Eric Vishria Explained

Eric Vishria (born 1979) is a general partner at Benchmark, a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley.[1] Previously, he was CEO and co-founder of Rockmelt[2] and served as vice president at Yahoo [3] following Yahoo's acquisition of Rockmelt.[4]

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[5] and later Opsware.[6] 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.[7]

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,[8] where Vishria started working as a Yahoo VP.[9] In 2014, Vishria joined Benchmark as a general partner, the first partner addition in over 6 years.[10] In November 2014, Vishria led Benchmark's investment in Confluent, an open-source data platform built around Apache Kafka. [11]

In 2015, he led Benchmark’s investments in Bugsnag,[12] an automated crash-detection platform, and Amplitude,[13] a provider of mobile and Web-based analytics that tracks user behavior. In 2016, Vishria led the firm’s investment in Contentful,[14] a content management platform.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: You likely haven't heard of Benchmark's new GP and that says everything about where Benchmark is going. 25 July 2014. Pando. 30 August 2017.
  2. News: Helft. Miguel. 2010-11-07. Web Browsing Takes a Social Turn (Published 2010). en-US. The New York Times. 2021-03-11. 0362-4331.
  3. Web site: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's moment of truth. Jessi. Hempel. Fortune. 30 August 2017.
  4. Web site: Yahoo Acquires Rockmelt Social Browser, Will Shut Down Apps. Tomio. Geron. . 30 August 2017.
  5. Web site: 2002-03-28. Loudcloud Updates myLoudCloud Portal. 2021-03-11. eWEEK. en-US.
  6. Web site: Opsware: Taking the Pain Out of Network Management. 2021-03-11.
  7. Web site: Eric Vishria. 2021-03-11.
  8. Web site: Yahoo Paid $60M to $70M for Rockmelt — Will Dump Browser and Use Tech to Better Deliver Its Media and Mobile Properties. 2021-03-11. AllThingsD. en-US.
  9. Yahoo acquires Rockmelt browser http://www.indiawest.com/news/12792-yahoo-acquires-web-browsing-software-developer-rockmelt.html
  10. Web site: Rockmelt Co-Founder Eric Vishria Joins Benchmark As Its Newest Partner. 2021-03-11. TechCrunch. en-US.
  11. Web site: Lawler. Ryan. Benchmark Backs Real-Time Data Processing Startup Confluent. www.techcrunch.com. 3 December 2014.
  12. Web site: Bugsnag Nabs $7.2 Million in Series A Funding Led By Benchmark. Loizos. Connie. TechCrunch. 2016-08-17.
  13. Web site: Amplitude Raises $9M For A New Approach To Analytics And Pricing. Ha. Anthony. TechCrunch. 2016-08-17.
  14. Web site: Berlin's Contentful raises $13 million to grow its API-driven content management system in the U.S.. VentureBeat. 2016-08-17.

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