William K. Bryant

Partner at Threshold Ventures, Inc.

William K. Bryant

William K. Bryant

Partner at Threshold Ventures, Inc.

Overview

Career Highlights

3Guppies, Inc.
Mobile Operandi Communications Corp.
NetBot, Inc.

RelSci Relationships

3842

Number of Boards

44

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Matthijs van Leeuwen

Founder at Bright Computing, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Richard Marsh

Partner at Draper Esprit Plc

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Mark Soane

Vice Chairman at Colorado Venture Capital Authority

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Donald H. Parsons, Jr.

Co-Founder at Appian Capital Management, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Tim Enwall

President & Chief Executive Officer at Misty Robotics, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Josh Stein

Partner at Threshold Ventures, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Bob Gill, Jr.

President at Topaz Group, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Barry Crist

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Chef Software, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Adam Brent Jacob

Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder at Chef Software, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Rajesh Atluru

Managing Director at Activate Capital

Relationship likelihood: Strong

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In The News

The Seattle Times

November 14, 2018

What's next for a post-HQ2 Seattle?

Portland Business Journal (Oregon)

April 23, 2018

Don't think you're ready to get VC? You might be right, Portland investors say

peHUB

August 8, 2017

Pro.com bags $10 mln in DFJ-led round

VentureBeat

August 8, 2017

DFJ leads $10 million investment in Pro.com's home improvement services

VentureBeat

August 1, 2017

Azuqua raises $10.8 million to connect cloud-based apps

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William K. Bryant

Partner at Threshold Ventures, Inc.

Education

BA in European History

Class of 1983

University of Washington

Founded in 1861 by a private gift of 10 acres in what is now the heart of downtown Seattle, the UW is one of the oldest public universities on the West Coast. We’re deeply committed to upholding the responsibility that comes with that legacy. And being public has always meant being accessible. Anyone can enjoy and be enriched by all the UW has to offer, including world-class libraries, art, music, drama, sports and the highest quality medical care in Washington state. Being public also means being engaged with our communities, and through knowledge and discovery we are elevating the quality of lives of others.

MBA

University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

University of Washington Michael G. Foster School of Business is the business school at the University of Washington, Seattle. It was founded in 1917 and is the second oldest institution of management education on the West Coast (behind the Haas School of Business). The school has nearly 46,000 alumni, and is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS). The School is one of four U.S. business schools to earn the EQUIS. The school offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Enrollment each year is about 2,500 students in its undergraduate and graduate programs and over 1,000 working professionals in its executive education seminars and lifelong learning programs. Foster School of Business MBA program is ranked as 23rd in the nation by US News and 37th by Businessweek. An objective ranking of Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index by Academic Analytics ranks University of Washington #1 in research productivity in Business Administration and #8 in marketing.The Foster School's Custom Executive Education Programs are ranked fourth of their kind by The Economist. UW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is ranked fifth best in the country by Entrepreneur magazine.

Career History

Partner

Current

Threshold Ventures, Inc.

Threshold Ventures focuses on early-stage investments in a variety of emerging technologies including: energy/clean technology, enterprise applications and services, media/advertising, consumer services and transactions, life sciences, mobile/wireless and nanotechnology. The firm seeks to invest in fast-growing companies that are operating in emerging markets.

Partner, DFJ & Board Member, Bright Computing

Current

Bright Computing, Inc.

Bright Computing, Inc. develops software for managing groups of computer servers and equipment. Its product Bright Cluster Manager provides a unified solution for the provisioning, scheduling, monitoring, and management of HPC clusters, Hadoop clusters, and OpenStack clouds. The firm's customer base includes global academic, governmental, financial, healthcare, manufacturing, oil/gas/energy, and pharmaceutical organizations such as Boeing, Intel, NASA, Stanford University, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The company was founded by Matthijs van Leeuwen in 2009 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Connectivity Partner

Current

Appian Capital Management, Inc.

