Apr 1, 2019

These venture capitalists may win big ahead of tech IPO wave

Axios

CB Insights analyzed deals from 2010 through last month (weighted toward recent performance) and found these venture-capital winners, per the New York Times.

What to watch: A swarm of technology IPOs expected this year and next year are slated to have big returns for venture capitalists involved.

  1. Neil Shen — Sequoia Capital China
  2. Lee Fixel — Tiger Global Management
  3. Bill Gurley — Benchmark
  4. Alfred Lin — Sequoia Capital
  5. Jeffrey Jordan — Andreessen Horowitz
  6. Peter Fenton — Benchmark
  7. Brian Singerman — Founders Fund
  8. Mary Meeker — Bond
  9. Matt Cohler — Benchmark
  10. Ravi Mhatre — Lightspeed Venture Partners
  11. Joshua Kopelman — First Round Capital
  12. Bryan Schreier — Sequoia Capital
  13. Allen Zhu — GSR Ventures
  14. Mike Volpi — Index Ventures
  15. Sameer Gandhi — Accel
  16. JP Gan — Qiming Venture Partners
  17. Ann Miura-Ko — Floodgate
  18. Hans Tung — GGV
  19. Aydin Senkut — Felicis Ventures
  20. Ben Horowitz — Andreessen Horowitz

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