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

firstround.com/person/bill-tr...San Francisco, California
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Networks Bill is a member of
Microsoft Corporation Network
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First Round Capital Network
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Current Investing Position
First Round Capital Partner
Investment Range
$500K - $8.0M
Sweet Spot
$3.0M
Investments On Record
38

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Bill Trenchard's Investments On Record (27)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Ossium Health
Series BMar 2021$63M
$63M
XCLAIM
Seed RoundJan 2020$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Josh Felser
Edify
Seed RoundOct 2019$10M
$11.7M
Co-investors: Luke Nosek (Gigafund)
Naborly
Seed RoundOct 2019$7.5M
$7.5M
Co-investors: Patricia Nakache (Trinity Ventures), Topher Conway (SV Angel), Eric Migicovsky (Y Combinator), Keith Hamlin (Third Prime), Tim Brady (Y Combinator), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Boris Silver (FundersClub), Michael Ma (L2 VC), Erik Torenberg (Village Global), Joe Montana (L2 VC), Immad Akhund, Ryan Petersen
Crossbeam
Series AAug 2019$12.5M
Seed RoundDec 2018$3.4M
$40.9M
Co-investors: Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Matt Turck (FirstMark Capital), Logan Bartlett (Battery Ventures), Austin Arensberg (Okta Ventures), Moshe Lifschitz
EvolutionIQ
Seed RoundJul 2019$3.1M
$3.1M
Verkada
Series BApr 2019$40M
Seed RoundSep 2017$3.9M
$123.9M
Co-investors: Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Micah Rosenbloom (Founder Collective), Mike Vernal
Airbase
Series AApr 2019$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Maynard Webb (Webb Investment Network)

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