Appian Ventures makes investments in software and technologies that enable applied connectivity. Their emphasis is on seed and early-stage technology companies located in the Western US. They may also consider growth or late stage companies. Appian Ventures' preferred initial investment is $1 million to $2 million. Their minimum investment size is $500,000 and their maximum is $5 million.

Boards & Committees

Board Member

Current

Bright Computing, Inc.

Bright Computing, Inc. develops software for managing groups of computer servers and equipment. Its product Bright Cluster Manager provides a unified solution for the provisioning, scheduling, monitoring, and management of HPC clusters, Hadoop clusters, and OpenStack clouds. The firm’s customer base includes global academic, governmental, financial, healthcare, manufacturing, oil/gas/energy, and pharmaceutical organizations such as Boeing, Intel, NASA, Stanford University, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The company was founded by Matthijs van Leeuwen in 2009 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Chairman

Prior

Qpass, Inc.

Qpass, Inc. develops software for mobile carriers. It enables the marketing and merchandising of digital goods and services, as well as provides mobile content through network of portals. The company serves convergent service providers and internet portals, as well as MVNOs, VoIP, cable and broadband markets. Qpass was founded by Chase Franklin in 1997 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Chairman

Prior

Medio Systems, Inc.

Medio Systems, Inc. provides predictive mobile and analytics solutions. It leverages predictive models to optimize mobile customer acquisition, retention and monetization using a cloud-based infrastructure for collecting and analyzing customer activity data. The company was founded by David B. Bluhm, William K. Byant, Brian Lent, and Michael Libes in 2004 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Transactions

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King Digital Entertainment Plc purchases Z2, Inc. from Threshold Ventures, Inc., Madrona Venture Group LLC

Investments

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SteamFunk Labs, Inc.

SteamFunk Labs, Inc. provides a social tool for creating first impression online. The company was founded by Todd Silverstein, Eli Tucker, and Jeff Cutler-Stamm in 2011 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, OR.

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Delve Networks, Inc.

Delve Networks, Inc. provided an on-line solution to manage, publish, measure and monetize web videos. The company was founded by Alexander Castro and Jonathan Thompson in 2006 and was headquartered in Seattle, WA.

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Medio Systems, Inc.

Medio Systems, Inc. provides predictive mobile and analytics solutions. It leverages predictive models to optimize mobile customer acquisition, retention and monetization using a cloud-based infrastructure for collecting and analyzing customer activity data. The company was founded by David B. Bluhm, William K. Byant, Brian Lent, and Michael Libes in 2004 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Other Affiliations

William K. Bryant is affiliated with Threshold Ventures, Inc., Bright Computing, Inc., Appian Capital Management, Inc., Z2, Inc., Envision Ventures Management LLC, 3Guppies, Inc., NetBot, Inc., Atlas Venture, Inc., Qpass, Inc., Visio Corp., Medio Systems, Inc., Mobile Operandi Communications Corp., Exstatic Software, Micrografx, Inc., LapLink, Inc., Software Publishing Corp., Microsoft Corporation, RealNetworks, Inc., Getty Images, Inc., Corbis Images LLC, Bright Computing, Inc., Qpass, Inc., Medio Systems, Inc., QL2 Software LLC, Excite, Inc., Intrinsyc Technologies Corp., Loudeye Corp., Hands-On Mobile, Inc., Solutionreach, Inc., ACL Services Ltd., Cascadia Capital LLC, Jabber, Inc., ViaFone, Inc., AEI Music Network, Inc., Thomson Multimedia SA, WebRelevance, Inc., Exstatic Software, iXmatch, Inc., SkyGo, Teamplate, Inc., 3Guppies, Inc., Limeade, Inc., Swype, Inc., MessageGate, Inc., Winshuttle, LLC, Appian Capital Management, Inc., Shelfari.com, Singlestep, Network Clarity, Inc., Circade

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