Brett Wilson
General Partner at Swift Ventures
Berkeley, California
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2020 - Current
Backing early-stage entrepreneurs.
Early Stage Venture Capital for AI, Automation, B2B SaaS Companies
Board Member
2020
Arize AI offers a platform that explains and troubleshoots production AI.
Raised $61,024,999.00 from Battery Ventures, TCV, Swift Ventures and Foundation Capital.
Board Member
2018
WeTravel is an online payment platform that offers organizers with pre-departure tools to collect funds and organize logistics.
Raised $29,000,000.00 from Base10 Partners, Swift Ventures, Left Lane Capital and Victor Jacobsson.
Venture Partner
2016 - 2024
Board Member
2017 - 2020
Acquired by Fox Corp for $500m
Tubi is the world’s largest ad-supported video on demand (VOD) service. Available on Connected TV devices, Mobile, and the Web.
Raised $26,000,000.00 from Touchdown Ventures, DHVC and Cota Capital.
Executive In Residence
2019 - 2020
Trinity Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm.
VP and GM, Advertising
2016 - 2019
Adobe Fund for Design,a $10m fund that supports emerging companies to build products and services
Co-founder and CEO
2007 - 2016
I co-founded TubeMogul with my partner John Hughes and led the company from inception through IPO and acquisition. Here are some notable accomplishments along the way: -Led VC financings including angel & Series A/B/C venture rounds -Navigated through 4 pivots before launching the first media buying platform for brand advertising -Created a well-known challenger brand bringing transparency and automation to advertising -Scaled go-to-market signing hundreds of top advertisers and $220 million in revenue FY 2016 -Built team of ~650 people around the world with many key leaders cultivated from within -Built a defining culture where people got shit done but also had fun -95% CEO approval rating on Glassdoor -Many industry awards and accolades for innovation, growth, and being a great place to work -Led IPO in 2014 (NASDAQ:TUBE; top-performing tech IPO of 2014) -Achieved plan 29 qtrs in a row as a private co and beat guidance 9 out of 10 qtrs as a public co -Led acquisition to Adobe in 2016 at an 83% premium to the stock price achieving one of the highest premiums paid for a public company Thank you to our team, significant others, investors, board members, partners, and clients for the faith. What an adventure.
TubeMogul is an enterprise software company for digital branding. Brands use the TubeMogul Platform to execute their global video ad spend.
Raised $136,057,047.00 from Cross Creek, Trinity Ventures, Singtel Innov8, Foundation Capital, Northgate Capital, Trinity Ventures, Northgate Capital and Foundation Capital.
Director
2004 - 2006
Small agency I founded to lead online direct response advertising efforts for clients including Church & Dwight Co., and Orange Glo International.
President
1999 - 2004
I co-founded and bootstrapped this early e-tailer. At our peak we shipped several thousand items/day. The company was acquired two years in by Thane International. I stayed on to lead the ecommerce team for several years.