Investing Profile

Bill Gurley(1)

VCInvestor

General Partner at Benchmark

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Connected to Pete Flint (NFX).

Networks Bill is a member of

NewCo Network

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Top-Patents Network

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Current Investing Position

Benchmark General Partner

Investment Range

$1M - $15.0M

Sweet Spot

$8.0M

Investments On Record

63

Current Fund Size

$425M

Bill Gurley is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Bill Gurley's Investments On Record (25)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Mercor	Series COct 2025$350M Series BFeb 2025$100M Series ASep 2024$30M	$480M
Co-investors: Sundeep Peechu (Felicis Ventures), Marc Bhargava (General Catalyst), Scott Sandell (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Joff Redfern (100X.VC), Adam D'Angelo
Instawork	Series DMay 2023$60M Series CJul 2021$60M Series BMay 2019$18M Series AFeb 2019$8M	$170M
Co-investors: David Thacker (Greylock), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Curtis Spencer (Electric Capital), Bhaskar Ghosh (8VC), Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Thomas Loverro (IVP), Mike Vernal (Sequoia Capital), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Qiang "Larry" Li (AMINO Capital), Gautam Gupta (TCV), Arra Malekzadeh (WorkOS), Lainy Painter (Craft Ventures), Elena (Lainy) Painter (Craft Ventures), Jeff Fluhr (Craft Ventures), Sujay Jaswa (WndrCo LLC), Julie Herendeen (Broadway Angels), Huican Zhu (AMINO Capital), Joshua Schachter, Othman Laraki, Steve Chen, Amr Awadallah, Rob Solomon, Sue Xu
Nextdoor	Post Ipo EquityJan 2023$19M Private EquityMay 2019$170M Series DMar 2015$110M Series COct 2013$60M Series BFeb 2013$22M Series AJul 2012$19M	$670M
Co-investors: David Krane (Google Ventures), Megan Quinn (Spark Capital), Paul Madera (Meritech Capital Partners), Deven Parekh (Insight Partners), Satish Dharmaraj (Redpoint Ventures), Jules Maltz (IVP), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), (Dynamo - Share Luxury Experiences), Jason Pressman (AZ-VC), Josh Elman (Greylock Partners), David Sze (Greylock Partners), Lee Fixel (Addition), Ozi Amanat (K2 Global), Mary Meeker (Bond)
Impact	Series BNov 2022$15M Series ASep 2020	$15M
Co-investors: Jason Pressman (AZ-VC)
Mothership	Series UnknownMay 2022$76M	$76M
Co-investors: Rafi Syed (Bowery Capital)
Solv	Series CSep 2021$45M Series BNov 2020$27M Series BMay 2018$17M Series AApr 2017$6M	$95M
Co-investors: Paul Levine (Sapphire Ventures), Theresia Gouw (aCrew Capital), James Slavet (Greylock Partners)
Good Eggs	Series DFeb 2021$100M Series CMay 2018$50M	$220M
Co-investors: Danny Rimer (Index Ventures), Mitchell Kapor (Kapor Capital), Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Vishal Vasishth (Obvious Ventures), Sundeep Ahuja (Climate Capital), Daniel Rumennik (AirAngels), Max Ventilla (Altitude Learning), Michael Dearing (Harrison Metal), Collin West (Ensemble VC), Chuck Templeton (S2G Investments), Karl Kerksiek (Endeavor8), Daniel Scrivner (Ligature), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures)
HackerOne	Series DSep 2019$36M Series CFeb 2017$40M Series BJun 2015$25M Series AMay 2014$9M	$110M
Co-investors: Brandon Beck (Kickstart Fund), Jeremy Stoppelman (Yelp.com), David Sacks (Craft Ventures), Jon Sakoda (Decibel Partners), Drew Houston, Marc Benioff

Bill Gurley's Experience

General Partner Benchmark1999 - Present

Sell-side Analyst, DMG Technology Group Deutsche BankPresent

Sell-side Analyst Credit SuissePresent

Electrical Engineer, Compaq Computers Hewlett-PackardPresent

Founder and President BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present

Author: Runnin' Down a Dream BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present

Member of the Board of Trustees BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present

Member, Board of Directors BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present

Member, Board of Directors VesselPresent

Member, Board of Directors VuduPresent

Member, Board of Directors Zillow GroupPresent

Member Board Of Directors Marco PoloPresent

Member, Board of Directors Nextdoor, Inc.Present

Member of the Board of Trustees Santa Fe InstitutePresent

Member, Board of Directors OpenTablePresent

Member, Board of Directors Stitch HealthPresent

Member, Board of Directors Brighter.comPresent

Member, Board of Directors SailthruPresent

Member, Board of Directors Scale ComputingPresent

Member, Board Of Directors Solv.Present

Member, Board of Directors DemandforcePresent

Member, Board of Directors DogVacayPresent

Member, Board of Directors GrubHubPresent

Member, Board of Directors InstaworkPresent

Member, Board of Directors Stitch FixPresent

Member, Board of Directors UberPresent

Member, Board of Directors Nordstromrack.com | HauteLook, a Nordstrom CompanyPresent

Member, Board of Directors XO Group Inc.Present

Member, Board of Directors Shopping.com/eBayPresent

Member, Board of Directors EA MobilePresent

Member, Board of Directors EmployeasePresent

Author: Runnin' Down a Dream NewCoPresent

Member of the Board of Trustees NewCoPresent

Member, Board of Directors ZillowPresent

Member, Board of Directors NewCoPresent

Electrical Engineer, Compaq Computers Hewlett Packard EnterprisePresent

Freelance Writer FortunePresent

Member, Board of Directors eBay AdvertisingPresent

Member, Board of Directors Linden LabPresent

Member, Board of Directors ImpactPresent

Member, Board of Directors; Chair, Risk/Audit Committee Good EggsPresent

Member, Board of Directors Good EggsPresent

Member, Board of Directors HackerOnePresent

Member, Board of Directors Nextdoor.comPresent

Member, Board of Directors Uber TechnologiesPresent

Member, Board of Directors Zillow.comPresent

Member, Board of Directors Avamar TechnologiesPresent

Member, Board of Directors Clicker Media IncPresent

Sell-side Analyst Credit Suisse First BostonPresent

Author: Runnin' Down a Dream Top-PatentsPresent

Member of the Board of Trustees Top-PatentsPresent

Member, Board of Directors MarigoldPresent

Member, Board of Directors DogVacay (Acquired by Rover, March 2017)Present

Member, Board of Directors Top-PatentsPresent

Member, Board of Directors Scale Computing (Acquired by Acumera, Inc)Present

Member, Board of Directors Clicker IncPresent

Member, Board of Directors Fandango at HomePresent

Member, Board of Directors NordstromPresent

Member, Board of Directors Employease, Inc.Present

Member, Board of Directors The Knot WorldwidePresent

Author: Runnin' Down a Dream Self-EmployedPresent

Member, Board of Directors Impact CrewPresent

Member, Board Of Directors SolvPresent

Member of the Board of Trustees Self-EmployedPresent

Member, Board of Directors NextdoorPresent

Freelance Writer Fortune Magazine1996 - 2001

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

Texas McCombs School of Business MBA Finance

University of Texas master of business administration, masters finance

University of Florida bachelor of science in engineering, bachelors computer engineering

Investors who invest with Bill Gurley

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Scouts & Angels Affiliated With Bill Gurley

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