William Pescatello General Information

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Mr. William Pescatello serves as General Partner at Lightbank. He serves as Board Member at Heading Health, Allfly, and PerBlue. He served as Managing Partner at Evolv Ventures. He previously served as Board Member at Snapsheet. He also served as Board Observer at Flowhub. He also is an Angel Investor. He joined Lightbank in 2011 and was promoted to Partner in September of 2014. While at Lightbank, he led the firm's investments in Centzy, Locu (acquired by GoDaddy), Ovuline, Hireology, PerBlue, and Contently (co-lead), he also served as Board Member at Udemy, Fooda, Lifecrowd, and Whoshere. He joined the team from NBCUniversal, where he was a Vice President and founding member of the Peacock Equity Fund, a $250m venture arm for NBCUniversal. While at Peacock Equity, he served as a board representative at Greystripe, Ramp, and Vivox. Prior to joining NBCUniversal, he worked at GE Capital where he helped finance leading early-stage biotech companies. He worked as a Finance Analyst at Morgan Stanley and at Merrill Lynch within their Global Research Group. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst, holds a Bachelor's Degree from Northwestern University, and graduated with honors from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.