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Will Herman

Corporate Director at Pointillist

Greater Boston

Overview 

Will Herman is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and author of "The Startup Playbook." He has a strong track record of investing in and advising early-stage startups, with notable investments in companies like Looking Glass Factory and EverCharge. Currently, he serves as Lead Director at JumpCloud and is actively involved in the Boston startup ecosystem through mentorship at TechStars and serving on various corporate boards.

Work Experience 

  • Lead Director and Compensation Committee Chair

    2013 - Current

    www.jumpcloud.com

JumpCloud is an open directory platform for secure, frictionless access from any device to any resource, anywhere.

Raised $416,817,501.00 from Atlassian Ventures, CrowdStrike Falcon Fund, Steadfast Capital Management, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, OurCrowd, Waterman Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, H.I.G. Growth Partners, Owl Rock Capital and Sands Capital Ventures.

  • Corporate Director

    2020

Pointillist customer journey analytics software rapidly uncovers customer insights, so you can dramatically improve CX and marketing.

  • Author, The Startup Playbook

    2018

  • LP Advisory Committee

    2013

    bolt.io

Bolt is a pre-seed venture firm investing where the digital and physical world intersect.

Raised $3,900,000.00 from Mick Mountz, Logitech, Foundry Group, Grishin Robotics, Eran Egozy, Bantam Group, Bruce Sachs, Autodesk, River Valley Investors and Semyon Dukach.

  • Mentor

    2009

    techstars.org

Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.

Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.

  • Corporate Director

    2018 - 2020

  • Corporate Director

    2013 - 2016

    www.mobileday.com

MobileDay provides one-touch access to any conference call or online meeting from iOS or Android devices.

Raised $10,586,001.00 from Techstars Ventures, Uncork Capital, Drummond Road Capital, SoftBank Capital, Google Ventures, Innoventure Partners and Foundry Group.

  • Corporate Director

    2003 - 2015

    carbondesignsystems.com

  • Advisor

    2011 - 2014

    kibits.com

  • Corporate Director

    2007 - 2013

    stillsecure.com

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