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John Lilly

Venture Partner at Greylock Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

John Lilly is a highly accomplished tech leader currently serving as a Board Member at Figma and advising various startups. With a background as the former CEO of Mozilla and a Venture Partner at Greylock Partners, he has made impactful investments in companies like Clockwise and Skiff. John Lilly has held significant roles at prominent organizations like Mozilla and Greylock Partners, where he leveraged his expertise to support and advise startups. His investments in companies such as Clockwise and Skiff demonstrate his keen eye for successful ventures.

Work Experience 

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Duolingo

  • Board Member

    2021 - Current

Duolingo is a language-learning education platform that offers 98 total courses across nearly 40 distinct languages.

Raised $183,300,000.00 from General Atlantic, Durable Capital Partners and Arctic Ventures.

duolingo.com
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Figma

  • Board Member

    2014

Figma is a collaborative design tool that enables teams to create, prototype, and test digital products on one platform.

Raised $748,624,736.00 from Thrive Capital, XN, Andreessen Horowitz, Alkeon Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Coatue, Goanna Capital, Eddy Cue, Sequoia Capital and SurgoCap.

figma.com
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Code for America

  • Chair, Board Of Directors

    2017

  • Board Member

    2012

A national network of "civic hackers" innovating government & community.

brigade.codeforamerica.org
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VotingWorks

  • Board Member

    2018

VotingWorks builds voting machines for elections.

voting.works
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Nuro

  • Board Member

    2019

Nuro develops and operates a fleet of electric and autonomous vehicles.

Raised $2,132,148,855.00 from Invest City Capital.

nuro.ai
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Clockwise

  • Board Member

    2018

Clockwise is an intelligent calendar system that frees up your time so you can work on what matters

Raised $76,400,000.00 from Coatue, Atlassian Ventures, Greylock, Bain Capital Ventures and Accel.

getclockwise.com
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Greylock Partners

  • Venture Partner

    2019

  • Partner

    2011 - 2019

    I led our investments in Figma, Caffeine, Tumblr, Instagram, Dropbox, Quip, and others.

Greylock Partners invests in entrepreneurs that focus on consumer and enterprise software companies.

greylock.com
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Stanford University

  • Consulting Assistant Professor & Lecturer

    2008

    Various teaching roles at Stanford, currently lecturing in the Business School, previously a Consulting Assistant Professor at the d.school.

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Caffeine

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2024

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Mozilla

  • Board Member

    2006 - 2014

  • CEO

    2008 - 2010

  • Chief Operating Officer & Board Member

    2005 - 2007

“You Should Probably” is a Firefox extension that will remind you to do something useful with your life whenever you visit your favorite

addons.mozilla.org

Education 

Investments 

Unblocked

Seed

Total funding: $18M

Moonsense

Seed

Total funding: $4M

Momento

Seed

Total funding: $41M

Socket

Seed

Total funding: $37M

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