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Lily Cua Willess

Vice President at Silversmith Capital Partners

Greater Boston

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $20,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $125,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Vice President

    2023

    Silversmith Capital Partners is a Boston-based growth equity firm with $3.3 billion of capital under management. Silversmith’s mission is to partner with and support the best entrepreneurs in growing, profitable technology and healthcare companies. Representative investments include ActiveCampaign, Appfire, DistroKid, impact.com, Iodine Software, LifeStance Health, PDFTron, and Webflow. For more information, including a full list of portfolio investments, visit www.silversmith.com.

2020 - 2023

  • SVP, Strategy & Corporate Development

    2022 - 2023

  • VP, Strategy & Corporate Development

    2020 - 2022

    Validity is a PE-backed customer data quality SaaS organization that helps Sales, Marketing and Customer Success teams manage and trust their corporate data to create smarter email campaigns, generate leads, foster customer engagement, and increase revenue. Develops and executes cross-organizational strategies that drive scale and growth. Oversees M&A strategy and activity to support company objectives.

2017 - 2020

  • Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships

    2018 - 2020

    Optoro is a VC-backed reverse logistics SaaS organization that helps retailers and brands optimize the management of their consumer returns. Established and ran the Strategic Partnerships team to generate leads, grow market awareness, develop joint solutions and present long-term exit opportunities. Responsible for the company’s channel revenue and network of 20+ distribution partners including Fortune 500 companies, venture-backed startups, and professional services firms. Managed $15M+ pipeline of partner-sourced and influenced deals and helped close $3M+ in new deals annually.

  • Director, Strategic Partnerships

    2017 - 2018

  • Co-Founder, COO

    2013 - 2017

    Aspire is an enterprise SaaS company that designs and implements data-driven benefits and incentives programs to help employers recruit, engage and retain top talent. Aspire was acquired by Raffa, P.C., now a part of Marcum LLP. Managed strategy, operations and sales. Grew business to 150+ clients across 3 markets.

  • Senior Associate in Advisory Practice

    2010 - 2013

    PwC is the second largest professional services firm network in the world and delivers assurance, tax and advisory services. Helped clients monitor, analyze, and achieve sustainable performance improvements through the alignment of strategy with organizational capabilities and resources.