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Matt Cohler

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Matt Cohler is a General Partner at Benchmark. He’s responsible for identifying investment opportunities in Internet-related companies, in addition to working closely with companies across the firm’s portfolio.

At Benchmark, Matt has partnered with entrepreneurs from across the social, mobile and cloud industries from around the globe such as Instagram, Dropbox, Quora, Asana, Domo, Edmodo, Baixing, CouchSurfing, Peixe Urbano, ResearchGate, 1stdibs, and Zendesk.

Prior to joining Benchmark he served as the VP of Product Management at Facebook, where he led the development of new strategic initiatives for the company. As the seventh employee at Facebook, Matt played a crucial role within the team during many critical growth phases. Previously Matt was Vice President and General Manager at LinkedIn, where he was a member of the founding team. Matt also has been a consultant in McKinsey & Company’s Silicon Valley office and worked in Beijing for AsiaInfo, the Chinese startup that built the infrastructure for the Internet in mainland China. Matt’s writings on the startup economy have been published in Harvard Business Review. He holds a bachelor’s degree with honors and distinction from Yale University.

Recent Milestones

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  Matt Cohler invested in PandoDaily. (1/16/12)
  Posted 1/16/12 at 10:52am via gigaom.com
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  Matt Cohler added a position as Member, Board of Directors at Peixe Urbano. (1/12/11)
  Posted 1/12/11 at 3:28pm
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  Matt Cohler invested in Path. (11/1/10)
  Posted 2/1/11 at 2:46pm via techcrunch.com
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  Matt Cohler invested in Asana. (4/1/09)
  Posted 11/24/09 at 9:50am via privco.com
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  Matt Cohler added a position as Member, Board of Directors at Domo.
  Posted 8/3/11 at 9:24am
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  Matt Cohler added a position as Member, Board of Directors at Quora.
  Posted 8/29/12 at 12:19pm
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  Matt Cohler added a position as Member, Board of Directors at ResearchGate.
  Posted 8/29/12 at 12:19pm
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  Matt Cohler added a position as Partner at Venrock.
  Posted 8/30/12 at 8:48am
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  Matt Cohler added a position as Member, Board of Directors at 1stdibs.
  Posted 9/4/12 at 11:27am
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  Matt Cohler added a position as Member, Board of Directors at Asana.
  Posted 11/24/09 at 9:53am
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  Matt Cohler added a position as General Partner at Benchmark.
  Posted 6/19/08 at 10:15am
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  Matt Cohler added a position as Vice President and General Manager at LinkedIn.
  Posted 6/19/08 at 10:09am
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  Matt Cohler added a position as VP of Product Management at Facebook.
  Posted 5/25/07 at 2:16pm
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  Matt Cohler added a position as Member, Board of Directors at Couchsurfing.
  Posted 9/4/12 at 11:27am
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  Matt Cohler added a position as Member, Board of Directors at Edmodo.
  Posted 9/4/12 at 11:27am
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  Matt Cohler added a position as Member, Board of Directors at Instagram.
  Posted 9/4/12 at 11:27am

Investments

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Sources

1. Sarah Lacy’s PandoDaily launches with $2.5 million in funding (gigaom.com) [edit]
2. techcrunch.com [edit]
3. Asana (privco.com) [edit]