Number of Portfolio Companies 42
Number of Exits 
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  • Primary Job Title Executive Chairman
  • Primary Organization 
    LinkedIn
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
  • Number of Exits 

Jeff Weiner is the executive chairman of LinkedIn, where he continues to help LinkedIn realize its vision of creating economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. He'll also continue to mentor and coach the leadership team, advise on key strategic initiatives, and help to represent the company externally. In addition to his

ongoing work at LinkedIn, Jeff is focused on investing, coaching and his philanthropic work, including helping to ensure that compassion is taught and practiced in every primary school in the U.S.

Prior to becoming executive chairman in June 2020, Jeff was the CEO of LinkedIn. During his 11-year tenure, LinkedIn grew its membership base from 33M to more than 690M, increased its revenue from $78M to over $7.9B and expanded the team from 338 employees to over 16,000.

Also, presently resides on the board of directors for Intuit, Donorschoose.org and Everfi, an ed tech company with which he co-founded The Compassion Project, a non-profit whose mission is to ensure compassion is taught in every elementary school in the U.S.

Additionally, an active early and growth stage investor through his Next Play Ventures fund and separately, the newly created Concrete Rose Capital fund, focused on investing in diverse founders, start-ups serving underserved communities and/or building diverse teams.

Prior to LinkedIn, was an Executive in Residence at Accel Partners and Greylock Partners. Primarily focused on advising the leadership teams of the firm's existing consumer technology portfolio companies while also working closely with the firm’s partners to evaluate new investment opportunities.

Previously served in key leadership roles at Yahoo! for over seven years, most recently as the Executive Vice President of Yahoo!'s Network Division managing Yahoo's consumer web product portfolio, including Yahoo's Front Page, Mail, Search, and Media products.

Number of Investments 49
Jeff Weiner has made 49 investments. Their latest investment was Series B - Warp on Jun 21, 2023, when Warp raised
$50M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jun 21, 2023
Warp
—
Series B - Warp
$50M
Dec 7, 2022
Drata
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Series C - Drata
$200M
Nov 17, 2022
Scoop
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Seed Round - Scoop
$8M
Jun 28, 2022
Pave
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Series C - Pave
$100M
Jun 15, 2022
Xip
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Seed Round - Xip
$5M
Apr 11, 2022
Studio
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Series B - Studio
$50M
Apr 5, 2022
Warp
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Series A - Warp
$17M
Jan 19, 2022
1Password
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Series C - 1Password
$620M
Nov 30, 2021
Iron Fish
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Series A - Iron Fish
$27.6M
Nov 1, 2021
June Care
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Seed Round - June Care
$3.6M
Number of Partner Investments 9
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jan 27, 2022
Esusu
Next Play Ventures
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Series B - Esusu
$130M
Oct 14, 2021
Neta
Next Play Ventures
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Seed Round - Neta
$4.5M
Jul 16, 2021
Esusu
Next Play Ventures
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Series A - Esusu
$10.6M
Jul 1, 2021
TestGorilla
Next Play Ventures
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Seed Round - TestGorilla
$10M
May 25, 2021
Nana
Next Play Ventures
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Series A - Nana
$17.5M
Mar 4, 2021
Namic Group Inc.
NVIDIA
No
Seed Round - Namic Group Inc.
$1M
Nov 12, 2020
Nana
Next Play Ventures
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Seed Round - Nana
$6M
Aug 26, 2020
Esusu
Next Play Ventures
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Seed Round - Esusu
$2.3M
May 21, 2020
Evervault
Next Play Ventures
—
Series A - Evervault
$16.2M
Number of Exits 
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Jeff Weiner has exits. Their most notable exits are WaywireSlack, and Nana.
  • Waywire Waywire is an online community focused on social inspiration, leading voices, and syndicated and community-created video content.
  • Slack Slack is an enterprise software platform that allows teams and businesses of all sizes to communicate effectively.
  • Nana Vertically integrated B2B2C managed marketplace for the skilled trades, starting with the appliance repair trade
  • Ginger Ginger is an on-demand mental health company providing around-the-clock access to emotional support via coaching, therapy, and psychiatry.
  • Cron Next-generation calendar for professionals and teams
  • Cricket Health Cricket Health is a specialty kidney care provider of integrated nephrology and dialysis care.
  • Cloudera Cloudera is a software development company that offers data management and cloud-native data analytic solutions.
  • Bloomspot Bloomspot provides exclusive offers for local restaurants, spas, salons, weekend getaways, events, and international resorts.
Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 6
Jeff Weiner has 2 current jobs as Executive Chairman at LinkedIn and Founding Partner at Next Play Ventures. Additionally, Jeff Weiner has had 6 past jobs including Chief Executive Officer at LinkedIn.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
LinkedIn
Chief Executive OfficerDec 2008Jun 2020
Accel
Executive in ResidenceSep 2008Jun 2009
Greylock
Executive in ResidenceSep 2008Jun 2009
Yahoo
Executive Vice President, Network DivisionMay 2001Jun 2008
Windsor Media
Founding PartnerJun 2000Apr 2001
Warner Bros.
Vice President OnlineSep 1994Mar 2000
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 5
Jeff Weiner holds 5 board and advisor roles including Member of the Board of Directors at Intuit, Member of the Advisory Board at Venture for America, and Member of the Board of Directors at LinkedIn.
Number of News Articles 1,268
Funding Round•Jun 21, 2023
Warp raised $50,000,000 / Series B from BoxGroup and 8 other investors
Funding Round•Dec 7, 2022
Drata raised $200,000,000 / Series C from Alkeon Capital and 16 other investors
Funding Round•Nov 17, 2022
Scoop raised $8,000,000 / Seed from Activate Capital Partners and 9 other investors
Funding Round•Jun 28, 2022
Pave raised $100,000,000 / Series C from Andreessen Horowitz and 10 other investors
Funding Round•Jun 15, 2022
Xip raised $5,000,000 / Seed from Alex Macdonald and 5 other investors
Funding Round•Apr 11, 2022
Studio raised $50,000,000 / Series B from Forerunner Ventures and 6 other investors
Funding Round•Apr 5, 2022
Warp raised $17,000,000 / Series A from Contrary and 5 other investors
Fund•Mar 30, 2022
Danielle Krettek raised a new fund: Wisdom Ventures Fund I ($10,000,000)
Funding Round•Jan 19, 2022
1Password raised $620,000,000 / Series C from Accel and 19 other investors