425M

Bill Gurley is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Bill Gurley's Investments On Record (25)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Mercor
Series BFeb 2025$100M
Series ASep 2024$30M
$130M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Scott Sandell (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Sundeep Peechu (Felicis Ventures), Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers
Instawork
Series DMay 2023$60M
Series CJul 2021$60M
Series BMay 2019$18M
Series AFeb 2019$8M
$170M
Co-investors: Curtis Spencer (Electric Capital), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Thomas Loverro (IVP), Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Bhaskar Ghosh (8VC), Huican Zhu (AMINO Capital), Qiang "Larry" Li (AMINO Capital), Gautam Gupta (TCV), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Sujay Jaswa (WndrCo LLC), Julie Herendeen (Broadway Angels), Jeff Fluhr (Craft Ventures), Jessica Verrilli (Adverb Ventures), Steve Chen, Vishal Makhijani, Amr Awadallah, Mike Vernal, Rob Solomon, George Hu, Joshua Schachter, Othman Laraki, Akash Garg, Sue Xu
Nextdoor
Post Ipo EquityJan 2023$19M
Private EquityMay 2019$170M
Series DMar 2015$110M
Series UnknownOct 2013$60M
Series BFeb 2013$22M
Series UnknownJul 2012$19M
$400M
Co-investors: Deven Parekh (Insight Partners), Paul Madera (Meritech Capital Partners), David Sze (Greylock), Satish Dharmaraj (Redpoint Ventures), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Lee Fixel (Addition), Mary Meeker (Bond), Ozi Amanat (K2 Global), Josh Elman, Megan Quinn
Impact
Series BNov 2022$15M
Series ASep 2020
$15M
Co-investors: Michael Lynton
Mothership
Series UnknownMay 2022$76M
$76M
Co-investors: Laurence A. Tosi (WestCap), Rafi Syed (Bow Capital)
Solv
Series CSep 2021$45M
Series BNov 2020$27M
Series BMay 2018$17M
Series AApr 2017$6M
$95M
Co-investors: Paul Levine (Sapphire Ventures), James Slavet (Greylock), Theresia Gouw (aCrew Capital)
Good Eggs
Series DFeb 2021$100M
Series CMay 2018$50M
$220M
Co-investors: Mitchell Kapor (Kapor Capital), Vishal Vasishth (Obvious Ventures), Danny Rimer (Index Ventures), Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Sundeep Ahuja (Climate Capital), Daniel Rumennik (AirAngels), Michael Dearing (Harrison Metal), Mike Jackson (Earthshot Ventures), Collin West (Ensemble VC), Chuck Templeton (S2G Ventures), Karl Kerksiek (Endeavor8), Daniel Scrivner (Ligature), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Max Ventilla
HackerOne
Series DSep 2019$36M
Series CFeb 2017$40M
Series BJun 2015$25M
Series AMay 2014$9M
$110M
Co-investors: Jon Sakoda (Decibel Partners), David Sacks (Craft Ventures), Brandon Beck (Kickstart Fund), Jeremy Stoppelman, Nicolas Berggruen, Marc Benioff, Drew Houston

Bill Gurley's Experience

Electrical Engineer, Compaq Computers Hewlett-PackardPresent
Sell-side Analyst Credit SuissePresent
Sell-side Analyst, DMG Technology Group Deutsche BankPresent
Freelance Writer Fortune MagazinePresent
General Partner Benchmark1999 - Present

Bill Gurley's Education

The University of Texas at Austin - The Red McCombs School of Business MBA Finance
University of Florida BSE Computer Engineering
Millsaps College