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Will Graylin

Chairman & CEO at OV Loop (Fintech) | CEO of Indigo Technologies (EV Tech)

Woburn, Massachusetts

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Chairman & CEO

    2020

    Indigo invented the world's first road sensing Smart-Wheel to enable next gen light commercial EVs that are smoother, roomier, more stable and affordable, designed for last mile delivery and ride hail. Indigo was started by prolific MIT inventor, Dr. Ian Hunter, now led by serial MIT entrepreneur Will Graylin, and a talented team of engineers & professionals, Indigo is delivering its patented Active Suspension & Propulsion system that enables cost effective, high performance lightweight EVs, designed to truly scale clean and affordable urban transportation-as-a-service.

  • Chairman & CEO

    2018

    OV Loop provides patented Everywhere-Commerce platform for people and businesses to better interact and transact from virtually any device, anywhere. OV enables brands to deliver differentiated & delightful commerce experiences that increase loyalty & profits. OV’s Everywhere-Wallet with brandable Bluetooth super cards, provide universal contactless payments at 94% of shops & restaurants, plus 1-Tap or Handsfree digital bill pay & support from any mobile or PC, even during customer service calls. https://www.ovloop.com

  • Chairman

    2019

    Global Unites is an international organization dedicated to inspiring, connecting and equipping young people to become peace makers and leaders of their communities. Founded by an incredible social entrepreneur Prashan Di Visser, this youth movement for conflict transformation that started in Sri Lanka 14 years ago is now in 13 countries with tens of thousands of members, affecting positive changes in their communities.

  • Connection Science Fellow

    2016

    Served as a Connection Science Fellow under the program of Dr. Sandy Pentland of MIT Media Lab. Guest lectured at MIT Sloan School of Business on topics like FinTech and Entrepreneurship.

2015 - 2022

  • Board Of Directors

    2015 - 2022

    Served as Independent Board of Directors after Synchrony went public on the NYSE (SYF), formerly known as GE Capital Consumer Finance. Will was a member of the Risk Committee and the Technology Committee.

  • Global Co-GM Samsung Pay

    2015 - 2018

    Global Co-GM of Samsung Pay after LoopPay was acquired by Samsung as a wholly owned subsidiary under Samsung Electronics America. Will was responsible for launching Samsung Pay in the U.S. and is leading innovations towards a payment and commerce services platform for consumers, merchants and financial institutions.

2012 - 2015

  • Founder, CEO

    2012 - 2015

    LoopPay created the first mobile wallet solution that works at 90% of existing merchant POS, and is a mCommerce solution helping merchants and issuers better interact and transact with consumers on their mobile wallet applications. The company was founded and invested by Will Graylin and George Wallner (founder CEO Hypercom). The company has developed patented breakthroughs in magnetic secure transmission (MST) technology to enable consumer wallets to transact with existing merchant POS systems.

ROAM Data, Inc. (acquired by Ingenico)

2007 - 2012

  • Founder, CEO

    2007 - 2012

    Founded ROAM Data in 2005, helped grow ROAM from zero to being the largest provider of secure mobile readers worldwide in 2012 and a leading global mCommerce platform provider. Achieved 3 straight years of triple digit growth rate. ROAM turns merchants’ mobile devices into secure point of sale (POS) terminals. ROAM won the 2010 Technology Innovations Award at ETA and amassed nearly 300 distribution partners worldwide.

WAY Systems (acquired by Verifone)

2002 - 2007

  • Founder, CEO

    2002 - 2007

    WAY Systems provides Mobile POS hardware and software solution and services for Merchants to accept payment cards anywhere. WAY enabled secure transactions of POS payment combined with low cost mobile phones, coupled with full services of the WAY Payment Gateway. WAY won numerous awards for Best Payment Applications at the world's largest Card Payment Trade Shows such as Cartes, and was the fastest growing POS company in the world in 2005 and 2006.

EntitleNet, Inc (acquired by BEA Systems, subsequently Oracle)

2000 - 2001

  • Founder, CEO

    2000 - 2001

    EntitleNet provided security software platform for web application developers, enabling them to much more easily deliver secure and effective access management and entitlement for data and applications for various web and enterprise applications. With patented Bitmap Indexing technology and management suite, EntitleNet enabled the separation of rights management from development. Developers traditionally hard code security at time of programming making it vastly inefficient to manage fine grain access control. EntitleNet was sold to BEA Systems and became embedded in all WebLogic 7.0 and beyond, and is a core part of Web Logic Enterprise Security (WLES)