Investing Profile

Bill Gurley(1)

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General Partner at Benchmark

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Bill Gurley's investing connections

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Connected to Pete Flint (NFX).

Networks Bill is a member of
Deutsche Bank Network
30 CONNECTIONS
Credit Suisse Network
28 CONNECTIONS
Hewlett-Packard Network
22 CONNECTIONS
University of Florida Network
16 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Benchmark General Partner
Investment Range
$1M - $15.0M
Sweet Spot
$8.0M
Investments On Record
53
Current Fund Size
$38.1M

Bill Gurley is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Bill Gurley's Investments On Record (23)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Solv
Series CSep 2021$45M
Series BNov 2020$27M
Series BMay 2018$17M
Series AApr 2017$6.3M
$95M
Co-investors: James Slavet (Greylock), Paul Levine (Sapphire Ventures), Theresia Gouw (aCrew Capital)
Instawork
Series CJul 2021$60M
Series AFeb 2019$8.2M
$110M
Co-investors: Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Bhaskar Ghosh (8VC), Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Mike Vernal (Sequoia Capital), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Curtis Spencer (Electric Capital), Jessica Verrilli (GV), Jeff Fluhr (Craft Ventures), Thomas Loverro (IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)), Julie Herendeen (Broadway Angels), Amr Awadallah, Joshua Schachter, Othman Laraki, Steve Chen, George Hu, Akash Garg, Vishal Makhijani, Rob Solomon
Good Eggs
Series DFeb 2021$100M
Series CMay 2018$50M
$200M
Co-investors: Vishal Vasishth (Obvious Ventures), Danny Rimer (Index Ventures), Bryan Scheier (Sequoia Capital), Mitchell Kapor (Kapor Capital), Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Daniel Rumennik (AirAngels), Michael Dearing (Harrison Metal), Ethan Batraski (Venrock), Collin West (Ensemble VC), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Sundeep Ahuja (Climate Capital), Max Ventilla, Ari Tulla, Karl Kerksiek
Imagine Impact
Series ASep 2020
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), Drew Houston, Jeremy Stoppelman
Nextdoor
Series FMay 2019$120M
Series DOct 2012$22M
Series CFeb 2012$19M
Series BSep 2009$7.2M
Series AJan 2008$5.1M
$600M
Co-investors: Jason Pressman (Shasta Ventures), David Sze (Greylock), Satish Dharmaraj (Redpoint Ventures), Paul Madera (Meritech Capital Partners), Mary Meeker (Bond), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Lee Fixel (Addition), Deven Parekh (Insight Partners), Stephen Romanoff (Sweater Ventures), Richard Barton, Josh Elman, Megan Quinn
Confluent
Series DJan 2019$130M
$720M
Co-investors: Eric Vishria (Benchmark), Mike Volpi (Index Ventures), Matthew Miller (Sequoia Capital), Kevin Wang (Altimeter Capital), Morgan Livermore (Quiet Capital)
Stitch Health
Series ADec 2017

Bill Gurley's Experience

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