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Ev Williams

Investor

Partner at Obvious Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $250K – $4M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Ev Williams co-founded Obvious Ventures in 2014 with James Joaquin and Vishal Vasishth. Before that, he co-founded Blogger (via Pyra Labs, acquired by Google in 2003), Twitter (where he served as co-founder, lead investor, and former CEO), and Medium, where he is currently Chairman. He also restarted Obvious Corp in 2011 with Biz Stone and Jason Goldman to pursue startup investing and incubation.

LinkedIn ↗X / Twitter ↗Website ↗

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechConsumerEnergyHealthtech

Experience

  1. MoziCofounder & Chairmancurrent2023 — present
  2. MediumChairmancurrent2022 — present
  3. MediumCEO2012 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Obvious VenturesCo-Foundercurrent2014 — present
  5. TwitterBoard Member2007 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  6. TwitterCEO2008 — 2010San Francisco, California, United States
  7. The Obvious CorporationCEO2011 — 2012San Francisco, California, United States
  8. Odeo IncCEO2005 — 2006San Francisco, California, United States
  9. GoogleProgram Manager, Blogger2003 — 2004
  10. Pyra Labs (Blogger)Co-Founder, CEO1999 — 2003San Francisco, California, United States
  11. O'Reilly MediaMarketing Coordinator1997Sebastopol, California, United States

Education

  1. University of Nebraska-Lincoln1990 — 1991

Skills & more

Web Applications12Blogging38User Experience22Entrepreneurship26

From Ev's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Nebraska-Lincoln35

Jim BarsnessInvestor at FortySix Venture CapitalJennifer MirandaDesign Director at Red Cell IncubationDerek MetherAnalyst at Hallstone VenturesDan HoffmanChief Executive Officer at Invest NebraskaBen HohenseeInvestment Analyst at Invest NebraskaJessica RudolphEcosystem Manager at Invest Nebraska

+ 29 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Medium13

David SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockAndrew McLaughlinPartner at Higher Ground LabsKate MasonVenture Partner at AirTree VenturesDaniel TanFund Director, Principal at Aera VCWarren ShaefferPartner at Pear VCMorgan BellerInvestor at NFX

+ 7 more

Also worked at Twitter102

Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmMischa VaughnHead of Content at Felicis VenturesKevin ThauInvestor at Spark CapitalBijan SabetPersonal journalMike MontanoInvestor at True Ventures

+ 96 more

Also worked at Google945

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis

+ 939 more

Also worked at O'Reilly Media10

Dylan FieldCo-founder and CEO of FigmaJesse RobbinsFounder and Investor in AI Developer ToolsNate LeeFounder and Chief Information Security Officer at Scale Venture PartnersBryan BischofHead of AI at Theory VenturesKelly GoetschPresident, Pipe17 at Mu VenturesAlistair CrollInvestor & GTM Advisor at Highline Beta

+ 4 more

Investments

Investor

Beyond MeatBlue Bottle CoffeeBranchNest

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Obvious Ventures

Amanda Denney
Marketing Director at Obvious Ventures
Amy Abernethy
Obvious Champion at Obvious Ventures
Amy Abernethy, MD
Obvious Champion at Obvious Ventures
Andre Heinz
Venture Partner at Obvious Ventures
Andrew Beebe
Managing Director at Obvious Ventures
Aneesh Chopra
Obvious Champion at Obvious Ventures
Anico Steffen
Senior Executive Assistant at Obvious Ventures
April Underwood
Venture Partner at Obvious Ventures

Network13

Ashton KutcherScout
Co-founder of Sound Ventures; launching a new deep-tech venture firm with Morgan Beller
Adam GrossScout
Investor at Zenda
April UnderwoodScout
Venture Partner at Obvious Ventures
Brian BellScout
Founder & Managing Partner at Team Ignite
Elad GilScout
Founder & Investor, Gil&Co at Elad Gil
Mike MiskovskyScout
Venture Partner at Obvious Ventures
Adit Singh
Partner at Cota Capital
Andre Heinz
Venture Partner at Obvious Ventures
Andrew Beebe
Managing Director at Obvious Ventures
Arek Zarowski
Senior Associate at Obvious Ventures
Christopher Cheng
Senior Associate at Obvious Ventures
Drew Austin
Investor at Red Beard Ventures
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James Joaquin

Investors connected to Ev in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.