Bill Ericson
Director/Board Member at PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
Net worth: 70 481 $ as of 2024-03-30
Profile
Bill Ericson is the founder of Venture Law Group LLP, founded in 1996.
He is also the founder of Wildcat Venture Partners LLC, founded in 2014, where he holds the title of Managing Director.
Mr. Ericson currently holds several positions.
He is an Independent Director at Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. since 2004, with his most recent title starting in 2020.
He is also a Director at Northwestern University School of Law, a Board Member at HealthTap, Inc. since 2010, a Board Member at Splice Machine, Inc. since 2012, a General Partner at MDV Management Co. LLC, a Member of the Personalized Medicine Coalition, a Board Member at Carrum Health, Inc. since 2016, and a Board Member at Reach Digital, Inc. since 2017.
In his former positions, Mr. Ericson served as a Director at nLIGHT, Inc. from 2000 to 2018.
He was also a Director at Vykor, Inc., Tethys Bioscience, Inc., Adamas Pharmaceuticals LLC from 2005 to 2021, Finsphere Corp., Rocket Fuel, Inc. from 2008 to 2017, Navera, Inc., WorkFusion, Inc., AudienceScience, Inc. from 2002 to 2017, Verinata Health, Inc. from 2004 to 2013, Sabrix, Inc. from 2001 to 2009, RainDance Technologies, Inc. from 2007 to 2017, Visible Measures Corp.
from 2007 to 2017, Sequenta, Inc. from 2008 to 2015, and Ticketfly LLC from 2011 to 2017.
Mr. Ericson's education includes an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and a graduate degree from Northwestern University School of Law.
Known holdings in public companies
| Company | Date | Number of shares | Valuation | Valuation date |
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| 2023-05-23 | 18,795 ( 0.01% ) | 70 481 $ | 2024-03-30 |
Bill Ericson active positions
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| PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC. | Director/Board Member | 2003-12-31 |
MDV Management Co. LLC
 MDV Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance MDV Management Co. LLC (MDV Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Private Equity Investor | 2000-03-31 |
Splice Machine, Inc.
 Splice Machine, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Splice Machine, Inc. develops a SQL-compliant database designed for Big Data applications. Its flagship product is Splice SQL Engine, which provides all the benefits of NoSQL databases such as auto-sharing, scalability, fault tolerance and high availability, while retaining the strengths of the industry standard. The firm’s SQL Engine optimizes complex queries to power real-time Big Data apps and enables interactive analytics without rewriting existing SQL-based apps and front-end BI tools. The company was founded by Monte Zweben, John Leach and Gene Davis in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2011-12-31 |
Carrum Health, Inc.
 Carrum Health, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Carrum Health, Inc. operates as an online marketplace for medical procedures. It offers bundled payment solution for employers. The firm directly connects self-insured employers to regional healthcare providers through the industry?s bundled payment solution. The company was founded by Sachin Jain in 2014 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2015-12-31 |
HealthTap, Inc.
 HealthTap, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services HealthTap, Inc. develops a mobile health platform that connects people with the doctors. It offers an interactive health network and mobile apps which connects doctors with patients in smarter ways and provides education to those who seek it and disseminate trusted, vetted and peer-reviewed health information. The company was founded in 2010 by Ron Gutman, Sastry Nanduri and Geoffrey Rutledge and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2009-12-31 |
Wildcat Venture Partners LLC
 Wildcat Venture Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Wildcat Venture Partners LLC (Wildcat Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Bill Ericson, Bryan D. Stolle, Bruce Cleveland and Katherine Barr. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California. | Founder | 2013-12-31 |
| Northwestern University School of Law | Director/Board Member | - |
Personalized Medicine Coalition
 Personalized Medicine Coalition Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Personalized Medicine Coalition promotes the understanding and adoption of personalized medicine concepts, services, and products. The private company is based in Washington and was founded by Patrick F. Terry. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2011-06-20 |
Reach Digital, Inc.
 Reach Digital, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services REACH develops next-generation customer engagement platform. The company was founded by Yair Ravid and Dan Man in 2015 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2016-12-31 |
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Training of Bill Ericson
| Georgetown University | Undergraduate Degree |
| Northwestern University School of Law | Graduate Degree |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 2 |
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| NLIGHT, INC. | Electronic Technology |
| PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC. | Health Technology |
| Private companies | 22 |
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AudienceScience, Inc.
