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
Credit Suisse Network
55 CONNECTIONS
Deutsche Bank Network
51 CONNECTIONS
University of Florida Network
26 CONNECTIONS
Hewlett-Packard Network
22 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Benchmark General Partner
Investment Range
$1M - $15.0M
Sweet Spot
$8.0M
Investments On Record
61
Current Fund Size
$38.1M

Bill Gurley is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Bill Gurley's Investments On Record (24)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Instawork
Series DMay 2023$60M
Series CJul 2021$60M
Series BMay 2019$18M
Series AFeb 2019$8M
$170M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Curtis Spencer (Electric Capital), Bhaskar Ghosh (8VC), David Thacker (Greylock), Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Thomas Loverro (IVP), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Mike Vernal (Sequoia Capital), Julie Herendeen (Broadway Angels), Gautam Gupta (TCV), Jeff Fluhr (Craft Ventures), Sue Xu, George Hu, Steve Chen, Amr Awadallah, Akash Garg, Vishal Makhijani, Joshua Schachter, Othman Laraki, Rob Solomon
Nextdoor
Post Ipo EquityJan 2023$19M
Series HMay 2019$170M
Series FAug 2014$110M
Series DOct 2012$22M
Series CFeb 2012$19M
Series BSep 2009$7M
Series AJan 2008$5M
$480M
Co-investors: Jason Pressman (Shasta Ventures), David Sze (Greylock), Paul Madera (Meritech Capital Partners), Deven Parekh (Insight Partners), Satish Dharmaraj (Redpoint Ventures), Stephen Romanoff (Sweater Ventures), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Lee Fixel (Addition), Ozi Amanat (K2 Global), Mary Meeker (Bond), Megan Quinn, Josh Elman
Impact
Series BNov 2022$15M
Series ASep 2020
$15M
Co-investors: Jason Pressman (Shasta Ventures)
Mothership
Series UnknownMay 2022$76M
$76M
Co-investors: Rafi Syed (Bow Capital)
Solv
Series CSep 2021$45M
Series BNov 2020$27M
Series BMay 2018$17M
Series AApr 2017$6M
$95M
Co-investors: James Slavet (Greylock), Paul Levine (Sapphire Ventures), Theresia Gouw (aCrew Capital)
Good Eggs
Series DFeb 2021$100M
Series CMay 2018$50M
$220M
Co-investors: Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Danny Rimer (Index Ventures), Vishal Vasishth (Obvious Ventures), Mitchell Kapor (Kapor Capital), Sundeep Ahuja (Climate Capital), Daniel Rumennik (AirAngels), Collin West (Ensemble VC), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Michael Dearing (Harrison Metal), Ethan Batraski (Venrock), Karl Kerksiek (Endeavor8), 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), Marc Benioff, Drew Houston, Jeremy Stoppelman
Confluent
Series DJan 2019$130M
$720M
Co-investors: Eric Vishria (Benchmark), Matthew Miller (Sequoia Capital), Mike Volpi (Index Ventures), Morgan Livermore (Quiet Capital), Kevin Wang (Altimeter Capital)

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