Investing Profile

Bill Trenchard(1)

VC

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Microsoft Corporation Network

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First Round Capital Network

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Investing Profile

Bill Trenchard(1)

VC

Current Position

First Round Capital Partner

Investment Range

$500K - $1.5M

Sweet Spot

$800K

Investments On Record

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Bill Trenchard's Investments On Record (28)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Edify	Seed RoundOct 2019$10M	$10M
Naborly	Seed RoundOct 2019$7.5M	$7.5M
Co-investors: Patricia Nakache (Trinity Ventures), Topher Conway (SV Angel), Joe Montana (L2 VC), Erik Torenberg (Village Global), Michael Ma (L2 VC), Boris Silver (FundersClub), Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Ross Fubini (Canaan Partners), Tim Brady (Y Combinator), Immad Akhund, Ryan Petersen
DeepFraud AI	Seed RoundJul 2019
Co-investors: Charles Moldow (Foundation Capital), Beth Ferreira (WME)
Crossbeam	Seed RoundDec 2018$3.4M	$15.9M
Co-investors: Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Matt Turck (FirstMark Capital)
Labelbox	Seed RoundJul 2018$3.9M	$13.9M
Co-investors: Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers), Bucky Moore (Costanoa VC), Anna Patterson (Gradient Ventures), Sumon Sadhu
Verkada	Seed RoundSep 2017$3.9M	$3.9M
Co-investors: Micah Rosenbloom (Founder Collective)
Grove	Seed RoundJun 2017$2.1M	$12.1M
Co-investors: Matt Mazzeo (Lowercase Capital), Kevin Durant (Durant Company), Tim Ferriss
PacketZoom	Venture RoundOct 2016$4.3M	$9.3M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures)
Flexport	Series BSep 2016$65M Series AAug 2015$22.1M Series AApr 2014$6.9M	$1.094B
Co-investors: Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Wesley Chan (Felicis Ventures), Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Jonathan Ehrlich (Foundation Capital), Scott Belsky (Benchmark), Alexis Ohanian (Initialized Capital), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Nurzhas Makishev (NKM Capital), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Paul Sethi (2048 Ventures), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Roy Bahat (Bloomberg BETA), Jeff Epstein (Bessemer Venture Partners), Dovey Wan (Danhua Capital), Sheel Mohnot (500 Startups), Joshua Reeves, Matt Humphrey, Fabrice Grinda, Ram Shriram, Federico Pomi, Scott Banister, Lee Linden, Nurzhas Makishev, Ashton Kutcher
BRIGHT	Seed RoundAug 2015$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Wesley Chan (Felicis Ventures), Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Max Levchin

most interested in

I’m interested in vertical specific applications of AI, particularly in business processes and using machine vision. Given my experience with LiveOps I am also interested in platforms for efficient hiring, management of distributed labor, many of which integrate with AI applications. I'm also excited about logistics 2.0 and unique data plays in real estate.

Bill Trenchard's Experience

Partner First Round Capital2012 - Present

Co-Founder & Board Member LiveOps2008 - Present

Founding Partner Founder Collective2009 - 2012

CEO/Chairman LiveOps2003 - 2008

Co-Founder and CEO CallCast, inc.2001 - 2003

Managing Director Idealab1999 - 2000

MSN Group Microsoft Corporation1999 - 1999

Founder and CEO Jump Networks1998 - 1999

Founder and President Gateways Group LLC1994 - 1998

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