 AudienceScience, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services AudienceScience, Inc. operates as an advertising technology and services company that puts marketing science firmly in the hands of the advertiser. Its AudienceScience Helios Enterprise Advertising Management system combines control and ownership of data with media spends transparency. The firm’s SaaS-based technology, AudienceScience Helios enables advertisers to store and analyse on and offline data, build proprietary audiences, and target those audiences in real time and all within a single closed-loop system. The company was founded by Nick Besbeas, Usama M. Fayyad and Bassel Yassine Ojjeh in 1999 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA. | Commercial Services |
Verinata Health, Inc.
 Verinata Health, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Verinata Health, Inc. focuses on maternal and fetal health. It develop and offer non-invasive tests for early identification of fetal chromosomal abnormalities. The firm's products include 'verifi' prenatal test, a non-invasive test that detects three primary aneuploidies for trisomies 21, 18 and 13 from a single maternal blood draw as early as 10 weeks and 'Monosomy X', a test for Turner syndrome. The company was founded by Michael D. Grisham and Richard P. Rava in 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Health Services |
Vykor, Inc.
 Vykor, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Vykor, Inc. provides software solutions. The company offers strategic sourcing solutions for engineered, machined parts, tooling services and manufacturing intelligence software for the product lifecycle, which helps to manage risk by quantifying the effects of design and supply chain decisions. Vykor was founded in 2000 by Rich Seubert and Rob Eleveld and is headquartered in Renton, WA. | Technology Services |
Sabrix, Inc.
 Sabrix, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Sabrix, a provider of transaction tax management for companies of all sizes, is now part of the Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters, the leading provider of technology and information solutions, as well as integrated tax compliance software and services to accounting, tax and corporate finance professionals in accounting firms, corporations, law firms and government. As a part of Thomson Reuters, Sabrix offers both the Sabrix Application Suite used by large enterprises to determine, calculate and record sales tax, use tax, VAT, excise tax, and industry-specific taxes and fees, and the Sabrix Managed Tax Service (MTS), an outsourced transaction tax compliance service. | Technology Services |
Tethys Bioscience, Inc.
 Tethys Bioscience, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Tethys Bioscience was dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel biological markers biomarkers that provided a practical tool to address the growing global challenge of chronic metabolic diseases such as diabetes. By developing new tests that used protein and other blood borne biomarkers to identify people at high risk for devastating and preventable diseases, they can arm patients and physicians with knowledge they can use to help prevent disease progression. These biomarkers gave a snapshot of an individual's current risk, which may be modifiable. Their goal was to provide clinicians with an objective and convenient means to risk-stratify their patients and help them focus appropriate intervention strategies on those most likely to benefit. Their research strategies lead to sets of biomarkers that can be used to quantify the level of an individual's risk. The company had become a pioneer in the discovery, development and value creation of novel biological markers for the clinical diagnostics marketplace: The company had built expertise, created significant intellectual property, and was executing its business plan around three key areas: Biomarker Discovery, Clinical Validation and ValueCreation. It was focused upon introducing products that yield significant savings to the health care system and improve the quality of life for patients. | Health Technology |
RainDance Technologies, Inc.
 RainDance Technologies, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology RainDance Technologies, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of professional laboratory system. It develops and manufactures genomic tools for non-invasive liquid biopsy applications for the research, early detection, treatment of cancer, and inherited and infectious diseases. The company was founded by Andrew Griffiths, Darren R. Link, and Jerome Bibette in 2004 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA. | Health Technology |
Adamas Pharmaceuticals LLC
 Adamas Pharmaceuticals LLC Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in discovery and development of chrono-synchronous therapies for chronic neurologic disorders. Its products include GOCOVRI, ADS-5012, ADS-4101, and Namzaric. GOCOVRI is indicated for the treatment of dyskinesia in patients with Parkinson’s disease receiving levodopa-based therapy. ADS-5102 is a treatment for walking impairment in patients with multiple sclerosis. ADS-401 treats partial onset seizures in patients with epilepsy. Namzaric is a drug treatment for moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease. The company was founded by Gregory T. Went on November 15, 2000 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA. | Health Technology |
Visible Measures Corp.
 Visible Measures Corp. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Visible Measures Corp. offers Internet video audience measurement software and services. It develops Fabric, a demand-side platform for brand marketers to buy consumer engagement through videos, which lets brands, agencies, trading desks, and publishers to plan, manage, and optimize for brand engagement through a programmatic self-service interface. The company was founded by Brian Shin in 2005 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Commercial Services |
Finsphere Corp.
