Evan Williams Overview
- Investor Type
- Angel
- Status
- Active
- Professionals
- 1
- Investments
- 34
- Portfolio
- 14
- Exits
- 15
Evan Williams General Information
Description
Mr. Evan Williams serves as Chief Executive Officer at Medium. He also served as Advisor at Neighborland. In January 1999 he co-founded Pyra Labs, which created the blog-publishing service Blogger (and coined the term "blogger"), which was acquired by Google in early 2003. He then co-founded Odeo and Obvious Corp, which gave birth to Twitter in 2006. He was Twitter's co-founder, lead investor, and former CEO. Twitter has become one of the most used sites on the Internet, with over 280 million people logging into the service each month and sending half a billion tweets each day. In 2011, along with Obvious Ventures advisors, Biz Stone, and Jason Goldman, he restarted Obvious Corp and began a mix of start-up investing and incubation. He has invested in Branch (acquired by Facebook), mobile life coach service Lift, plant-based protein maker Beyond Meat, and household device maker Nest (acquired by Google). He is also an Angel Investor.
Contact Information
Website
ev.medium.com
Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Primary Office
- San Francisco, CA
- United States
Evan Williams Investments (34)
| Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voltus | 01-Dec-2021 | PIPE | 00000 | Energy Marketing | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000000 |
| 000 0000000 000000 | 25-May-2021 | 00000 00000 | 000.00 | Software Development Applications | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000000 |
| 000000000 | 04-May-2021 | 00000 00000 | 00000 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000000 |
| 00000000 | 05-Mar-2021 | 0000 00000 | 00.00 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000000 |
| 00000000 | 12-Jan-2021 | 00000 00000 | 0000 | Multimedia and Design Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000000 |
| 000000 (0000000000 | 14-Oct-2020 | 00000 00000 | 00.00 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000000 |
| 0000 (000000000000 | 17-Sep-2020 | 00000 00000 | 0000 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000000 |
| 000000000 | 21-Mar-2019 | 00000 00000 | 0000 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000000 |
| Properly | 29-Oct-2018 | Early Stage VC | 00.00 | Media and Information Services (B2B) | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000000 |
| Beyond Meat | 22-Nov-2017 | Later Stage VC | 0000 | Food Products | Generating Revenue/Not Profitable | 0000 00000000 |
Evan Williams Exits (15)
| Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVERFI | 03-Jan-2022 | Merger/Acquisition | 00000 |
| 000000000000 | 16-Sep-2019 | 000000000000000000 | |
| 000000 0000 | 02-May-2019 | 000 | 00000 |
| 000000 | 19-Apr-2019 | 000000000000000000 | |
| 0000000 | 12-Sep-2018 | 000000000000000000 | 000.00 |
| 000000 | 28-Nov-2017 | 000000000000000000 | 00000 |
| 0000 000000 000000 | 14-Sep-2017 | 000000000000000000 | 00000 |
| 00000 0000000000 | 08-Mar-2017 | 000000000000000000 | |
| Faraday Bicycles | 01-Jan-2017 | Merger/Acquisition | |
| Din | 21-Oct-2016 | Out of Business |
Evan Williams Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Investments by Industry
Investments by Year
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| Name | Title | Deals | Funds | Boards | Office |
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| Evan Williams | Angel Investor | 00 | 0 | San Francisco, CA |
Evan Williams Co-Investors (124)
| Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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| Naval Ravikant | 2 | 0 |
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| Rahul Vohra | 0 | 0 |
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| AccorHotels | 0 | 0 |
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| Battery Ventures | 0 | 0 |
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| General Catalyst | 0 | 0 |
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