Forbes Midas List 2015
94 investors from the 2015 Midas List tracked here, in rank order, with the firms they invest from.
- 1Midas ×10Jim GoetzSequoia CapitalIntel Corporation
Partner at Sequoia Capital
- 2Midas ×18Peter FentonBenchmark
General Partner at Benchmark
- 4Midas ×11Josh KopelmanFirst Round Capital
Founder and Partner at First Round Capital
- 5Midas ×9Steve AndersonBaseline Ventures
Investor at Baseline Ventures
- 6Midas ×16Doug LeoneSequoia Capital
Partner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing Partner
- 7Midas ×7Paul MaderaMeritech Capital PartnersFilevine
Co-Founder and Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
- 8Midas ×15Neil ShenHongShan Capital Group
Founding & Managing Partner of HongShan
- 9Midas ×15Bill GurleyHackerOne
General Partner Emeritus at Benchmark
- 10Midas ×14Jenny LeeNotable CapitalGranite Asia
Senior Managing Partner at Granite Asia
- 11Midas ×18Scott SandellNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Executive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at NEA
- 12Midas ×16Peter ThielMithril Capital ManagementFounders Fund
Co-founder & Partner at Founders Fund
- 13Midas ×15Jim BreyerBreyer CapitalAccel-KKR
Founder & CEO of Breyer Capital
- 14Midas ×8Mike Maples JrFloodgate
Co-founding Partner at Floodgate
- 15Midas ×15Mary MeekerBond Capital Management
Founder & General Partner at BOND
- 16Midas ×21Michael MoritzSequoia Heritage
Former Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia Heritage
- 17Midas ×9Aneel BhusriGreylock Partners
Partner at Greylock Partners
- 18Midas ×14Fred WilsonUnion Square Ventures (USV)FREEFLOW
Co-founder & Partner at Union Square Ventures
- 19Midas ×12Marc AndreessenAndreessen HorowitzCoinbase Ventures
Co-founder & General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
- 20Midas ×8Yuri MilnerDST Global
Founder of DST Global
- 21Midas ×17Roelof BothaBlock IncSequoia Capital
Advisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board member
- 22Midas ×9Steven JiHongShan Capital Group
Partner at HongShan
- 23Midas ×5Rebecca LynnCanvas VenturesMorgenthaler
Managing Director at Canvas Ventures
- 24Midas ×12Salil DeshpandeUncorrelated Ventures
General Partner at Uncorrelated Ventures
- 25Midas ×15Ben HorowitzAndreessen HorowitzA.Capital Ventures
Co-founder & General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
- 26Midas ×4Promod HaqueNorwest Venture Partners
Managing Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
- 27Midas ×7David SzeNorthern Light Venture CapitalGreylock Partners
Advisory Partner at Greylock
- 28Midas ×10Jeremy LevineBessemer Venture PartnersShopify
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
- 29Midas ×14Alfred LinSequoia CapitalSurge
Partner at Sequoia Capital
- 30Midas ×20John DoerrKleiner PerkinsNewSchools Venture Fund
Chairman of Kleiner Perkins
- 31Midas ×9Todd ChaffeeIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
- 32Midas ×11Hurst Lin
General Partner at DCM Ventures
- 33Midas ×19Danny RimerIndex Ventures
Partner at Index Ventures
- 34Midas ×12Reid HoffmanWestbound Equity PartnersBlue Tulip Ventures
Co-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock
- 35Midas ×8Jixun FooGranite AsiaNotable Capital
Managing Partner at Granite Asia
- 36Midas ×10Asheem ChandnaGreylock PartnersIn-Q-Tel
Partner at Greylock focused on enterprise, cybersecurity, and infrastructure software
- 37Midas ×14Sameer GandhiAccel
Partner at Accel
- 38Midas ×5Gaurav GargWing
Partner at Wing
- 39Midas ×13Aydin SenkutFelicis Ventures
Founder & Managing Partner at Felicis
- 40Midas ×11Ron ConwaySV AngelLiquid Ventures
Founder of SV Angel
- 41Midas ×9Harry WellerNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)
General Partner at New Enterprise Associates
- 42Midas ×18Navin ChaddhaMayfield FundNeythri Futures Fund
Managing Partner at Mayfield
- 43Midas ×14Hans TungNotable CapitalGold House Ventures
Managing Partner at Notable Capital
- 44Midas ×11Brian Singerman
Co-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders Fund
- 45Midas ×8Rob HayesScreendoorFirst Round Capital
First Round Board Partner; former Palm product leader and Omidyar technology investor; early backer of Uber, Square and Mint
- 46Midas ×14Lee FixelAddition
Founder of Addition
