Investing Profile

Thomas Layton

Chairman at ezhome

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Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network

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Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Network

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Current Investing Position

ezhome

Investment Range

$2.0M - $15.0M

Sweet Spot

$6.0M

Investments On Record

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San Francisco Bay Area

Thomas Layton's Investments On Record (9)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Hostie	SeedApr 2025$4M	$16M
Co-investors: James Joaquin (Obvious Ventures), Kahini Shah (Obvious Ventures), Mike Ghaffary (Canvas Ventures), Elizabeth Weil (Andreessen Horowitz), Andrew Brackin (Gradient Ventures), Michael Stoppelman (Self-employed), Kevin Weil (Council on Foreign Relations), Stu Smith (Coughdrop Capital)
PipeDreams	Series AMar 2024$26M	$26M
Co-investors: Mike Ghaffary (Canvas Ventures), Tony Xu (DoorDash), Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures, LP)
Yassir	Series ANov 2021$30M	$210M
Co-investors: Mandeep Singh (Andreessen Horowitz), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Andrew Vigneault (Flexcap Ventures), Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen (Balderton Capital), George Godula (NutriSense), Thomas Rubens (DN Capital), Guy Ward Thomas (DN Capital), Daegwon Chae (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers), Anton Simunovic (Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)), Julian Shapiro (Julian Capital), Martin Tobias (Incisive Ventures), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Andre De Baubigny (MVP Ventures), Anthony Saleh (WndrCo LLC), Ashley Flucas (Finch Capital), Daniel Curran (FundersClub), Claire Diaz-Ortiz
Novi Connect	Series ASep 2021$10M	$52M
Co-investors: Kevin Hartz (Founders Fund), Griffin Schroeder (Tiger Global Management), Medha Agarwal (Defy.vc), Julia Hartz (UCSF Foundation Investment Company), Brian Rothenberg (Defy.vc), Mike Duboe (Greylock Partners), Zachary Kushel (Marin Sonoma Impact Ventures)
NextLesson	SeedSep 2015$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Jeremy Stoppelman (Yelp.com), James Hong (NewCo), Michael Birch (The Battery), Nirav Tolia, Marissa Mayer, Marc Benioff, Drew Houston
Hearsay Systems	Series AFeb 2011$3M	$51M
Co-investors: Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Ronald Conway Sr. (NewCo), Ron Conway (Angel Investors LP Funds), David Lawee (CapitalG), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Steve Chen (Modernist), Jon Sakoda (Decibel Partners), Nils Johnson, Mike Abbott
Coolboard.com	Series BMay 2000$10M	$10M
Co-investors: Dave Duffield (Workday), Jason Green (Emergence Capital Partners), Ariel Poler (Freedom Financial Network)
SquareTrade	Series BApr 2000$9M SeedJan 2000$300K	$9.3M

Thomas Layton's Experience

Chairman ezhome2015 - Present

Executive Chairman Upwork2011 - Present

Associate Consultant Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Present

Board Member OpenTablePresent

Board Member AncestryPresent

Chairman UpworkPresent

Lecturer Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessPresent

Lecturer Stanford UniversityPresent

Co-Founder, President & COO Citysearch / IACPresent

Co-Founder, President & COO CitySearch (IAC)Present

Co-Founder The Guild TheatrePresent

Lecturer Stanford Graduate School of Business2016 - 2019

Director OpenTable1999 - 2014

Director Ancestry.com2009 - 2012

CEO Metaweb Technologies, Inc.2007 - 2007

Founder MapLight2005 - 2005

CEO OpenTable2001 - 2001

Co-Founder, President & COO Citysearch.com1995 - 1995

Associate Consultant The Boston Consulting Group1986 - 1989

Thomas Layton's Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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