Eric Vishria
Eric Vishria | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979 (age 46–47) |
| Education | Stanford University |
| Occupation | Venture capitalist |
| Employer | General Partner at Benchmark |
| Known for | CEO, co-founder of Rockmelt |
Eric Vishria (born 1979) is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist . He is a general partner at Benchmark, a venture capital firm. Previously, he was CEO and co-founder of Rockmelt and served as vice president at Yahoo following Yahoo's acquisition of Rockmelt.
Career
Vishria graduated from Stanford University at age 19 with a B.S. in mathematical and computational science and a minor in human biology. He began his career in investment banking at Broadview International and got his first entrepreneurial experience as an early employee at Loudcloud and later Opsware. When Opsware was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2007 for $1.65 billion, Vishria was serving as VP of marketing. After the acquisition, Eric became vice president of the products, software, technology solutions group in HP Software.
In October 2008, Vishria left HP to co-found RockMelt with Tim Howes, and launched the RockMelt social browser in November 2010. In 2013, RockMelt was acquired by Yahoo for a reported $60–70 million, where Vishria started working as a Yahoo VP. In 2014, Vishria joined Benchmark as a general partner, the first partner addition in over 6 years.
Vishria has led Benchmark’s investments in and holds board seats on Amplitude (which underwent an IPO in 2021), Benchling, Cerebras Systems, Confluent (IPO, 2021), Contentful, Fireworks.ai, and Quilter. Vishria’s exited investments include Pixie Labs (which was acquired by New Relic) and Bugsnag (which was acquired by SmartBear).
References
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- ↑ Geron, Tomio. "Yahoo Acquires Rockmelt Social Browser, Will Shut Down Apps". Forbes. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- ↑ "Loudcloud Updates myLoudCloud Portal". eWEEK. March 28, 2002. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ↑ "Opsware: Taking the Pain Out of Network Management". Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ↑ "Eric Vishria" (PDF). Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ↑ "Yahoo Paid $60M to $70M for Rockmelt — Will Dump Browser and Use Tech to Better Deliver Its Media and Mobile Properties". AllThingsD. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ↑ Yahoo acquires Rockmelt browser http://www.indiawest.com/news/12792-yahoo-acquires-web-browsing-software-developer-rockmelt.html Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Rockmelt Co-Founder Eric Vishria Joins Benchmark As Its Newest Partner". TechCrunch. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ↑ Ha, Anthony. "Amplitude Raises $9M For A New Approach To Analytics And Pricing". TechCrunch. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
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- ↑ Lawler, Ryan. "Benchmark Backs Real-Time Data Processing Startup Confluent". www.techcrunch.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Berlin's Contentful raises $13 million to grow its API-driven content management system in the U.S." VentureBeat. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ↑ Loizos, Connie. "Bugsnag Nabs $7.2 Million in Series A Funding Led By Benchmark". TechCrunch. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ↑ Nolter, Chris (September 7, 2023). "Stoplight Accelerates SmartBear APIs, M&A". The Deal.
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