Bill Gurley Posts

Feb 25, 2012

Why Bill Gurley Believes Dropbox Is Disruptive

Benchmark Capital venture capitalist Bill Gurley recently wrote a blog post about why he thinks that Dropbox, a company that he invested in is disruptive. We all know that Dropbox has tons of customers and that they make file synchronization very simple. Nothing really disruptive there. So why is Dropbox being valued at $4 billion?
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Feb 14, 2011

Amit Chowdhry

Uber Raises $11 Million For Booking Black Car Services On-The-Go

Uber is a company that was founded by StumbleUpon founder Garrett Camp. The company has raised $11 million in a round of funding that gives them a $49 million pre-money and $60 million post-money valuation. Benchmark Capital led the round and Sequoia Capital partner Alfred Lin participated as an individual. Benchmark partner Bill Gurley will be joining the board of directors.
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