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16 Splash Points
9 followers
6 companies followed
1 competition judged
9 followers
6 companies followed
1 competition judged
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Bill Lee
Founder and CEO, Twist
http://www.backtoreality.com
San Francisco, California, United States
Business owner, Investor
Member since December 12, 2011
VEQ: What is this?
i'm a silicon valley angel. i like playing guitar, surfing, and skateboarding as well :)
Investor interests
| Type of investor | Angel |
| Typical investment size | $250k - $500k |
| Typical investments in a year | 5 |
| Investments made | Tesla Motors, Location Labs, Posterous, Tweetdeck, Snaplogic, Inadco, Kelkea, Social Concepts, Peel, Glyde, Mighty Meeting, PlayHaven, LearnBoost, Appmakr, Hootsuite, Zaarly, Green Goose, A Thinking Ape, Pusher, The Kitchen, Twist, Cherry, |
| Investments made (confirmed by company) |
Twist |
| Categories of interest | |
| Credentials | Accredited Investor, Qualified Purchaser |
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Full bio
Bill Lee was CEO and co-founder of Remarq, a Benchmark Capital-backed collaboration company. At Remarq, Bill guided the company in its development of a complete end-to-end Internet messaging and collaboration platform. Before its acquisition by Critical Path in March 2000 for $265 million, the company developed high-volume messaging platforms for sites such as eBay, Sun, Novell, and Amazon.
Bill is an angel investor and some of his recent investments include Tesla Motors (nasdaq: TSLA), Posterous, Tweetdeck (acquired by Twitter), Kelkea (acquired by Trend Micro), Peel, Social Concepts, Playhaven (advisory board member), Appmakr (advisory board member) and Zaarly. He is also on the advisory board of i/o ventures (http://www.ventures.io) -- a San Francisco early stage startup program that focuses heavily on mentorship.
Bill also graduated Beta Gamma Sigma from UC Berkeley with a B.S. in accounting/finance and received a JD/MBA from UCLA. He enjoys playing guitar, surfing, and hanging out at his hotel in the Dominican Republic (http://www.extremehotels.com). He is also on twitter (@westcoastbill) and maintains a blog at http://www.backtoreality.com.
Angel investments and exits
Yammer (acquired by Salesforce, $1B)
SpaceX (funded)
Tesla Motors (Tesla Motors)
Tweetdeck (acquired by Twitter, $40M)
