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American venture capitalist
Matt Cohler (born March 27, 1977) is an American venture capitalist . He worked as Vice President of Product Management for Facebook until June 2008[1] and was formerly a general partner at Benchmark .[2] [3] [4] Cohler has been named to the Forbes Midas List of top technology investors[5] and in 2019 was named to the New York Times and CB Insights list of top 10 venture capital investors.[6] Cohler made the Forbes 'America's 40 Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40' list in 2015.[7]
Education and early career
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Cohler earned a B.A. with honors and distinction in music from Yale University .[8]
Early in his career, Cohler worked in China and was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company .[9] He befriended Reid Hoffman and went on to become a founding member of Hoffman's startup LinkedIn .[10] Cohler was vice president and general manager at LinkedIn and was considered CEO Hoffman's right-hand man.[11]
Cohler was one of the first five employees hired at Facebook.[1] He was Facebook's vice president of product management and worked with the team during many of its critical growth phases. He continued to act as a
"special advisor" to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg .[12] In 2008, he left Facebook and became the youngest general partner at Benchmark .[9]
Benchmark
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At Benchmark, Cohler has backed the firm's investments in Dropbox , Asana , Quora , Greenhouse,[13] Domo, Tinder ,[14] Duo Security, DeepL , Edmodo , ResearchGate , 1stdibs , Peixe Urbano, CouchSurfing , Baixing, and Zendesk .[15] [16] In 2011, he led a $7 million round of funding for Instagram ,[17] which agreed in April 2012 to be acquired by Facebook for $1 billion.[18] In March 2014, Cohler led Benchmark's investment in Xapo , a Bitcoin wallet/insured cold storage vault.[19] [20]
Cohler sits on the boards of Asana, Quora,[21] ResearchGate,[22] and 1stdibs.
In 2018, it was announced that Cohler would "step back" from Benchmark and not be a part of their next fund. Although he departed the Benchmark fund, he was expected to continue to hold his board seats, including at Uber.[23] [2] Cohler later left the Uber board in July 2019, at the same time as Arianna Huffington.[24]
Additional affiliations
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Cohler is vice president of the San Francisco Symphony board of governors,[25] [26] board trustee at Environmental Defense Fund ,[27] and a member of the endowment investment committees at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative [28] and the Yale Investments Office .[29]
Politics
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In April 2013, a lobbying group called FWD.us (aimed at lobbying for immigration reform and improvements to education) was launched, with Cohler listed as one of the founders.[30]
References
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^ a b "Bill Gurley is stepping away from an active role at Benchmark, 21 years after joining the firm" . TechCrunch . 22 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-23 .
^ Kincaid, J. (October 29, 2008). "VCs Speak on the Economic Downturn: Batten Down the Hatches" , TechCrunch .
^ Schleifer, Theodore (2018-10-01). "One of the most successful investors in Silicon Valley, Matt Cohler, will step back at Benchmark" . Vox . Retrieved 2020-12-14 .
^ "#68 Matt Cohler" . The Midas List Tech's Top Investors . Forbes. Retrieved 22 August 2012 .
^ Griffith, Erin (2019-03-31). "These Silicon Valley Investors' Bets May Pay Off (Published 2019)" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-12-14 .
^ "America's Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40" . Forbes . Retrieved 24 November 2015 .
^ Tsotsis, Alexia (25 July 2012). "Path's Dave Morin And Benchmark Capital's Matt Cohler Will Join Us At Disrupt SF!" . TechCrunch . Retrieved 22 August 2012 .
^ a b Swisher, Kara (June 19, 2008). "Facebook's Matt Cohler to Benchmark" . AllThings D. Retrieved January 11, 2011 .
^ Sengupta, Somini (9 May 2012). "A Circle of Tech: Collect Payout, Do a Start-Up" . The New York Times . Retrieved 22 August 2012 .
^ Kirkpatrick, David. The Facebook Effect . p. 105.
^ Ante, Spencer (June 19, 2008). "Big Loss: Matt Cohler Leaves Facebook" . Businessweek . Archived from the original on December 27, 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2011 .
^ Constine, Josh (11 March 2015). "Greenhouse Rakes In $13.6M B From Benchmark To Save You From Recruiting Hell" . www.techcrunch.com . Retrieved 16 March 2015 .
^ Swisher, Kara (2014-10-28). "Sweat Equity: Benchmark Takes Stake in Tinder in Exchange for Matt Cohler Joining Board" . Vox . Retrieved 2020-12-14 .
^ Bort, Julie (9 April 2012). "The "Facebook Mafia" Is On The Rise In Silicon Valley" . News . Business Insider. Retrieved 17 March 2016 .
^ Lawler, Ryan (22 September 2014). "Two-Factor Authentication Startup Duo Security Raises $12 Million From Benchmark" . TechCrunch . TechCrunch. Retrieved 30 September 2014 .
^ McCarthy, Caroline (2 February 2011). "Path, Instagram, and what the 'Facebook mafia' sees" . CNET . Retrieved 22 August 2012 .
^ Levy, Ari (27 April 2012). "Benchmark Capital Scores With Instagram, Demandforce and IPOs" . Bloomberg . Retrieved 22 August 2012 .
^ Saitto, Serena (14 March 2014). "Benchmark Backs Bitcoin Secure Storage Provider Xapo" . Bloomberg . Retrieved 17 March 2014 .
^ "Introducing Xapo" . Blog post . Xapo Blog. Retrieved 17 March 2014 .
^ Arrington, Michael (28 March 2010). "Quora Has The Magic: Benchmark Invests at $86 Million Valuation" . TechCrunch . Retrieved 22 August 2012 .
^ Arrington, Michael (8 September 2010). "Benchmark And Accel Partners Reach Across The Atlantic To Fund ResearchGATE" . TechCrunch . Retrieved 22 August 2012 .
^ Schleifer, Theodore (2018-10-01). "One of the most successful investors in Silicon Valley, Matt Cohler, will step back at Benchmark" . Vox . Retrieved 2020-04-23 .
^ Feiner, Lauren (2019-07-24). "Uber loses two more board members: Arianna Huffington and Matt Cohler" . CNBC . Retrieved 2020-04-23 .
^ "Board of Governors" . Board & Staff . San Francisco Symphony. Retrieved 15 December 2020 .
^ Cooper, Michael (2018-12-05). "San Francisco Symphony Lands a Disrupter: Esa-Pekka Salonen (Published 2018)" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-12-15 .
^ "Board of trustees" . Environmental Defense Fund . Retrieved 2020-12-14 .
^ "David Lee Named Chief Investment Officer for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative" . Chan Zuckerberg Initiative . 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2020-12-14 .
^ "The Investment Committee" . Yale Investments Office . Retrieved 2020-12-14 .
^ "Our supporters" . FWD.us. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2013-04-17 .
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