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: Scott Sandell (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Larry Summers, Adam D'Angelo
Instawork
Series DMay 2023$60M
Series CJul 2021$60M
Series BMay 2019$18M
Series AFeb 2019$8M
$170M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Bhaskar Ghosh (8VC), Curtis Spencer (Electric Capital), Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Thomas Loverro (IVP), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Qiang "Larry" Li (AMINO Capital), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Gautam Gupta (TCV), Sujay Jaswa (WndrCo LLC), Julie Herendeen (Broadway Angels), Huican Zhu (AMINO Capital), Jessica Verrilli (Adverb Ventures), Jeff Fluhr (Craft Ventures), Akash Garg, George Hu, Rob Solomon, Sue Xu, Amr Awadallah, Steve Chen, Othman Laraki, Joshua Schachter, Mike Vernal, Vishal Makhijani
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: Jason Pressman (Shasta Ventures), David Sze (Greylock), Paul Madera (Meritech Capital Partners), Deven Parekh (Insight Partners), Satish Dharmaraj (Redpoint Ventures), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Lee Fixel (Addition), Ozi Amanat (K2 Global), Mary Meeker (Bond), Josh Elman, Megan Quinn
Impact
Series BNov 2022$15M
Series ASep 2020
$15M
Co-investors: Jason Pressman (Shasta Ventures), Michael Lynton
Mothership
Series UnknownMay 2022$76M
$76M
Co-investors: Rafi Syed (Bow Capital), Laurence A. Tosi (WestCap)
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), Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Vishal Vasishth (Obvious Ventures), Danny Rimer (Index Ventures), Sundeep Ahuja (Climate Capital), Daniel Rumennik (AirAngels), Mike Jackson (Earthshot Ventures), Michael Dearing (Harrison Metal), Karl Kerksiek (Endeavor8), Chuck Templeton (S2G Ventures), Daniel Scrivner (Ligature), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Collin West (Ensemble VC), 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), Brandon Beck (Kickstart Fund), David Sacks (Craft Ventures), Nicolas Berggruen, Marc Benioff, Drew Houston, Jeremy Stoppelman

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