Investing Profile

Bill Gurley(1)

VCInvestor

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
28 CONNECTIONS
Credit Suisse Network
26 CONNECTIONS
Hewlett-Packard Network
22 CONNECTIONS
University of Florida Network
12 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$16.8M
Series AApr 2017$6.3M
$95.1M
Co-investors: James Slavet (Greylock), Theresia Gouw (aCrew Capital), Paul Levine (Sapphire Ventures)
Instawork
Series CJul 2021$60M
Series AFeb 2019$8.2M
$107.8M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Tom Loverro (IVP), Mike Vernal (Sequoia Capital), Jessica Verrilli (GV), Jeff Fluhr (Craft Ventures), Curtis Spencer (Electric Capital), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Bhaskar Ghosh (8VC), Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Julie Herendeen (Broadway Angels), Steve Chen, Othman Laraki, Joshua Schachter, Amr Awadallah, Rob Solomon
Good Eggs
Series DFeb 2021$100M
Series CMay 2018$50M
$201M
Co-investors: Danny Rimer (Index Ventures), Bryan Scheier (Sequoia Capital), Mitchell Kapor (Kapor Capital), Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Michael Dearing (Harrison Metal), Sundeep Ahuja (Climate Capital), Daniel Rumennik (AirAngels), Ethan Batraski (Venrock), Collin West (Ensemble VC), Karl Kerksiek, Ari Tulla, Max Ventilla
Imagine Impact
Series ASep 2020
HackerOne
Series DSep 2019$36.4M
Series CFeb 2017$40M
Series BJun 2015$25M
Series AMay 2014$9M
$110.4M
Co-investors: Jon Sakoda (Decibel Partners), David Sacks (Craft Ventures), Drew Houston, Jeremy Stoppelman, Marc Benioff
Nextdoor
Series FMay 2019$123M
Series DOct 2012$21.7M
Series CFeb 2012$18.7M
Series BSep 2009$7.2M
Series AJan 2008$5.1M
$602.9M
Co-investors: David Sze (Greylock), Satish Dharmaraj (Redpoint Ventures), Jason Pressman (Shasta Ventures), Paul Madera (Meritech Capital Partners), Mary Meeker (Bond), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Lee Fixel (Addition), Deven Parekh (Insight Venture Partners), Josh Elman, Megan Quinn, Richard Barton, Stephen Romanoff
Confluent
Series DJan 2019$125M
$715.9M
Co-investors: Matthew Miller (Sequoia Capital), Eric Vishria (Benchmark), Mike Volpi (Index Ventures), 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