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Bill Maris

General Partner, Founder atSection 32California
Section 32 websiteFirm profile

Bill Maris is a venture capitalist and technology executive. He founded S32 and previously led Google Ventures as CEO.

What Bill can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atSeed, Series AMostly follows a lead
Best routeA warm introAsk a founder in their portfolio.

Section 32 writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Section 32.

Career

  1. Investor AB
  2. Alphabet · Vice President of Special Projects
  3. Google Ventures (GV) · CEO
  4. S32 · General Partner, Founder
  5. Section 32 · General Partner, Founder
    Now

Companies founded

S32Google Ventures (GV)Calico

Investments named in public bios

UberNestSlackCrowdStrikeCoinbaseFlatiron Health

Focus

cybersecuritycloud infrastructureaviationartificial intelligencerobotics

Also at Section 32

Andrew ConradGeneral Partner
Andy HarrisonGeneral Partner, CEO
Mike PelliniGeneral Partner
Bayan AlizadehPartner
Derrick ChowPartner
Wesley TilluPartner

Partners like Bill

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Alexander HarstrickManaging Partner, Co-Founder, J2 Ventures
Aaron Holiday645 Ventures
Jinlin WangPartner, Foothill Ventures
Aviram JenikGeneral Partner, Rabbit Ventures
Wally WangFounding Partner, SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)

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Questions

Who is Bill Maris?

Bill Maris is a venture capitalist and technology executive. He founded S32 and previously led Google Ventures as CEO.

How much does Bill Maris invest?

Bill Maris invests through Section 32, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Bill Maris?

A warm intro from a founder Section 32 backed works best.

What did Bill Maris do before Section 32?

Investor AB; Vice President of Special Projects at Alphabet; CEO at Google Ventures (GV); General Partner, Founder at S32.

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