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Bill Gurley

Bill Gurley is a venture capitalist and general partner at Benchmark Capital since 1999, best known as the early Uber investor who led the 2017 push to remove Travis Kalanick as CEO.

Carter Reum

Carter Reum is an American venture capital investor, co-founder of the Los Angeles firm M13, which he started in 2016 with his brother Courtney after selling VEEV Spirits.

Chamath Palihapitiya

Chamath Palihapitiya is a venture capital investor and former Facebook executive who leads Social Capital, founded in 2011, and sponsored a series of SPACs during the 2020–2021 boom.

Chris Sacca

Chris Sacca is an American venture capital investor who founded Lowercase Capital in 2010, investing early in Twitter, Uber, Instagram, and Stripe, and later the climate fund Lowercarbon Capital.

Christian Angermayer

Christian Angermayer is a German entrepreneur and billionaire investor who backs life sciences, psychedelics, and crypto companies through Apeiron Investment Group, and co-founded atai Life Sciences.

Christian Garrett

Christian Garrett is a venture capital investor at 137 Ventures, a $6 billion firm, and co-founder of the Hill & Valley Forum with Jacob Helberg and Delian Asparouhov.

Dermot Desmond

Dermot Desmond is an Irish billionaire financier and venture investor who founded NCB and IIU, promoted Dublin's International Financial Services Centre, and is the largest shareholder in Celtic FC.

Hemant Taneja

Hemant Taneja is a venture capital investor who joined General Catalyst in 2001 and has been its CEO since 2021, backing companies including Stripe, Snap, and Anthropic.

Jack Altman (investor)

Jack Altman is an American venture capital investor and entrepreneur who co-founded and led the HR software company Lattice, then founded Alt Capital before joining Benchmark in 2026.

Joshua Kushner

Joshua Kushner, born in 1985, is an American venture capital investor, founder of Thrive Capital and co-founder of Oscar Health and Cadre, and the younger brother of Jared Kushner.

Laurance Rockefeller

Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910–2004) was an American financier, venture capital pioneer, and conservationist, son of John D. Rockefeller, who backed aviation firms and helped create several national parks.

Liesel Pritzker Simmons

Liesel Pritzker Simmons is an American investor and former child actress, a Pritzker family heir who runs Blue Haven Initiative.

Maria Drokova (Мария Александровна Дрокова)

Maria Drokova, also known as Masha Drokova and later Masha Bucher, is a Russian-born Silicon Valley venture capitalist who founded Day One Ventures in 2018, pairing investment with public relations.

Martin Moshal

Martin Moshal is a South African-born internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist who co-founded Microgaming, invests through Entrée Capital, and funds the Moshal Scholarship Program for disadvantaged students in South Africa and Israel.

Michael Moritz

Michael Moritz is a Welsh-born journalist turned venture capitalist who joined Sequoia Capital in 1986, becoming managing partner in 1996, and led early investments in Google, Yahoo, and PayPal.

Neil Mehta

Neil Mehta is a venture investor who founded Greenoaks Capital Partners in San Francisco in 2012, best known for an early Coupang bet that returned about $8 billion.

Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel is an American venture capitalist and entrepreneur who cofounded PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, and made the first outside investment in Facebook in 2004.

Shaun Maguire

Shaun Maguire is an American venture capitalist and partner at Sequoia Capital who led investments in SpaceX, xAI, and Bridge, after co-founding the cybersecurity company Expanse.

Shivon Zilis

Shivon Zilis, also known as Shivon Alice Zilis, is a Canadian technology executive and former venture capital investor who serves as Director of Operations and Special Projects at Neuralink.

Tim Draper

Tim Draper, also known as Timothy Cook Draper, is an American venture capital investor who founded Draper Associates in 1985 and bought 29,656 seized bitcoins in a 2014 auction.

Trae Stephens

Trae Stephens is an American venture capital investor and entrepreneur, a partner at Founders Fund who co-founded defense technology company Anduril Industries in 2017 and ran the 2016 Pentagon transition.

William Henry Draper III

William Henry Draper III was an American venture capitalist who helped establish venture capital in Silicon Valley, founded Sutter Hill Ventures, and led the Export-Import Bank and UN Development Programme.