Investing Profile

Bill Gurley(1)

VCInvestor
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
28 CONNECTIONS
Hewlett-Packard Network
22 CONNECTIONS
The University of Texas at Austin - The Red McCombs School of Business Network
11 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
$425M

Bill Gurley is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Bill Gurley's Investments On Record (25)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Mercor
Series ASep 2024$30M
$34M
Co-investors: Scott Sandell (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Larry Summers, Adam D'Angelo
Instawork
Series DMay 2023$60M
Series CJul 2021$60M
Series BMay 2019$18M
Series AFeb 2019$8M
$170M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Thomas Loverro (IVP), Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Curtis Spencer (Electric Capital), Bhaskar Ghosh (8VC), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Gautam Gupta (TCV), Jessica Verrilli (Adverb Ventures), Jeff Fluhr (Craft Ventures), Sujay Jaswa (WndrCo LLC), Julie Herendeen (Broadway Angels), Huican Zhu (AMINO Capital), Qiang "Larry" Li (AMINO Capital), Sue Xu, Mike Vernal, Vishal Makhijani, Akash Garg, George Hu, Rob Solomon, Amr Awadallah, Steve Chen, Othman Laraki, Joshua Schachter
Nextdoor
Post Ipo EquityJan 2023$19M
Private EquityMay 2019$170M
Series DMar 2015$110M
Series UnknownOct 2013$60M
Series BFeb 2013$22M
Series UnknownJul 2012$19M
$400M
Co-investors: Paul Madera (Meritech Capital Partners), David Sze (Greylock), Jason Pressman (Shasta Ventures), Satish Dharmaraj (Redpoint Ventures), Deven Parekh (Insight Partners), Ozi Amanat (K2 Global), Lee Fixel (Addition), Mary Meeker (Bond), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Megan Quinn, Josh Elman
Impact
Series BNov 2022$15M
Series ASep 2020
$15M
Co-investors: Jason Pressman (Shasta Ventures), Michael Lynton
Mothership
Series UnknownMay 2022$76M
$76M
Co-investors: Laurence A. Tosi (WestCap), 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), Michael Dearing (Harrison Metal), Mike Jackson (Earthshot Ventures), Karl Kerksiek (Endeavor8), Chuck Templeton (S2G Ventures), Daniel Scrivner (Ligature), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Collin West (Ensemble VC), Max Ventilla
HackerOne
Series DSep 2019$36M
Series CFeb 2017$40M
Series BJun 2015$25M
Series AMay 2014$9M
$110M
Co-investors: Brandon Beck (Kickstart Fund), David Sacks (Craft Ventures), Jon Sakoda (Decibel Partners), Drew Houston, Marc Benioff, Nicolas Berggruen, Jeremy Stoppelman

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