George Zachary

Extracted Attributes

• Education

  MIT (interned at Apple)

• Occupation

  Venture Capitalist, General Partner

• Current Employer

  CRV (Charles River Ventures)

• Discrepancy Note

  The initial prompt summary and Wikipedia entry refer to G. Zachary Terwilliger, an American attorney (born March 22, 1981), who is a different person from George Zachary, the venture capitalist, who was 46 in 2012 (implying a birth year around 1966).

• Previous Employer

  Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV)

• Investment Returns

  Over $1 billion of investor gains (as of 2012)

• Notable Experience

  Co-founded two companies

• Investment Focus (CRV)

  Advancing health through revolutionary computer science, bio-engineering; consumer internet and infrastructure companies

• Career Length (Venture Capital)

  Over 17 years (as of 2012)

• Personal Impact on Investment Strategy

  A serious health scare led to a shift in investment focus towards health tech and biotech.

Timeline

• Joined Mohr Davidow Ventures as a General Partner. (Source: Web Search Results)

  1995

• Became a founding investor of Shutterfly. (Source: Web Search Results)

  1999

• Accrue Software, a company he was on the board of, had its IPO. (Source: Web Search Results)

  1999

• Critical Path, a company he was on the board of, had its IPO. (Source: Web Search Results)

  1999

• Joined Charles River Ventures (CRV) as a General Partner. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2004

• Shutterfly went public. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2006

• Millennial Media, an early-stage investment, had its IPO. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2012-03

• Yammer, an early-stage investment, was acquired by Microsoft for $1.2 billion. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2012-06

• TechCrunch published an article about him seeking an apprentice, noting he was 46 years old and had 17 years of VC career. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2012-08-22

• CNBC reported on his shift in investment focus to health tech and biotech following a personal cancer scare. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2017-05-20

• Featured on the 20VC podcast, discussing his relationship to money and investment stories. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2020-10-11

• CRV's decision to return $275 million to LPs, citing poor conditions for late-stage investing, was discussed on the All-In Podcast. (Source: Related Documents)

  2023-10-27

G. Zachary Terwilliger

George Zachary Terwilliger (born March 22, 1981) is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia from May 25, 2018 to January 15, 2021.

Web Search Results

• CRV's George Zachary on His Relationship To Money ...

  George Zachary is a General Partner @ CRV, one of the nation’s oldest and most successful early-stage venture capital firms with a portfolio including the likes of Airtable, DoorDash, Dropbox, Niantic and many more. As for George, today at the firm he focuses on advancing health through revolutionary computer science, centred around bio-engineering. During his incredible 16 year tenure at CRV, he has led deals in the likes of PillPack, Udacity, Scribd and HealthIQ. Before joining CRV, George [...] was a General Partner @ Mohr Davidow Ventures for over 6 years. [...] Podcasts 20VC Fund Newsletter View All # 20VC: CRV's George Zachary on His Relationship To Money and How it has Changed Over Time, Why The Best Founders Have Often Experienced Parental or Home Instability and The Stories Behind Investing in Unicorns; PillPack, Yammer and Udacity 20VC Oct 11, 2020 Posted by

• George Zachary | SVOD - Silicon Valley Open Doors

  # SVOD – Silicon Valley Open Doors ## Impact Through High-Tech Entrepreneurship # George Zachary #### George Zachary is a top Midas List venture capitalist. [...] George joined Charles River in 2004, bringing more than 20 years of operating and investing experience in computing and consumer technology. George’s focus is on building consumer internet and infrastructure companies. Previously, he was a general partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV), and was on the boards of directors of the following companies: Accrue Software (IPO in 1999), Andale (acquired by Vendio), Critical Path (IPO in 1999), Ovation Entertainment, Sandcastle (acquired by Adobe), [...] George led Charles River’s early stage investments in Twitter, Yammer (enterprise social networking)(acquired by MSFT 6/2012 for $1.2B), Millennial Media (mobile advertising)(IPO March 2012; NYSE MM), Geni (social networking based on genealogy)(acquired by MyHeritage Ltd.), Udacity, Pebble, Cotap, Crushpath, and CloudShare. In addition, he led CRV’s investment in Metaplace (acquired by Disney/ Playdom) and in Jambool (acquired by Google) and has sponsored many seed investments through the CRV’s

• George Zachary: cancer scare led to health tech biotech investments

  CNBC logo Join IC Join Pro logo Join IC Join Pro # This VC had a near-death experience and it totally changed what he invests in thumbnail Why top Silicon Valley VC George Zachary is placing all of his bets in biotech Silicon Valley investor George Zachary has a knack for betting early on Internet successes, with Twitter and Microsoft-owned Yammer among his lucrative wins. [...] "I nearly fell off my chair," recalled Zachary, a general partner at Charles River Ventures, after hearing the doctor utter the word cancer for the first time. "That started the process of me learning whether I was going to live or die." What followed was a firsthand view of a broken healthcare system that forced Zachary to take matters into his own hands, in a desperate effort to get timely answers and accurate results. [...] On a family vacation in the Virgin Islands the following summer, Zachary made the decision to invest in an area that would make a difference and save lives. When he returned, he told his partners that he had to change direction towards health care, or he would need to step aside. The experience of feeling like a "dead man walking," as he put it, got him thinking about other patients that lacked his network and resources.

• George Zachary | General Partner

  I was a nerdy kid: programming machines in assembly language, rewriting the Apple DOS and making free long distance phone calls. When I was a student at MIT, I worked as an intern for Apple in Silicon Valley. Later, I co-founded a couple of companies; one didn’t make it; one got acquired. I joined Mohr Davidow in 1995. In 1999 I became a founding investor of Shutterfly, a website for uploading and printing digital photos. Our mission was to empower human connection through photo sharing. [...] People older than 50 take more than three prescription medications every day. PillPack makes it easy to manage. They sort the pills and put them into packages with labels like “Monday 8am.” I had a serious health scare a few years ago. It gave me an awareness of how much control our health has over our lives, and how little of the healthcare process we have control over. [...] Shutterfly became a popular way to bond over shared memories. The company went public in 2006. In 2004, I joined CRV; I wanted to contribute to a human-centric culture that could live beyond us, and support founders of companies that help people live better lives. ‍ CRV logo in orange.

• Who Wants To Be George Zachary's Apprentice? - TechCrunch

  I was recently at on offsite with my fellow partners at Charles River Ventures, and the idea came up that I should find someone who could be the next George Zachary. I’ve done well in my 17-year career as a venture capitalist, returning more than $1 billion of investor gains through successes like Yammer, Millennial Media, Shutterfly and Twitter. My partners want to keep that going. I am 46 now, and I get 50 pitches a day, half of those referred by people I know. I am looking for leverage to [...] #### Netflix, ElevenLabs, Wayve, Sequoia Capital, Elad Gil — just a few of the heavy hitters joining the Disrupt 2025 agenda. They’re here to deliver the insights that fuel startup growth and sharpen your edge. Don’t miss the 20th anniversary of TechCrunch Disrupt, and a chance to learn from the top voices in tech — grab your ticket now and save up to $600+ before prices rise. ### Tech and VC heavyweights join the Disrupt 2025 agenda [...] I need to find someone who sees investing the same way I do. Get a recruiter, my partners say. Maybe I will. But can you imagine explaining this to a recruiter? I’ve decided to try something else first. With the help of TechCrunch, I am going to put out a call for an apprentice. If find one, I will hire that person to work with me at Charles River Ventures as my associate. If the apprentice does well, they will become a partner – the new and hopefully improved George Zachary.