Investing Profile

Thomas Layton

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Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network

510 CONNECTIONS

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Network

91 CONNECTIONS

The Boston Consulting Group Network

52 CONNECTIONS

Stanford Graduate School of Business Network

32 CONNECTIONS

Upwork Network

19 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Social Capital Partner

Investment Range

$2.0M - $15.0M

Sweet Spot

$6.0M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$600M

Thomas Layton is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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), Andrew Brackin (Gradient Ventures), Mike Ghaffary (Canvas Ventures), Michael Stoppelman (Self-employed), Kevin Weil (Council on Foreign Relations), Elizabeth Weil (Scribble Ventures), 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), Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen (2xN), George Godula (Life Biosciences), Thomas Rubens (DN Capital), Guy Ward Thomas (DN Capital), Daegwon Chae (Bond), Anton Simunovic (Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)), Martin Tobias (Incisive Ventures), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Andre De Baubigny (Modern Venture Partners), Andrew Vigneault (Flexcap Ventures), Edward Lando (Biowear), Anthony Saleh (Photo Workshop), Daniel Curran (FundersClub), Ashley Flucas (Finch Capital), Julian Shapiro, Claire Diaz-Ortiz
Novi Connect	Series ASep 2021$10M	$52M
Co-investors: Griffin Schroeder (Tiger Global Management), Kevin Hartz (Founders Fund), Brian Rothenberg (Defy.vc), Mike Duboe (Greylock Partners), Zachary Kushel (Marin Sonoma Impact Ventures), Julia Hartz
NextLesson	SeedSep 2015$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Jeremy Stoppelman (Yelp.com), James Hong (NewCo), Michael Birch (The Battery), Marissa Mayer, Drew Houston, Marc Benioff, Nirav Tolia
Hearsay Systems	Series AFeb 2011$3M	$51M
Co-investors: Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Ronald Conway Sr. (NewCo), David Lawee (CapitalG), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Jon Sakoda (Decibel Partners), Nils Johnson, Steve Chen, 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

Lecturer Stanford Graduate School of Business2016 - Present

Chairman ezhome2015 - Present

Executive Chairman Upwork2011 - Present

Director OpenTable1999 - 2014

Director Ancestry.com2009 - 2012

CEO Metaweb Technologies, Inc.2007 - 2010

Founder MapLight2005 - 2010

CEO OpenTable2001 - 2007

Co-Founder, President & COO Citysearch.com1995 - 1999

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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