Forbes Midas List 2012
73 investors from the 2012 Midas List tracked here, in rank order, with the firms they invest from.
- 1Midas ×15Jim BreyerBreyer CapitalAccel-KKR
Founder & CEO of Breyer Capital
- 2Midas ×12Marc AndreessenAndreessen HorowitzCoinbase Ventures
Co-founder & General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
- 3Midas ×12Reid HoffmanWestbound Equity PartnersBlue Tulip Ventures
Co-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock
- 4Midas ×7David SzeNorthern Light Venture CapitalGreylock Partners
Advisory Partner at Greylock
- 5Midas ×18Peter FentonBenchmark
General Partner at Benchmark
- 6Midas ×11Josh KopelmanFirst Round Capital
Founder and Partner at First Round Capital
- 7Midas ×7Paul MaderaMeritech Capital PartnersFilevine
Co-Founder and Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
- 8Midas ×16Peter ThielMithril Capital ManagementFounders Fund
Co-founder & Partner at Founders Fund
- 9Midas ×6Kevin EfrusyAccel
Partner at Accel
- 10Midas ×10Jeremy LevineBessemer Venture PartnersShopify
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
- 11Midas ×9Todd ChaffeeIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
- 12Midas ×20John DoerrKleiner PerkinsNewSchools Venture Fund
Chairman of Kleiner Perkins
- 13Midas ×21Michael MoritzSequoia Heritage
Former Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia Heritage
- 14Midas ×18Scott SandellNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Executive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at NEA
- 15Midas ×9Sandy MillerIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
- 16Midas ×9Harry WellerNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)
General Partner at New Enterprise Associates
- 17Midas ×16Doug LeoneSequoia Capital
Partner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing Partner
- 18Midas ×4Jeff BrodyRedpoint VenturesRedpoint eventures
Co-Founder at Redpoint Ventures
- 19Midas ×14Fred WilsonUnion Square Ventures (USV)FREEFLOW
Co-founder & Partner at Union Square Ventures
- 20Midas ×15Ben HorowitzAndreessen HorowitzA.Capital Ventures
Co-founder & General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
- 21Midas ×12Jay HoagTCV
Founding General Partner, Executive Committee at TCV
- 22Midas ×7Peter BarrisNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Chairman Emeritus of New Enterprise Associates at NewView Capital
- 23Midas ×15Neil ShenHongShan Capital Group
Founding & Managing Partner of HongShan
- 24Midas ×9Aneel BhusriGreylock Partners
Partner at Greylock Partners
- 25Midas ×4Bing GordonKleiner Perkins
Advisor and Chief Product Officer at Kleiner Perkins
- 26Midas ×2Andrew Yan
Founding Managing Partner at SAIF Partners
- 27Midas ×8Yuri MilnerDST Global
Founder of DST Global
- 28Midas ×10Jim GoetzSequoia CapitalIntel Corporation
Partner at Sequoia Capital
- 29Midas ×7George ZacharyCRV (Charles River Ventures)
Investor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)
- 30Midas ×8Mike Maples JrFloodgate
Co-founding Partner at Floodgate
- 31Midas ×14Sameer GandhiAccel
Partner at Accel
- 32Midas ×19Vinod KhoslaKhosla VenturesSurge
Founder of Khosla Ventures
- 33Midas ×3Suyang ZhangVolcanics Venture
Managing Partner at Volcanics Venture
- 34Midas ×11Neeraj AgrawalBattery VenturesTealium
General Partner at Battery Ventures
- 35Midas ×6Benjamin NyeVenture Guides Management, L.P.Bain Capital Life Sciences
Managing Partner at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
- 36Midas ×12Bryan RobertsVenrock
Partner at Venrock
- 37Midas ×19Danny RimerIndex Ventures
Partner at Index Ventures
- 38Midas ×5Roger LeeBattery Ventures
General Partner at Battery Ventures
- 39Midas ×15Mary MeekerBond Capital Management
Founder & General Partner at BOND
- 40Midas ×9John WaleckaRedpoint Ventures
Co-Founder at Redpoint Ventures
- 41Midas ×8Bruce DunlevieBenchmark
Benchmark co-founder, long-duration board investor and CarbonDrop chief executive
- 42Midas ×6Rob WardDataRobotMeritech Capital Partners
Co-Founder and Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
- 43Midas ×18Navin ChaddhaMayfield FundNeythri Futures Fund
Managing Partner at Mayfield
- 44Midas ×7Bob GoodmanBessemer Venture Partners
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
- 45Midas ×2Ray RothrockLuminari CapitalShield Capital
Venture Partner at Shield Capital
- 46Midas ×2David Yuan
General Partner at TCV
- 47Midas ×9Steve AndersonBaseline Ventures
Investor at Baseline Ventures
- 49Midas ×10David WeidenKhosla Ventures
Investor at Khosla Ventures
- 50Midas ×7Bijan SabetSpark Capital
Personal journal
- 51Midas ×10Kevin HarveyBenchmark
Benchmark co-founder, two-time software founder, open-source investor and Rhys winemaker
- 53Midas ×17Roelof BothaBlock IncSequoia Capital
Advisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board member
- 54Midas ×9William E. FordGeneral Atlantic
Chief Executive Officer at General Atlantic
- 55Midas ×7Steve JurvetsonFuture Ventures
Co-founder of Future Ventures
- 56Midas ×4Brian AscherVenrock
Partner at Venrock
- 57Midas ×8Matt CohlerBenchmarkKohlberg Kravis Roberts
LinkedIn and Facebook operator turned Benchmark network-effects investor
- 58Midas ×7Glenn SolomonNotable Capital
Investor at GGV Capital
- 59Midas ×4Bruce GoldenAccelOrbiMed
Partner at Accel
- 60Midas ×9Ted SchleinKleiner Perkins
Partner and Advisor at KPCB
- 61Midas ×2Rory O'DriscollScale Venture Partners
Partner at Scale Venture Partners
- 62Midas ×2James SlavetGreylock Partners
Partner at Greylock Partners
- 63Midas ×11Chris Schaepe
Angel
- 64Midas ×3Steve HarrickIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
- 65Midas ×10Byron DeeterBessemer Venture Partners
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
- 66Midas ×11Rich WongAccel
Partner at Accel
- 67Midas ×4Michael Krupka
Managing Director at Bain Capital Ventures
- 68Midas ×7Jonathan SilversteinOrbiMed
Partner at OrbiMed
- 69Midas ×14David CowanBessemer Venture Partners
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
- 70Midas ×9Theresia GouwAcrew CapitalAspect Ventures
Founding Partner at Acrew Capital
- 71Midas ×14Jenny LeeNotable CapitalGranite Asia
Senior Managing Partner at Granite Asia
- 72Midas ×2Ajay AgarwalBain Capital VenturesBain Capital Venture
Partner at Bain Capital Ventures
- 73Midas ×10Asheem ChandnaGreylock PartnersIn-Q-Tel
Partner at Greylock focused on enterprise, cybersecurity, and infrastructure software
- 74Midas ×11Richard Liu
Founding Partner at 5Y Capital
- —Midas ×11Ron ConwaySV AngelLiquid Ventures
Founder of SV Angel
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Rankings from the published Forbes Midas List; profiles, firms, and affiliations from Fundraising Fox's own database.


















































