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Case Western Reserve University, MS 1998
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Paul Buchheit

Paul Buchheit co-founded social network aggregator FriendFeed, along with three other former Google employees. He is also an investor in FriendFeed and participated in a $5 million Series A round in February 2008.

He was the 23rd employee at Google, where he created Gmail and implemented many of its innovative features. He developed the original prototype of Google AdSense, and was responsible for Google’s famous “Don’t be evil” motto in a meeting.

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Namo Media 3/13Seed$1.88M13
Virool 2/13Seed$6.62M13
ZenPayroll 12/12Seed$6.1M19
Red Tricycle 11/12Series A$1.5M8
Clever 10/12Seed$3M13
Perfect Audience 10/12Seed$1.1M10
MyVR 9/12Seed$1.4M11
PlanGrid 5/12Seed$1.1M8
Exec 5/12Seed$3.3M12
Crowdtilt 5/12Seed$2.1M14
Couple 5/12Seed$4.2M12
Socialcam 4/12Angel14
Custora 1/12Seed8
Vidyard 11/11Venture Round$1.65M6
Comprehend Systems 11/11Seed$1.2M11
Tagstand 10/11Venture Round$1.1M12
ZeroCater 8/11Venture Round$1.5M14
drchrono 7/11Seed$675k6
MemSQL 7/11Seed$2.1M15
Livestar 6/11Seed$2M10
Mailgun 5/11Venture Round$1.1M4
Grubwithus 5/11Angel$1.6M15
Pebble 4/11Angel$375k3
Zaarly 3/11Seed$1M8
1000memories 2/11Series A$2.52M8
Circle Inc 1/11Angel$1M14
Leftronic 11/10Seed$500k3
Path 11/10Angel$2.5M28
Hipmunk 10/10Seed$1M8
Opzi 9/10Angel$1M9
Cue 8/10Seed$700k9
Rapportive 8/10Seed$1M16
OwnLocal 6/10Seed$1M34
OwnLocal 6/10Seed$1M34
NOWBOX 5/10Angel12
MyLikes 4/10Seed$630k11
RethinkDB 4/10Seed$1.2M11
Crocodoc 4/10Angel6
Optimizely 3/10Angel$1.2M20
CarWoo! 1/10Seed$300k13
Cardpool 1/10Seed17
AeroFS 1/10Venture Round11
Y Combinator 3/09Venture Round$2M4
Adioso 3/09Seed$70k7
reMail 1/09Seed3
Octopart 5/08Seed$300k8
280 North 3/08Angel$250k3
FriendFeed 2/08Series A$5M3
AppJet 8/07Angel$700k8
Weebly 5/07Angel$650k5
Auctomatic 1/07Angel$400k2
Infinity Box 4/06Angel$100k2
Loomia 6/05Seed$1M7

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  1. DrawChat Creator Launches His Mobile Ad Startup Namo Media, Raises $1.9M Round Led By Google Ventures (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. YC-Backed Virool Raises $6.62 Million “Seed” Round To Help Make Videos Go Viral (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. ZenPayroll Launches Cloud-Based Payroll Service With $6.1M In Seed Funding From CEOs At Yammer, Box, Yelp And Dropbox (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  4. Red Tricycle Raises $1.5M in Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  5. Twilio For Education Data, Clever, Lands $3M From Kevin Rose, Mike Maples & Ashton Kutcher, Now In 2K Schools (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. Y Combinator-Backed Perfect Audience Makes Facebook Retargeting Easy (Even For Tech Bloggers), Raises $1.1M (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  7. MyVR Raises $1.4M From YC, SV Angel, Chris Dixon To Attack The $85B Vacation Rental Industry (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  8. YC Alum/Construction Disruptor PlanGrid Nails $1.1M Seed Funding From Box, 500 Startups, And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  9. Exec, The Mobile App For Errands, Adds Messaging (Oh, And Sam Altman Led Their Round) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  10. Group-Funding Service Crowdtilt Collects $2.1M In New Financing (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
  11. Yuri Milner, Dave Morin, SV Angel, CrunchFund And More Hook Up Pair With $4.2M (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  12. Socialcam Nabs Angel Funding From The A-List: Yuri Milner, Tim Draper, Laurene Powell Jobs, And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  13. SV Angel, Founder Collective And Others Put $850K In Customer Retention SaaS Custora (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  14. Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel Put $1.7M In The YouTube For Businesses, Vidyard (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  15. Comprehend Systems Closes $1.2M in Seed Funding (comprehend.com) [edit]
  16. Tagstand Raises $1.1 Million To Help Take NFC Mainstream (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  17. ZeroCater Raises $1.5 Million For No-Hassle Office Lunches (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  18. drchrono Raises Funding To Bring Medical Records To The iPad (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  19. Y Combinator Alum MemSQL Raises $2.1 Million From Ashton Kutcher, SV Angel And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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  21. Mailgun Raises $1.1 Million For Its ‘Twilio For Email’ (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  22. Investors Cough Up $1.6 Million To Dine With Grubwithus, The Brilliant Social Dining Service (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  23. Rejected By VCs, Pebble Watch Raises $3.8M on Kickstarter (go.bloomberg.com) [edit]
  24. Zaarly Launches Realtime, Local Marketplace To The Public (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  25. Greylock Invests $2.5 Million in 1000Memories (TCTV) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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  27. Leftronic Turns Any Startup Office into a Command Center (xconomy.com) [edit]
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  29. Travel Site Hipmunk Raises $1M Seed Funding (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
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  32. Gmail Plugin Rapportive Raises Over $1 Million From Gmail Creator, Many Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  33. YComb’s Seeing Interactive Raises Seed Round From Baseline, Buchheit, Schachter, and Lerer Ventures (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  34. YComb’s Seeing Interactive Raises Seed Round From Baseline, Buchheit, Schachter, and Lerer Ventures (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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  36. MyLikes Raises $630,000 Seed Round, All From Ex-Googlers (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  37. RethinkDB Raises $1.2 Million For Its Database For Solid-State Drives (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  38. Crocodoc Raises Cash, Upgrades Web-based Document Review Service (xconomy.com) [edit]
  39. Optimizely A/B Tests Its Way To $1.2 Million In Funding From A Roster Of Top Angels (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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  42. YC-Funded AeroFS: It's Like Dropbox, But it Runs Inside Your Firewall (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  43. Y Combinator Gets The Sequoia Capital Seal Of Approval (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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  45. Y Combinator's ReMail Finally Brings Full-Text Email Search To The iPhone (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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  52. How Wufoo Turned A Profit In 9 Months By Selling Slick, Simple Forms – with Kevin Hale (mixergy.com) [edit]
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