 Finsphere Corp. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Finsphere Corp. engages in the provision of mobile identity-authentication services. It offers wireless engineering and geospatial analysis, risk analytics, analytic models, real time processing, identity management, adaptive access, and marketing offers. The company was founded by Michale F. Buhrmann and Chuck Dennis in 2007 and is headquartered in Delaware. | Technology Services |
Sequenta, Inc.
 Sequenta, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Sequenta, Inc. operates as a biotech company which discovers and develops clinical diagnostics based on immune system status. It develops molecular diagnostic assays based on a sequencing approach to the profiling of T and B cell receptor repertoires. The firm also provides sequencing-based test for minimal residual disease for leukemia and lymphoma. The company was founded by Thomas D. Willis and Malek Faham in 2007 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA. | Health Technology |
HealthTap, Inc.
HealthTap, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services HealthTap, Inc. develops a mobile health platform that connects people with the doctors. It offers an interactive health network and mobile apps which connects doctors with patients in smarter ways and provides education to those who seek it and disseminate trusted, vetted and peer-reviewed health information. The company was founded in 2010 by Ron Gutman, Sastry Nanduri and Geoffrey Rutledge and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
Splice Machine, Inc.
Splice Machine, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Splice Machine, Inc. develops a SQL-compliant database designed for Big Data applications. Its flagship product is Splice SQL Engine, which provides all the benefits of NoSQL databases such as auto-sharing, scalability, fault tolerance and high availability, while retaining the strengths of the industry standard. The firm’s SQL Engine optimizes complex queries to power real-time Big Data apps and enables interactive analytics without rewriting existing SQL-based apps and front-end BI tools. The company was founded by Monte Zweben, John Leach and Gene Davis in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
MDV Management Co. LLC
MDV Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance MDV Management Co. LLC (MDV Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Finance |
Rocket Fuel, Inc.
 Rocket Fuel, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Rocket Fuel, Inc. is a predictive marketing software company. It uses artificial intelligence to provide managed services, as well as SaaS-based data management platform (DMP) and demand side platform (DSP). The company's integrated DMP and DSP platforms are designed to deliver and optimize media spend to engage, up-sell and retarget consumers across addressable channels, such as display, mobile, video, social, and television. Rocket Fuel was founded by Richard A. Frankel, Abhinav Gupta and George H. John on March 25, 2008 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. | Technology Services |
Personalized Medicine Coalition
Personalized Medicine Coalition Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Personalized Medicine Coalition promotes the understanding and adoption of personalized medicine concepts, services, and products. The private company is based in Washington and was founded by Patrick F. Terry. | Commercial Services |
Ticketfly LLC
 Ticketfly LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Ticketfly LLC provides online ticketing and marketing services. The firm's platform provides a full suite of integrated ticketing, social marketing, email and analytics tools that streamline operations and increase ticket sales. The company was founded by Andrew Dreskin and Dan Teree in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
Navera, Inc.
 Navera, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Navera, Inc. provides cloud-based benefits engagement solutions. It offers education and decision support products to help individuals and families make well-informed decisions about benefits and insurance options. The firm’s platform enables insurance carriers and agents, benefits brokers and employers to provide a personalized online experience that engages employees in the benefits enrollment process. The company was founded by Michael Hoch, Kevin Dunn and Peter W. Stevenson in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Wildcat Venture Partners LLC
Wildcat Venture Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Wildcat Venture Partners LLC (Wildcat Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Bill Ericson, Bryan D. Stolle, Bruce Cleveland and Katherine Barr. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California. | Finance |
Carrum Health, Inc.
Carrum Health, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Carrum Health, Inc. operates as an online marketplace for medical procedures. It offers bundled payment solution for employers. The firm directly connects self-insured employers to regional healthcare providers through the industry?s bundled payment solution. The company was founded by Sachin Jain in 2014 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Technology Services |
| Venture Law Group LLP | |
Reach Digital, Inc.
Reach Digital, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services REACH develops next-generation customer engagement platform. The company was founded by Yair Ravid and Dan Man in 2015 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
WorkFusion, Inc.
 WorkFusion, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services WorkFusion, Inc. designs, develops, and operates a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) crowd computing platform. The firm offers intelligent automation cloud. The firm serves the banking and finance, insurance, and healthcare industries. The company was founded by Max Yankelevich and Andrew Volkov in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
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