JL

John Lilly

Boards, Advising, Teaching

San Francisco Bay Area

VC
Investor
Angel

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $200,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $25,000,000.00

Skills

Security
Mobile Applications
Interaction Design
Venture Capital
Mobile Internet
Leadership
Technology Management
Seed Capital
Data Visualization
Open Source
User Experience
Product Management
Business Development
User Interface Design
Scalability
Start-ups
User Interface
Strategic Partnerships
SaaS
User-centered Design

Education

Investments

Unblocked

Seed

Total Funding: $18M

Moonsense

Seed

Total Funding: $4M

Momento

Seed

Total Funding: $41M

Socket

Seed

Total Funding: $37M

TENYX

Seed

Total Funding: $15M

Switchboard

Seed

Total Funding: $50M

Skiff

Series A

Total Funding: $15M

Arcol

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $6M

Aside

Series A

Total Funding: $17M

Clockwise

Series A

Total Funding: $76M

Work Experience

Figma

2014

  • Board Member

    2014

Code for America

2012

  • Chair, Board Of Directors

    2017

  • Board Member

    2012

VotingWorks

2018

  • Board Member

    2018

Nuro

2019

  • Board Member

    2019

Caffeine

2016

  • Board Member

    2016

Clockwise

2018

  • Board Member

    2018

Greylock Partners

2011

  • Venture Partner

    2019

  • Partner

    2011 - 2019

    I led our investments in Figma, Caffeine, Tumblr, Instagram, Dropbox, Quip, and others.

Stanford University

2008

  • Consulting Assistant Professor & Lecturer

    2008

    Various teaching roles at Stanford, currently lecturing in the Business School, previously a Consulting Assistant Professor at the d.school.

Mozilla

2005 - 2014

  • Board Member

    2006 - 2014

  • CEO

    2008 - 2010

  • Chief Operating Officer & Board Member

    2005 - 2007

TripIt

2008 - 2010

  • Board of Directors

    2008 - 2010