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Bill Coughran

Investor

Partner at Sequoia Capital · Board director at Neeva · Board director at Cohesity · Board director at Blue Danube Systems

Menlo Park, California

Writes $1M – $10M checks · typically $5M

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About

Bill Coughran is a Partner and Founder's Coach at Sequoia Capital with more than two decades of experience in computer science and technology. His background spans research in computational science and engineering, distributed systems, IP security, and large-scale web service systems, along with general management and product development experience. He currently invests in and advises developing companies.

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Beyond investing

Founded
Coughran co-founded Entrisphere, a telecom equipment startup, and served as its CEO.
Education
Studied at Caltech (B.S., Mathematics) Studied at Stanford (M.S., Computer Science)

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Board director at Neeva

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Neeva's investors · 4

Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks · since 2021Inovia CapitalMontreal · $250K – $8M checks · since 2021Neythri Futures FundLos Gatos · since 2021Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Neeva

SRSridhar Ramaswamy
Sridhar RamaswamyCo-Founder & CEO
VR
Vivek RaghunathanCo-Founder

Board director at Cohesity

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Cohesity's investors · 27

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2018Adit Ventures Management, LlcNew York · since 2018Artis VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $25M checks · since 2018Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks · since 2018Cisco InvestmentsSan Jose · since 2018Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2018Foundation CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2018Founders Circle CapitalSan Francisco · since 2018Fourth RealmMenlo Park · since 2018GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2018In-Q-TelTysons · $100K – $2.5M checks · since 2018Innovating CapitalNew York · $10K – $3M checks · since 2018Inventus Capital PartnersSilicon Valley · $3M – $4M checks · since 2018Madrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checks · since 2018Manhattan Venture PartnersNew York · since 2018Next47Palo Alto · since 2018NVIDIASanta Clara · since 2024Premji InvestMenlo Park · since 2018Qualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checks · since 2018Sapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checks · since 2018Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2018SoftBank Vision FundLondon · since 2018Sozo VenturesRedwood City · since 2018Staged Venturessince 2018Trinity VenturesMenlo Park · $500K – $6M checks · since 2018Unanimous CapitalMenlo Park · since 2018WingPalo Alto · $200K – $20M checks · since 2018

Co-founders at Cohesity

MAMohit Aron
Mohit AronFounder Emeritus

Board director at Blue Danube Systems

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Blue Danube Systems's investors · 3

NorthgateDanville · since 2016Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2014Silver Lake PartnersMenlo Park · since 2016

Co-founders at Blue Danube Systems

MB
Mihai BanuExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. Sequoia CapitalFounder's Coach and Partnercurrent2011 — presentMenlo Park & San Francisco, CA
  2. Origin TechnologyBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  3. LiquidMetal AIBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentMountain View, California, United States
  4. StairwellBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentMountain View, California, United States
  5. LiltBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  6. San Francisco OperaBoard Membercurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  7. OsoBoard Member2019 — 2026New York, New York, United States
  8. Alkira, Inc.Board Member2018 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Quantum Circuits, Inc.Board Member2017 — 2026New Haven, Connecticut
  10. CohesityBoard Member2013 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  11. Robust IntelligenceBoard Member2020 — 2024Silicon Valley, California, United States
  12. NeevaBoard Member2019 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  13. Orbital Insight, Inc.Board Member2014 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  14. Blue Danube SystemsBoard Member2013 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area and New Jersey
  15. LightStepBoard Member2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  16. TheatreWorksTrustee2012 — 2020
  17. Docker, IncBoard Observer2014 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  18. Vector Space SystemsBoard Member2017 — 2019
  19. Barefoot NetworksBoard Member2014 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  20. Luminate WirelessBoard Member2013 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Search4Engineering4Security51Cloud Computing84Product Development4Software Engineering59Mergers5Start-ups48Software Development81Telecommunications10Architecture8Enterprise Software17
+8 moreSaaSNew Business DevelopmentDistributed SystemsComputer ScienceMergers & AcquisitionsWirelessEngineering LeadershipMachine Learning

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Deals · 4

NeevaBoard seat

via Sequoia Capital · filed May 2021 · $40.2M raise

Vector LaunchBoard seat

via Sequoia Capital · filed Oct 2018 · $74.6M raise

Wavefront, Inc.Board seat

via Sequoia Capital · filed Oct 2016 · $52.7M raise

Blue Danube SystemsBoard seat

via Sequoia Capital · filed Dec 2015 · $16.2M raise

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Colleagues at Sequoia Capital

Aaref Hilaly
General Partner at Sequoia Capital
Abhishek Malani
Investor at Sequoia Capital
Alfred Lin
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Amira Yahyaoui
Scout at Sequoia Capital
Anas Biad
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Andrew Reed
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Anne Marie Boidock
Investor at Sequoia Capital
Bogomil Balkansky
Home chef and food blogger, venture capital partner, and wildlife photographer

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Elon Musk
Founder of SpaceX and xAI; CEO of Tesla
Amira Yahyaoui
Scout at Sequoia Capital
Anas Biad
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Bryan Schreier
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Charlie Curnin
Investor at Sequoia Capital
David Cahn
General Partner and COO of Venture at Sequoia Capital
Dean Meyer
Investor at Sequoia Capital
Ellen DaSilva
Scout at Sequoia Capital
George Robson
Investor at Sequoia Capital

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Bill Coughran?
Bill Coughran is a Partner and Founder's Coach at Sequoia Capital with more than two decades of experience in computer science and technology. His background spans research in computational science and engineering, distributed systems, IP security, and large-scale web service systems, along with general management and product development experience. He currently invests in and advises developing companies.
Where does Bill Coughran work?
Bill Coughran is Partner at Sequoia Capital and Board director at Neeva and Board director at Cohesity and Board director at Blue Danube Systems.
What check size does Bill Coughran write?
Bill Coughran typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
What boards does Bill Coughran sit on?
Bill Coughran holds tracked board seats at Blue Danube Systems, Neeva, Vector Launch, Wavefront, Inc..
Where did Bill Coughran go to school?
Bill Coughran studied at Stanford University (Ph.D., Computer Science); Stanford University (M.S., Computer Science); Caltech (BS (with honors), Mathematics).

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Also attended Caltech230

Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicFei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Seth LieblichInvestment Team at 8VCSusannah BarbeeVice President, Translational Immunology at Deerfield Management Company

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Shared employers

Also worked at Quantum Circuits, Inc.7

Corey RitterPartner at ARCH Venture PartnersPeter MintunAssociate at ARCH Venture PartnersBrendan DickinsonGeneral Partner at Canaan PartnersJim CohenCo-Founder and General Partner at Fitz Gate VenturesMark PoagCo-Founder and General Partner at Fitz Gate VenturesRob SchoelkopfSterling Professor, Founder at Quantum Circuits

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Also worked at Blue Danube Systems1

James EmerickCo-founder, CEO at Cosmic Robotics

Also worked at Docker, Inc35

Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSimon LeveneCo-founder and Partner at Mosaic VenturesJon ChuInvestor at Khosla VenturesMatt CarbonaraInvestor at Mayfield FundAlex CheeCo-Founding Partner, Credit / Termina at Tribe Capital FirstlookEnrique SalemPartner at Bain Capital Ventures

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Also worked at Barefoot Networks524

Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalAssaf ArakiInvestment Director at Intel CapitalJen ArdManaging Director, Head of Investment Operations at Intel Capital

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