Woodside, US · Partner
Bill Gurley
The firm
BenchmarkVC firm · US36cheques in 12 months587all time18ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 1
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $21M
- Active
- 2005
VuduSeries A$21MUSJoined · +4 investors · historical
Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.
Companies they are listed as backing
Portfolio
Airtable
Amplitude- Avamar Technologies
Benchling
Blue Hexagon- Brighter.com
Bugsnag
Buoyant
CTERA Networks
Cerebras Systems
Chainalysis
Citymapper
Clicker
CloudPassage
Cockroach Labs
Commerce Layer- Confluent
- Contentful
DeepL
Digits
Discord
Docker- Domo
Duffel- Euclid
Farmigo
Good Eggs
Greenhouse Software
HackerOne
Hipcamp
Hound Labs
Imagine Impact
Instawork
Laurel & Wolf
Linden Lab
Manticore Games
36 of 74 companies.
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Company raisingSailthru, Inc.Directoron 2 filings · since 2013
- SEC Form D · Company raisingScale Computing, Inc.Directorsince 2010
Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.
Their book
Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Thrive in a Career You Actually Love
Bill Gurley · 2026
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