About
Bill Coleman is a venture partner at Alsop Louie Partners and serves in advisory roles at Carlyle Group and Vitruvian Partners across early-stage, growth, and large-cap private equity investing. He previously served as CEO of Veritas, where he led the company's transition to multi-cloud data management, and founded BEA Systems in 1995, growing it to $1 billion in annual revenue before taking it public. His earlier career includes positions at Sun Microsystems, where he contributed to the development of Solaris, and at VisiCorp during the creation of VisiCalc and the first personal computer window system.
Experience
- Alsop Louie PartnersVenture Partnercurrent2016 — present
- Alsop Louie PartnersPartner2010 — 2016San Francisco, CA
- Virtuvian PartnersSpecial Partnercurrent2018 — presentUnited Kingdom
- The Carlyle GroupOperating Executivecurrent2018 — presentMenlo Park, CA
- Veritas Technologies LLCCEO2016 — 2018Mt. View, CA
- Cassatt CorporationFounder, Chairman and CEO2003 — 2009
- BEA SystemsFounder, Chairman and CEO1995 — 2001
- Sun MicrosystemsVP, System Software, VP/GM Sun Professional Services1985 — 1995
- VisicorpDirector Product Development1980 — 1984
Skills & more
Private Equity14Start-ups60Venture Capital22Mergers & Acquisitions19Entrepreneurship32Leadership29Corporate Development13Strategic Visionary13Management50SaaS32Executive Management18Strategic Partnerships41
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StrategyBusiness DevelopmentEnterprise SoftwareConsultingCloud ComputingProfessional ServicesManagement ConsultingSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Go-to-market StrategyFrom Bill's professional profile.
Investments
Board seats
Sapho
Per SEC Form D filings.
Colleagues at Alsop Louie Partners
Alex Banayan
Venture associate at Alsop Louie Partners
Corey Reese
Angel investor
David Mace
Associate at Alsop Louie Partners
Ernestine Fu Mak
Investor at Alsop Louie Partners
Gilman Louie
Investor at Alsop Louie Partners
Jason Preston
Investor at Alsop Louie Partners
Jim Ward
Investor at Alsop Louie Partners
Jim Whims
Investor at Alsop Louie Partners
Network5
David Mace
Associate at Alsop Louie Partners
Gilman Louie
Investor at Alsop Louie Partners
Jim Ward
Investor at Alsop Louie Partners
Jim Whims
Investor at Alsop Louie Partners
William P. Crowell
Investor at Alsop Louie Partners
Investors connected to Bill in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Bill Coleman?
- Bill Coleman is a venture partner at Alsop Louie Partners and serves in advisory roles at Carlyle Group and Vitruvian Partners across early-stage, growth, and large-cap private equity investing. He previously served as CEO of Veritas, where he led the company's transition to multi-cloud data management, and founded BEA Systems in 1995, growing it to $1 billion in annual revenue before taking it public. His earlier career includes positions at Sun Microsystems, where he contributed to the development of Solaris, and at VisiCorp during the creation of VisiCalc and the first personal computer window system.
- Where does Bill Coleman work?
- Bill Coleman is Venture Partner at Alsop Louie Partners.
- What boards does Bill Coleman sit on?
- Bill Coleman holds tracked board seats at Sapho.
- Where did Bill Coleman go to school?
- Bill Coleman studied at Stanford University (Master’s Degrees, Computer Science & Computer Engineering); United States Air Force Academy (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science).
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