Investing Profile

Bill Tai(276)

Angel

Venture Capitalist, Athlete, Adjunct Professor Connect Message

Palo Alto, California
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35 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), and 32 other investors on Signal.

Networks Bill is a member of
Harvard Business School Network
309 CONNECTIONS
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Network
46 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Angel
Investment Range
$50K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$250K
Investments On Record
45

Bill Tai is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Bill Tai's Investments On Record (31)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Class Technologies
Series BJul 2021$110M
Series AFeb 2021$31M
Seed RoundSep 2020$16M
$160M
Co-investors: Jeff Lieberman (Insight Partners), Santi Subotovsky (Emergence Capital), Guy Oseary (Sound Ventures), Ian Chiu (Owl Ventures), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration), Steve Case (Revolution), Marc Benioff
OneOf
Seed RoundMay 2021$63M
$67M
Co-investors: Amanda Terry (ACTAI Ventures), Jaeson Ma (East West Ventures EWV), Jack Herrick
Kickfurther
Seed RoundApr 2021$5.9M
$5.9M
Co-investors: Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Thomas Golisano
Pledge
Seed RoundMar 2021$3M
£8M
$12M
Co-investors: Clay Dumas (Lowercarbon Capital), Mark Mullen (Bonfire Ventures), Robert Lacher (La Famiglia), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Jon Soberg (MS&AD Ventures)
TAP Network
Seed RoundDec 2020$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Amanda Terry (ACTAI Ventures)
Arzooo.com
Series ASep 2020$7.5M
$78M
Co-investors: Chirag Gandhi (Trifecta Growth Equity), Tony Xu
ClearAccessIP
Seed RoundSep 2019$3.7M
$3.7M
Co-investors: Alireza Masrour (Plug & Play Ventures)
CryptoKitties
Series AMar 2018$12M
$12M
Co-investors: Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures), Josh Nussbaum (Compound), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Jeff Morris, Jr. (Chapter One Ventures), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), William Mougayar, Mark Pincus

most interested in

Data Science, AI, SaaS , DevOps, Human Performance, Flow State

not interested in

Not interested in heavily capital intensive businesses.

Bill Tai's Experience

Adjunct Professor of Innovation & Economic Development Curtin University2011 - Present
Chariman / Founding Investor Treasure Data2011 - Present
Partner Emeritus / General Partner Charles River Ventures2002 - Present

Bill Tai's Education

Harvard Business School MBA Capital Markets
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign BSEE w Honors Computer Engineering; Chip Design