John Lilly Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Board Member

  • Primary Industry
  • Information Technology

  • Active Board Seats
  • 5

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

John Lilly General Information

Biography

Mr. John Lilly serves as Board Member at Duolingo. He serves as Board Member at Code For America. He serves as a Venture Partner at Greylock Partners. He serves as an Advisor at PlayerZero. He served as Advisor at Latent Space and Syntegra. He serves as an Advisor at Dynaboard. He serves as Board Member at Figma. He serves as a Board Member at Nuro, Crew (Communication Software) and Clockwise. He served as an Advisor at Skiff. He is also a Board Member at Angle Technologies and Ozlo. He is currently on the Board of Directors of Crew, ClearSlide, Jack Mobile, Sparks Mobile, and several unannounced investments. He led Greylock's investment in Dropbox and led our investments in Tumblr (acquired by Yahoo in 2013) and Instagram (acquired by Facebook in 2012). He previously served on the boards of directors of TripIt (acquired by Concur in 2011), CenterRun (acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2003), and Reactivity (acquired by Cisco Systems in 2007). Prior to Greylock, He was CEO of Mozilla, the organization behind Firefox, the open-source Web browser used by more than 450 million people. He also co-founded Reactivity, an enterprise security infrastructure company acquired by Cisco in 2007, where he served as founding CEO and later CTO. Earlier in his career, He held positions on the executive team at Trilogy Software and as a Senior Scientist in Apple's research labs. He holds a BS in Computer Systems Engineering and an MS in Computer Science with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction, both from Stanford University. He is a Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford's d.school, and an advisor to both the Stanford Technology Ventures Program and StartX, Stanford's start-up accelerator. He is also a co-inventor on seven United States patents. He served as Board Member at Caffeine.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Board Member, Duolingo
Education
Stanford University, MS (Master of Science)
Stanford University, BS (Bachelor of Science)
Gender
Male
Total Investments
Exits
Phone
+1 (412)
Address
  • 5900 Penn Avenue
  • Second Floor
  • Pittsburgh, PA 15206
  • United States
+1 (412)

John Lilly Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Greylock Investor Venture Partner San Francisco, CA Venture Capital

John Lilly Board Seats (6)

Company Industry Ownership Status Financing Status Location Since
Clockwise Business/Productivity Software Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed San Francisco, CA
Code For America Human Capital Services Privately Held (no backing) Corporation Oakland, CA
Crew (Human Capital Services) Human Capital Services Acquired/Merged Formerly VC-backed Montreal, Canada
Duolingo Educational Software Publicly Held Formerly VC-backed Pittsburgh, PA
Figma Multimedia and Design Software Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed San Francisco, CA

John Lilly Lead Partner on Deals (56)

John Lilly has been the lead partner on 56 deals. Their latest deal was with VotingWorks, a government company. The deal was made on 01-Dec-2024.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
VotingWorks 01-Dec-2024 Later Stage VC Completed Government San Francisco, CA
Momento (Business/Productivity Software) 18-Jul-2024 Completed Business/Productivity Software Seattle, WA
Basedash 17-May-2023 Completed Database Software Montreal, Canada
Moonsense 03-May-2023 Completed Business/Productivity Software Menlo Park, CA
Momento (Business/Productivity Software) 02-Nov-2022 Completed Business/Productivity Software Seattle, WA
Dynaboard 16-Jun-2022 Completed Software Development Applications San Francisco, CA
Socket (Network Management Software) 11-May-2022 Completed Network Management Software Wilmington, DE
Airtop (Automation/Workflow Software) 02-May-2022 Completed Automation/Workflow Software San Jose, CA
Skiff 30-Mar-2022 Early Stage VC (Series A) Completed Business/Productivity Software San Francisco, CA
Arcol (Business/Productivity Software) 17-Mar-2022 Seed Round Completed Business/Productivity Software New York, NY

John Lilly Network (309)

Board Members (45)

Name Company Representing Location From
Ajay Agarwal Clockwise Bain Capital Ventures San Francisco, CA
Andrew Reed Figma Self San Francisco, CA
Nuro Woven Capital Mountain View, CA
Duolingo CapitalG Pittsburgh, PA
Nuro Greylock Mountain View, CA

Portfolio Executives (237)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Ben Adida Ph.D VotingWorks Co-Founder & Executive Director 01-Dec-2024 San Francisco, CA
Matthew Pasternack VotingWorks Co-Founder & President 01-Dec-2024 San Francisco, CA
Momento (Business/Productivity Software) Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer 18-Jul-2024 Seattle, WA
Momento (Business/Productivity Software) Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer 18-Jul-2024 Seattle, WA
Basedash Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member 17-May-2023 Montreal, Canada

Fund Team Members (27)

Name Investor Fund Fund Location
Simon Rothman Greylock Greylock XIV San Francisco, CA
Simon Rothman Greylock Greylock XIII San Francisco, CA
Greylock San Francisco, CA
Greylock San Francisco, CA
Greylock San Francisco, CA

John Lilly Affiliated Funds (4)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
Greylock XV Greylock Venture Capital - Early Stage Closed 2016
Greylock XIV Greylock Venture Capital - Early Stage Closed 2013
Greylock XIII Greylock Venture Capital - Early Stage Closed 2011
Greylock Discovery Fund Greylock Venture - General Closed 2010

John Lilly Advisory Roles (2)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Dynaboard Company Advisor San Francisco, CA Software Development Applications
PlayerZero Company Advisor Atlanta, GA Software Development Applications

John Lilly FAQs

  • Who is John Lilly?

    Mr. John Lilly serves as Board Member at Duolingo.

  • How much does John Lilly typically invest?

    John Lilly's median deal size is .

  • What is John Lilly’s main position?

    John Lilly’s primary position is Board Member.

  • How many active board seats does John Lilly hold?

    John Lilly holds 6 board seats including Clockwise, Code For America, Crew (Human Capital Services), Duolingo, and Figma.

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