Evan Williams Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
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Active
- Professionals
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1
- Investments
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40
- Portfolio
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17
- Exits
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18
Evan Williams General Information
Description
Mr. Evan Williams is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman 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.
Business Details
Website
ev.medium.comInvestor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- San Francisco, CA
- United States
Evan Williams Investments (40)
| Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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| Voltus | 08-Dec-2022 | Later Stage VC | Other Energy Services | Generating Revenue | ||
| LiveKit | 06-Sep-2022 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Spring Free EV | 01-Jan-2022 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| OpenComp | 01-Dec-2021 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Voltus | 01-Dec-2021 | Other Energy Services | Generating Revenue | |||
| Sudowrite | 19-Nov-2021 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Checkin | 28-May-2021 | Social/Platform Software | Out of Business | |||
| The Browser Company | 25-May-2021 | Internet Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| HoneyBook | 04-May-2021 | Later Stage VC | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | ||
| Descript | 12-Jan-2021 | Early Stage VC | Multimedia and Design Software | Generating Revenue |
Evan Williams Exits (18)
| Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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| Checkin | 30-Jun-2023 | Out of Business | |
| Breezeworks | 12-May-2023 | ||
| Along (Multimedia and Design Software) | 31-Jan-2023 | ||
| EVERFI | 31-Dec-2021 | ||
| Neighborland | 16-Sep-2019 | ||
| Beyond Meat | 02-May-2019 | ||
| Highly | 19-Apr-2019 | ||
| Workpop | 12-Sep-2018 | ||
| Meetup | 28-Nov-2017 | Merger/Acquisition | |
| Blue Bottle Coffee | 14-Sep-2017 | Merger/Acquisition |
Evan Williams Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Investments by Industry
Investments by Year
Investments by Region
Evan Williams Co-Investors (133)
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| Reid Hoffman | 3 |
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Evan Williams FAQs
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Who is Evan Williams?
Evan Williams is an angel Investor who has made 40 investments.
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What kind of investor is Evan Williams?
Evan Williams is an angel investor.
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What does Evan Williams do?
As an angel investor, Evan Williams invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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What has Evan Williams invested in?
Evan Williams has made numerous investments in companies like Voltus, LiveKit, and Spring Free EV within the Energy Services, Business/Productivity Software, and Financial Software industries.
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What has Evan Williams invested in recently?
Evan Williams's latest investment was on 08-Dec-2022 in Voltus, a company within the Energy Services industry.
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