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Bill Trenchard

First Round Capital
Venture Capital LinkedIn Twitter/X
#79
LinkedIn Rank
3,456
Benchmarker Score
12
Posts
2,967
Likes
163
Comments
247
Avg Likes
14
Avg Comments
3,130
Total Engagement
261
Engagement Rate
0.6
Posts/Week
Bi-weekly
Posting Regularity
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8,670 followers

Data last refreshed: February 16, 2026

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Recent Posts

12 posts

When I was a CEO, learning how to be a great executive while also growing growing 3-5x a year was the most important, but also under resourced and hardest thing for me and my team to learn. This is...

Founder & Startup Advice Video (LinkedIn Source) Leadership Scaling Challenges Founder Journey Team Building Feb 03, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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It's amazing to see Srikanth Narayan and the team at Cache Financials Inc. build a truly impressive, unique product for people with concentrated stock positions. It's been solving the problem so we...

Portfolio Company Wins Image Fintech WealthTech Product-Market Fit Dec 19, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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In just 90 days since their Series A, ​​Serval has grown revenue by 500%, tripled headcount, and raised another round at a $1B valuation. This team is moving at a pace I’ve rarely seen in all my ye...

Portfolio Company Wins Image Automation Enterprise Software Fundraising Valuations Revenue Growth Dec 11, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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If I had to pick one founder every early-stage builder should study, Filip Kaliszan would be near the top of the list. He’s not very active on social media, he rarely gives interviews, and Verkada ...

Portfolio Company Wins Video (LinkedIn Source) Fundraising Valuations Product-Market Fit Founder Journey Dec 03, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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I’m kicking off a search for a Chief of Staff to join me at First Round Capital in San Francisco. This is a role we’ve had at First Round for more than a decade. It’s a rare opportunity for someon...

Team & Firm Culture Article Hiring & Talent Company Culture Due Diligence Nov 07, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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The best AI opportunities hide in the dusty corners of our economy, and freight booking might be the dustiest. 85% of freight is still booked manually, with up to 100 phone calls/emails between bro...

Investment Announcements Image AI Agents Logistics Automation B2B Fundraising Oct 14, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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The average American spends an entire workday each month just navigating healthcare logistics for their family. Jon Wang and Jeffery L. imagine a different world, and are pushing at an incredible t...

Investment Announcements Image Digital Health Artificial Intelligence AI Agents Fundraising Growth Stage Sep 30, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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I've had multiple founders ask me about the H-1B changes that are happening this weekend. This memo from Manifest Law, a company that specializes in immigration law, does a great job of outlining w...

Founder & Startup Advice Document Regulation & Policy Hiring & Talent Sep 20, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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One of the reasons behind Dyna Robotics’ breakneck success so far is they’ve basically architected the entire company to prioritize speed, quality and robustness of their robots in the field. They...

Investment Announcements Image Robotics Artificial Intelligence Foundation Models Fundraising Series A Sep 16, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Provider credentialing might be the most expensive healthcare problem you’ve never heard of. Traditional credentialing and payer enrollment takes 60-120 days while patients wait months for access t...

Investment Announcements Image Digital Health SaaS Automation Fundraising Seed Stage Sep 15, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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You join a company early, work insanely hard, and if you’re lucky, the value of your stock goes way up. But all those eggs are in one basket, and it’s the kind that comes with a huge tax bill if yo...

Investment Announcements Image Fintech WealthTech Fundraising Series A Aug 14, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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In all my time at First Round Capital, I’ve never seen back-to-back funding rounds happen this fast. The Rillet team has raised $70M in today’s Series B led by a16z and ICONIQ, just weeks after a $...

Investment Announcements Image Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Software Fintech Fundraising Growth Stage Aug 06, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Rank History

16 Feb 2026
#132
24 Jan 2026
#121
24 Jan 2026
#121

Content Categories

Investment Announcements 6
Portfolio Company Wins 3
Founder & Startup Advice 2
Team & Firm Culture 1

Topics & Themes

Fundraising Fintech Automation Artificial Intelligence WealthTech Product-Market Fit Enterprise Software Valuations Founder Journey Hiring & Talent AI Agents Digital Health Growth Stage Series A Revenue Growth Company Culture Due Diligence Logistics B2B Regulation & Policy

Top Quartile Benchmarks

Based on top 94 of 375 in Venture Capital

Posts
43
Bill: 16 ↓
Likes
20,660
Bill: 3,039 ↓
Comments
1,510
Bill: 168 ↓
Avg Likes
303.6
Bill: 189.9 ↓
Avg Comments
21.7
Bill: 10.5 ↓
Benchmarker Score
25,190
Bill: 3,543 ↓
Posts/Week
2.9
Bill: 0.6 ↓
Avg Post Length
405 chars
Bill: 871 ↑
Trending Topics (Top Quartile)
Artificial Intelligence Regulation & Policy Industry Trends Founder Journey Fundraising