John Lilly Overview
- Company
- Duolingo
- Primary Position
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Board Member
- Primary Industry
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Information Technology
- Active Board Seats
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5
- Med. Deal Size
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- Med. Valuation
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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
Address
- 5900 Penn Avenue
- Second Floor
- Pittsburgh, PA 15206
- United States
John Lilly Positions (1)
Firm name | Firm type | Title | Location | Industry | Since |
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Greylock | Investor | Venture Partner | San Francisco, CA | Venture Capital |
John Lilly Board Seats (6)
Company | Industry | Ownership Status | Financing Status | Location | Since |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Dynaboard | Company | Advisor | San Francisco, CA | Software Development Applications | |
PlayerZero | Company | Advisor | Atlanta, GA | Software Development Applications |
John Lilly FAQs
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Who is John Lilly?
Mr. John Lilly serves as Board Member at Duolingo.
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How much does John Lilly typically invest?
John Lilly's median deal size is
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What is John Lilly’s main position?
John Lilly’s primary position is Board Member.
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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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