Investing Profile

Bill Trenchard(1)

VCAngelFounderFormer CEO

I lead seed investments and look for founders who have gone unreasonably deep to understand a big problem

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First Round Capital Network
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Microsoft Corporation Network
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Current Investing Position
First Round Capital Partner
Investment Range
$750K - $4.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.4M
Investments On Record
60
Current Fund Size
$175M

Bill Trenchard is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Bill Trenchard's Investments On Record (33)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Verkada
Series DSep 2022$210M
Series BApr 2019$40M
Series AApr 2018$15M
Seed RoundSep 2017$3.9M
$340M
Co-investors: Micah Rosenbloom (Founder Collective), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Mike Vernal (Sequoia Capital), Alex Kurland (Meritech Capital Partners), Konstantine Buhler (Sequoia Capital), Morgan Livermore (Quiet Capital), Lak Ananth (Next47)
Ownwell
Seed RoundMay 2022$5.8M
$5.8M
EvolutionIQ
Series AApr 2022$21M
Seed RoundJul 2019$3.1M
$24M
Co-investors: Beth Ferreira (FirstMark Capital), Charles Moldow (Foundation Capital)
Cascade
Seed RoundNov 2021$5.3M
$5.3M
Co-investors: Jeff Silverstein (Andreessen Horowitz), Andrew Vigneault (Flexcap)
Crossbeam
Series COct 2021$76M
Series AAug 2019$13M
Seed RoundDec 2018$3.4M
$120M
Co-investors: Matt Garratt (CRV), Matthias Turck (FirstMark Capital), Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Logan Bartlett (Redpoint Ventures), Sarah Wang (Andreessen Horowitz), Jennifer Li (Andreessen Horowitz), Austin Arensberg (Okta Ventures), Moshe Lifschitz, Ron Pragides
Cocoon
Series ASep 2021$20M
Seed RoundDec 2020$5.5M
$26M
Co-investors: Mark Goldberg (Index Ventures)
Ascend
Seed RoundSep 2021$5.5M
¥140M
$36M
Co-investors: Ben Rubin (Sequoia Capital), Hiro Maeda (BEENEXT), Chauncey Hamilton (XYZ Venture Capital), Zach Perret (Mischief Venture Capital), Sam Hodges (Vouch Insurance), Brandon Leonardo, Max Mullen
Airbase
Series BAug 2021$60M
Series BJun 2021$60M
Series AApr 2019$7M
$150M
Co-investors: Ajay Agarwal (Bain Capital Ventures), Matt Murphy (Menlo Ventures), Margaret Lim (American Express Ventures), Sriram Krishnan (Kearny Jackson), Maynard Webb (Webb Investment Network), Manik Gupta, Frederic Kerrest, Charlie Feng

most interested in

I’m interested in all things SaaS, FinTech, specific applications of AI, Hardware, Climate Moonshots. 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

Co-Founder and CEO CallCast, inc.Present
Managing Director IdealabPresent
MSN Group Microsoft CorporationPresent
Founder and CEO Jump NetworksPresent
Founder and President Gateways Group LLCPresent
Partner First Round CapitalPresent
Co-Founder & Board Member LiveOpsPresent
Founding Partner Founder CollectivePresent
CEO/Chairman LiveOpsPresent