- 47Midas ×11Xiaojun LiIDG Capital
Partner at IDG Capital
- 48Midas ×9Scott Louis ShleiferTiger Global Management
Investor at Tiger Global Management
- 51Midas ×10Ryan SweeneyAccel
Partner at Accel
- 52Midas ×2Michael GoguenTwo Bear Capital
Founder and Managing Partner at Two Bear Capital
- 53Midas ×7Jonathan SilversteinOrbiMed
Partner at OrbiMed
- 54Midas ×12Bryan RobertsVenrock
Partner at Venrock
- 55Midas ×9Joel CutlerGeneral Catalyst
Founder, mentor and venture capital investor who backs consumer, travel, and fintech entrepreneurs
- 57Midas ×5Deven ParekhInsight Partners
Managing Director at Insight Partners
- 58Midas ×11Neeraj AgrawalBattery VenturesTealium
General Partner at Battery Ventures
- 59Midas ×7Bijan SabetSpark Capital
Personal journal
- 60Midas ×8Randy GleinDFJDraper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)
Founder and Managing Partner at DFJ
- 61Midas ×8Kui ZhouHongShan Capital Group
Partner at HongShan
- 62Midas ×6Kevin EfrusyAccel
Partner at Accel
- 63Midas ×8Matt CohlerBenchmarkKohlberg Kravis Roberts
LinkedIn and Facebook operator turned Benchmark network-effects investor
- 64Midas ×3Ken Howery
Co-founder of PayPal and Founders Fund
- 65Midas ×9Klaus HommelsLakestar
Founder and Chairman at Lakestar
- 66Midas ×11Rich WongAccel
Partner at Accel
- 67Midas ×7Ping LiAccel
Partner at Accel
- 68Midas ×10David WeidenKhosla Ventures
Investor at Khosla Ventures
- 69Midas ×10Anton LevyLayer GlobalGeneral Atlantic
Managing Director at General Atlantic
- 70Midas ×5Mitch LaskyBenchmark
Gaming operator and Benchmark investor behind Riot Games, Snap and Discord
- 71Midas ×9Sandy MillerIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
- 72Midas ×7George ZacharyCRV (Charles River Ventures)
Investor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)
- 73Midas ×14David CowanBessemer Venture Partners
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
- 74Midas ×11Richard Liu
Founding Partner at 5Y Capital
- 75Midas ×6George BischofMeritech Capital Partners
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
- 76Midas ×6Rob WardDataRobotMeritech Capital Partners
Co-Founder and Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
- 77Midas ×3Josh SteinThreshold Ventures
Managing Partner at Threshold Ventures
- 78Midas ×4Dennis PhelpsIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
- 79Midas ×4Bruce GoldenAccelOrbiMed
Partner at Accel
- 80Midas ×5Jim TananbaumForesite Capital
Founder & CEO at Foresite Capital
- 81Midas ×4Shervin Pishevar
Investor at Craft Ventures
- 82Midas ×11Jeff JordanAndreessen Horowitz
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
- 83Midas ×9Bryan SchreierSequoia Capital
Partner at Sequoia Capital
- 85Midas ×3Izhar ArmonyCRV (Charles River Ventures)
Investor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)
- 86Midas ×3Venky GanesanMenlo Ventures
Partner at Menlo Ventures
- 87Midas ×3Suyang ZhangVolcanics Venture
Managing Partner at Volcanics Venture
- 88Midas ×10Andrew BracciaAccel
Partner at Accel
- 89Midas ×7Carl GordonOrbiMed
Managing Partner at OrbiMed
- 90Midas ×7Satish DharmarajRedpoint Ventures
Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures
- 91Midas ×5Beth SeidenbergWestlake Village BioPartnersKleiner Perkins
Founding Managing Director at Westlake Village BioPartners
- 92Midas ×3Shawn CarolanMenlo VenturesStanford University
Partner at Menlo Ventures
- 93Midas ×11Peter WagnerWing
Partner at Wing
- 94Midas ×11Mamoon HamidKleiner Perkins
Partner at Kleiner Perkins
- 96Midas ×6Benjamin NyeVenture Guides Management, L.P.Bain Capital Life Sciences
Managing Partner at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
- 97Midas ×2Gordon RitterEmergence Capital PartnersFederato
Founder and General Partner at Emergence Capital Partners
- 98Midas ×6Jeff CroweNorwest Venture PartnersHoneyBook
Senior Managing Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
- 99Midas ×9Ted SchleinKleiner Perkins
Partner and Advisor at KPCB
- 100Midas ×3Michael DearingHarrison Metal
Founder at Harrison Metal
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Rankings from the published Forbes Midas List; profiles, firms, and affiliations from Fundraising Fox's own database.



































































