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Bill Clerico

Founder at Convective Capital

San Francisco, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Start-ups
Entrepreneurship
Payments
Small Business
Viral Marketing
Management
Public Relations
Data Analysis
Internet Banking
Finance
Strategic Partnerships
Leadership
Analysis
Venture Capital
CRM
Marketing
Strategy
Mergers & Acquisitions
Financial Analysis
Business Planning

Education

  • Bachelor of Science

    (2003 - 2007)

  • Diploma

    High Technology High School

    (1999 - 2003)

Work Experience

  • Founder & Managing Partner

    2022

    Early stage investors in founders building solutions to extreme wildfire

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Managing Director, Chase Merchant Services

    2017 - 2021

    Following WePay's acquisition by J.P. Morgan, I led the global team responsible for integrated payments and small business merchant services, including WePay. Combining the capabilities, franchise and reach of J.P. Morgan with startup culture and technology talent, we built instant digital boarding, modern APIs, new terminal hardware and new products like Chase Business Complete Banking - a new type of small business checking account featuring the ability to accept credit cards in the Chase mobile app.

WePay

2008 - 2021

  • CEO & Co-founder

    2008 - 2021

    Founded WePay and led the company through launch, growth and a major pivot, achieving profitability and being acquired by JP Morgan Chase in December 2017. Our journey was not all "up and to the right" - it was a 12 year grind, frequently interrupted by doses of exuberant joy and sheer terror. Post acquisition, WePay became the integrated payments arm of Chase Merchant Services and the technology platform for a total reboot of SMB payment products. I'm proud of what we accomplished, but even more so how we did it: by building a team of 500+ dedicated, values-driven, customer-focused, kind and human people. I feel lucky I had a chance to work with them.

2016 - 2019

  • Part-time Partner

    2016 - 2019

    Offered advice & empathy to founders in the trenches.

  • Investment Banking

    2007 - 2008

    Began my career in investment banking, providing M&A and capital markets advisory to software and digital media companies.

  • Disaster Services Team Leader

    2003 - 2008

    Had the privilege of leading the award winning & all volunteer Boston College Disaster Action Team. We were on call Monday nights to respond to small & mid-sized disasters in the Massachusetts Bay area, including house fires, blizzards, floods & national security drills.

2006 - 2006

  • Technology Analyst (Intern)

    2006 - 2006

    Spent a summer doing system and order analytics for high frequency trading order routers.

2002 - 2006

  • Network Engineer (Intern)

    2002 - 2006

    I helped build some of the first battlefield video teleconferencing systems for the U.S. Army during summers and academic breaks.

Massachusetts Statehouse

2003 - 2004

  • Advance Aide

    2003 - 2004

    Advance Aid to Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney & Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healy. Assisted in event production & planning, coordinated and faciliated appearances.