Bill Trenchard
Partner at First Round Capital
Bill Trenchard
Partner at First Round Capital
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2012 - Current
I am a generalist and have invested across b2b + consumer companies including hardware, SaaS, Fintech, Health, and Climate tech. Some of my investments: Looker, Flexport, Verkada, Sift, Omni, Together AI, Superhuman, Legion, Airbase, Crossbeam, Pine Park Health, Ossium, Promise, Labelbox, Last Energy, Sprig, Maven, Cocoon, Remora Carbon + many others...
Angel Investor
2001
Investments Include: Ginkgo Bioworks, Finch Therapeutics, Moat, MileIQ, NextRoll, Step, Honor, Everlane, Newfront Insurance, Topsy, LendingClub, Gyft, IronPort, Powerset, Xoopit, Tapulous, Slide, Chegg
Co-Founder & Board Member
2000 - 2021
CEO / Chairman
2003 - 2008
World's leading virtual call center company. CEO for 4 years then recruited new CEO, Maynard Webb, in December 2006
Board Member
2012 - 2019
Our mission at Looker is to inspire everyone to embrace their curiosity, dig deeper and keep asking questions.
Board Member
2009 - 2013
Founder Partner
2009 - 2012
Founder Collective is seed stage capital fund built by a collection of successful entrepreneurs including David Frankel, Eric Paley, Chris Dixon, Caterina Fake, Micah Rosenbloom and Zach Klein. My investments include (among others): Uber, ThredUp, Stackmob, Moat, Pocket, Proven, HomeRun, Gigwalk
Board Member
2010 - 2011
Founding team member and board member of HomeRun, sold to Rearden Commerce in September 2011.
Co-Founder and CEO
2001 - 2003
CallCast built an innovative voice over IP (VoIP) software platform that could handle almost any type of phone interaction. Elements of this platform still power LiveOps today.
Managing Director
1999 - 2000
MSN Group
1999 - 1999
Education
Investments
Latest Articles
Videos & Interviews
Bill Trenchard - First Round Capital (Manager Meetings, EP.23)
Talks about private capital investing, MSCI Private Capital Solutions and Wellington Management
Bill Trenchard on Market Timing
Talks about product timing, innovation and market changes
Bill Trenchard Explains How First Round Evaluates Markets
Talks about market gap, market competitiveness and innovation
Bill Trenchard on Targeting the Right VCs: Do Your Homework
Talks about investment strategies, founder-investor relationship and individual partner evaluation