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Bill Coleman

Investor

Venture Partner at Alsop Louie Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

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.

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Experience

  1. Alsop Louie PartnersVenture Partnercurrent2016 — present
  2. Alsop Louie PartnersPartner2010 — 2016San Francisco, CA
  3. Virtuvian PartnersSpecial Partnercurrent2018 — presentUnited Kingdom
  4. The Carlyle GroupOperating Executivecurrent2018 — presentMenlo Park, CA
  5. Veritas Technologies LLCCEO2016 — 2018Mt. View, CA
  6. Cassatt CorporationFounder, Chairman and CEO2003 — 2009
  7. BEA SystemsFounder, Chairman and CEO1995 — 2001
  8. Sun MicrosystemsVP, System Software, VP/GM Sun Professional Services1985 — 1995
  9. VisicorpDirector Product Development1980 — 1984

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityMaster’s Degrees, Computer Science & Computer Engineering
  2. United States Air Force AcademyBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science

Skills & more

Private Equity14Start-ups60Venture Capital22Mergers & Acquisitions19Entrepreneurship32Leadership29Corporate Development13Strategic Visionary13Management50SaaS32Executive Management18Strategic Partnerships41
+9 moreStrategyBusiness DevelopmentEnterprise SoftwareConsultingCloud ComputingProfessional ServicesManagement ConsultingSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Go-to-market Strategy

From Bill's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University1,575

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended United States Air Force Academy41

LeSean BrownAssociate at Context VenturesCamden SnowdenAssociate at Context VenturesSteve SargeantSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsForrest UnderwoodVenture Partner at IronGate Capital AdvisorsIan BalserAnalyst at Tech Square VenturesLt. Gen. John ShawAdvisor at Industrious Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Alsop Louie Partners7

Stewart AlsopInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersWilliam P. CrowellInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersMark FieldsInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersJason PrestonInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersJim WardInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersJoseph AlsopInvestor at Alsop Louie Partners

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Also worked at The Carlyle Group67

Maria ScottVice President of Finance at RevolutionKate WilschutzChief Financial Officer, Revolution Funds at RevolutionKevin GasquePartner & Chief Operating Officer at GreycroftRobert CulpPrincipal at Marlin Equity PartnersDeepak PrasadDirector at Qualcomm VenturesKanwaljit SinghFounder & Managing Partner at Fireside Ventures Advisory Llp

+ 61 more

Also worked at Veritas Technologies LLC10

Mike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesCameron BaharVenture Partner at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcAbhi DinkarAdvisor - Enterprise Technology at Augment VenturesShirish DeodharInvestor at Pentathlon VenturesBenjamin NyeManaging Partner at Venture Guides Management, L.P.Abhijit SolankiFounder & Managing Director at Whiteboard Venture Partners

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Also worked at Cassatt Corporation2

Sunir KapoorNon-Executive Chairman at Kibo VenturesCharles HudsonManaging Partner at Precursor Ventures

Deals · 1

Sapho, Inc.Board seat

via Alsop Louie Partners · filed May 2015 · $12.9M raise

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Colleagues at Alsop Louie Partners

Alex Banayan
Venture associate at Alsop Louie Partners
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
Joe Addiego
Investor at Alsop Louie Partners

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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

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