Bill Coughran
InvestorFounderPartner 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
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.
Board director at Neeva
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Neeva's investors · 4
Co-founders at Neeva
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Sridhar RamaswamyCo-Founder & CEO
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Vivek RaghunathanCo-Founder
Board director at Cohesity
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Cohesity's investors · 24
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 2018Foundation CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2018Founders Circle CapitalSan Francisco · 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 2018Premji 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
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MOHIT ARONExecutive Officer, Director
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Mohit AronFounder
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Sanjay PoonenCEO & President
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TIMOTHY ROBBINSExecutive Officer
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LORENZO MONTESIExecutive Officer
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ROB SALMONExecutive Officer
Board director at Blue Danube Systems
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Blue Danube Systems's investors · 1
Co-founders at Blue Danube Systems
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Mihai BanuExecutive Officer, Director
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Mark PintoExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- Sequoia CapitalFounder's Coach and Partnercurrent2011 — presentMenlo Park & San Francisco, CA
- Alkira, Inc.Board Membercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- LiltBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- San Francisco OperaBoard Membercurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Quantum Circuits, Inc.Board Member2017 — 2026New Haven, Connecticut
- CohesityBoard Member2013 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Robust IntelligenceBoard Member2020 — 2024Silicon Valley, California, United States
- NeevaBoard Member2019 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Orbital Insight, Inc.Board Member2014 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Blue Danube SystemsBoard Member2013 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area and New Jersey
- LightStepBoard Member2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- TheatreWorksTrustee2012 — 2020
- Docker, IncBoard Observer2014 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Vector Space SystemsBoard Member2017 — 2019
- Barefoot NetworksBoard Member2014 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Luminate WirelessBoard Member2013 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, UCLATrustee2013 — 2017Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Wavefront Inc.Board Member2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- ViptelaBoard Observer and sometimes Board Member2012 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- FireEyeBoard Member2012 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- Stanford UniversityPh.D., Computer Science1975 — 1980
- Stanford UniversityM.S., Computer Science1975 — 1977
- CaltechBS (with honors), Mathematics1971 — 1975
- CaltechM.S., Mathematics1971 — 1975
Skills & more
Search4Engineering4Security51Cloud Computing84Product Development4Software Engineering59Mergers5Start-ups47Software Development81Telecommunications10Architecture8Enterprise Software17
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SaaSNew Business DevelopmentDistributed SystemsComputer ScienceMergers & AcquisitionsWirelessEngineering LeadershipMachine LearningStrategyPerlUnixJavaFrom Bill's professional profile.
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
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues 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
Bryan Schreier
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Network8
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
Investors connected to Bill in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Bill Coughran work?
- Bill Coughran is Partner at Sequoia Capital and Founder at Neeva and Founder at Cohesity and Founder at Blue Danube Systems.
- What check size does Bill Coughran write?
- Bill Coughran typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
- What companies did Bill Coughran found?
- Bill Coughran founded Blue Danube Systems, Cohesity, Neeva.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University2,000
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Also attended Caltech134
Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Seth LieblichInvestment Team at 8VCMarkus EnzelbergerPartner at Versant VenturesWen HsiehFounding Managing Partner at Matter Venture PartnersHaomiao HuangFounding Partner at Matter Venture Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Quantum Circuits, Inc.5
Also worked at Blue Danube Systems1
Also worked at Docker, Inc26
Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve SinghManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupSimon LeveneCo-founder and Partner at Mosaic VenturesJon ChuInvestor at Khosla VenturesMatt CarbonaraInvestor at Mayfield FundEnrique SalemPartner at Bain Capital Ventures
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Also worked at Barefoot Networks331
Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesKarim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalAssaf ArakiInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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