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Eric Vishria

Eric Vishria is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is a general partner at Benchmark, a venture capital firm. Previously, he was CEO and co-founder of Rockmelt and served as vice president at Yahoo following Yahoo's acquisition of Rockmelt.

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Eric Vishria
Born1979 (age 46–47)
Alma materStanford University
OccupationVenture capitalist
EmployerGeneral Partner at Benchmark
Known forCEO, co-founder of Rockmelt

Eric Vishria (born 1979) is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist . He is a general partner at Benchmark, a venture capital firm.1 Previously, he was CEO and co-founder of Rockmelt2 and served as vice president at Yahoo3 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 Loudcloud5 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

Vishria has led Benchmark’s investments in and holds board seats on Amplitude11 (which underwent an IPO in 2021),12 Benchling,12 Cerebras Systems,12 Confluent13 (IPO, 2021),12 Contentful,14 Fireworks.ai,12 and Quilter.12 Vishria’s exited investments include Pixie Labs (which was acquired by New Relic)12 and Bugsnag15 (which was acquired by SmartBear).16

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References

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  2. Helft, Miguel (2010-11-07). "Web Browsing Takes a Social Turn (Published 2010)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  3. Hempel, Jessi. "Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's moment of truth". Fortune. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. Geron, Tomio. "Yahoo Acquires Rockmelt Social Browser, Will Shut Down Apps". Forbes. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  5. "Loudcloud Updates myLoudCloud Portal". eWEEK. 2002-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  6. "Opsware: Taking the Pain Out of Network Management". Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  7. "Eric Vishria" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  8. "Yahoo Paid $60M to $70M for Rockmelt — Will Dump Browser and Use Tech to Better Deliver Its Media and Mobile Properties". AllThingsD. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  9. Yahoo acquires Rockmelt browser http://www.indiawest.com/news/12792-yahoo-acquires-web-browsing-software-developer-rockmelt.html Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
  10. "Rockmelt Co-Founder Eric Vishria Joins Benchmark As Its Newest Partner". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  11. Ha, Anthony. "Amplitude Raises $9M For A New Approach To Analytics And Pricing". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  12. "Eric Vishria - Forbes Profile".
  13. Lawler, Ryan. "Benchmark Backs Real-Time Data Processing Startup Confluent". www.techcrunch.com. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  14. "Berlin's Contentful raises $13 million to grow its API-driven content management system in the U.S." VentureBeat. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  15. Loizos, Connie. "Bugsnag Nabs $7.2 Million in Series A Funding Led By Benchmark". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  16. Nolter, Chris (7 September 2023). "Stoplight Accelerates SmartBear APIs, M&A". The Deal.