Investing Profile

Ev Williams

VCCEOFounderInvestor
CEO at Medium | Investor at Obvious Ventures
ev.medium.comSan Francisco Bay Area
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Current Investing Position
Obvious Ventures Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $4.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
16
Current Fund Size
$272M

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Ev Williams's Investments On Record (16)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Sanity
Series AOct 2020$9.3M
$12M
Co-investors: Jesse Robbins (Heavybit), Josh Stein (Threshold Ventures), Joseph Ruscio (Heavybit), Ben Metcalfe (Monochrome Capital), Evan Williams, Adam Gross
Coda
Series CJul 2020$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Roseanne Wincek (Renegade Partners)
Highly
SeedJul 2017
Din
Funding RoundN/A
Typekit
Funding RoundN/A
Blue Bottle Coffee
Funding RoundN/A
$72M
Co-investors: Paul Hewson (Bono)
AirHelp
Funding RoundN/A
$18M
Co-investors: Nordic Eye (Nordic Eye), Marco Valta (Ambridge Capital)
Blippy
Funding RoundN/A

Ev Williams's Experience

Co-Founder & CEO Twitter2007 - 2010
CEO Odeo2005 - 2006
Program Manager, Blogger Google2003 - 2004
Co-Founder, CEO Pyra Labs1999 - 2003
Marketing Coordinator O'Reilly Media1997 - 1997
Co-Founder Obvious Ventures2014 - Present
Board Member Twitter2007 - Present
Founder Obvious2006 - Present
CEO MediumPresent

Ev Williams's Education

University of Nebraska-Lincoln