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Bill Younger

Chairman, Younger Family Fund

Palo Alto, California

Overview 

Bill Younger is the Chairman of the Younger Family Fund in Palo Alto, California, with a background in venture capital, mergers, corporate development, and entrepreneurship. He has held key roles at Acclimate Ventures as a Partner and Sutter Hill Ventures as Managing Director, showcasing expertise in investments, executive management, and strategic partnerships.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2024 - Current

    Partner in seed stage investment fund bringing products and services to AI data centers

  • Chairman

    1996

    Supporting outstanding leaders and their nonprofits to improve the lives of vulnerable people around the globe. Examples include the International Justice Mission, Young Life, the Gladstone Institutes, Stanford Medicine, The California Academy of Sciences, and Village Enterprise.

  • Managing Director

    1981 - 2021

    Sutter Hill Ventures has financed technology-based start-ups and assisted entrepreneurs in building market-leading companies since 1962. Through our decades of experience, we developed strong industry networks, considerable operating and venture capital experience, and an understanding of the challenges that early-stage and high-growth companies face. Examples of companies Sutter Hill created include NVidia, Snowflake, and Pure Storage.

Sutter Hill Ventures primarily invests in technology-based start-ups.

Raised $15,000,000.00.

  • Western Sales Vice President

    1975 - 1981

Cummins is a manufacturing industry that designs, manufactures, and sells powertrain components and diesel engines for commercial trucks.

Raised $80,262,500.00 from US Department of Energy, Advanced Propulsion Centre UK, U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office and NYSERDA.

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