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Bill Richter

Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group

Bellevue, Washington

Overview 

Bill Richter is currently on sabbatical after serving as the CEO of Qumulo, Inc. and holding leadership roles at companies like EMC and Amazon.com. He has a strong background in financial analysis, mergers & acquisitions, and enterprise software, and has made investments in startups like Magnify and Read AI. Bill Richter's career highlights include serving as the President of Isilon Storage Division at EMC and being a Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group, where he invested in early-stage companies in sectors like AI in the Seattle/Portland area.

Work Experience 

  • Venture Partner

    2016 - Current

  • EIR

    2014 - 2015

    Spending time with emerging businesses and the great team at Madrona Ventures

Madrona is a venture firm that invests in early- to late-stage companies in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

  • Board Member

    2016

GP/Eleos Social Venture Fund is an early-stage impact-led fund investing in social enterprises in East Africa.

  • CEO

    2016 - 2024

Qumulo provides a file data platform for multi-cloud environments with large scale file data.

Raised $347,300,000.00 from TriplePoint Ventures, Madrona, Kleiner Perkins, BlackRock Private Equity Partners, Highland Capital Partners and Amity Ventures.

  • Member Board of Directors

    2016 - 2024

Skytap Cloud accelerates enterprise innovation by modernizing traditional applications with cloud-native development and services.

Raised $127,510,000.00 from Vistara Growth.

  • Member of the Board of Directors

    2016 - 2021

LumaTax provides intelligent applications for sales and use tax advisory functions within CPA firms and businesses.

Raised $11,000,000.00 from 10X Capital, Vulcan Capital, Greycroft, Trilogy Equity Partners, Bossa Invest, Madrona, Cowboy Ventures, KPMG Capital, Madrona and Vulcan Capital.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2014 - 2016

  • President, Isilon Storage Division, EMC

    2012 - 2014

  • VP of Finance and Operations of Midrange Storage, EMC

    2011 - 2012

Dell transforms computing and provides high-quality solutions for people and businesses to be ready to move forward.

  • CFO

    2007 - 2011

    Publicly traded on the NASAQ: ISLN

  • Sr. Director, Corporate Controller

    2006 - 2007

  • Finance and Accounting Director

    2005 - 2006

Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

Raised $8,108,000,000.00 from DBS Bank and Mizuho Bank.

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