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Bill Mcaleer

Venture investor helping early stage tech entrepreneurs build successful companies

📍 Seattle, Washington, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 8 investments📅 27 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2025
Angel investor🌍 United States
8
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1
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1
Late stage
27y
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Board Member
Jul 2025
WellSaid is the leading AI text-to-speech technology company and first synthetic media service to achieve human-parity in voice. Creators, product developers, and brands alike power up their stories and digital experiences with a wide variety of voice styles, accents and languages — at the volume companies need.
Board observer
May 2021
At Hiya, we are revolutionizing the voice communication experience, making it more productive and secure. Our Voice Intelligence Platform connects and protects over 500 million users worldwide, leveraging AI to deliver smarter, safer, and more productive voice interactions. Hiya supports enterprises, carriers, and OEMs in enhancing the voice experience. For enterprises, Hiya’s Branded Call helps businesses connect with their customers, placing trust back into the phone call. By displaying your company name, logo, and call reason you are improving the customer experience, providing trustworthy calls, and protecting from costly phone scam and spam calls. For carriers and OEMs, Hiya provides a secure enhanced calling experience that builds customer trust and loyalty by protecting users against spam and fraud. Enabling carriers to secure their network and grow their business through a differentiated voice proposition that improves ARPU and NPS, while reducing churn. Want to build the future of voice communications? Join our dynamic, collaborative team where you’ll be empowered to create, innovate and disrupt the voice experience. If you’re ready to make an impact and revolutionize the voice calling experience, explore our opportunities.
Board Member
Oct 2019
ThoughtExchange is the world’s most trusted engagement and survey platform for leaders who drive change and alignment in their communities. 

Using our sophisticated analytics and secure OpenAI integration, get broader participation, deeper insights, and actionable ideas in far less time.

 With ThoughtExchange, you can access thousands of voices in one conversation—and our AI takes care of the data analysis for you, in minutes instead of months. Hear the what, when, how, why (and sometimes where) of your challenge, with just one question. For more information visit https://thoughtexchange.com, email info@thoughtexchange.com or call 1-800-361-9027
Member of the Board
Oct 2015
Rowan provides cost-effective technology-enabled legal services (TELS) that address the complex legal challenges of corporations and law firms. Rowan’s initial focus is delivering value for IP groups by combining leading IP experts and consultants with a state-of-the-art technology platform that incorporates AI, machine learning, and natural language processing to deliver end-to-end solutions for its clients. The company was founded by John Amster in 2018, based on several years researching the legal technology market. The initial team acquired patent technology experts, TurboPatent, in late 2018. Rowan is innovating new technology and data enabled solutions for patent drafting and management, licensing, and anti-counterfeit. Our legal consulting services team is comprised of executives with decades of legal, transactional and consulting experience that can provide industry-best strategies for corporate clients. We offer deep domain expertise, senior service, end-to-end solutions, and the flexibility to deliver technology and services in a way that works best for each client.
early stageLegal Services
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2025
Board Member
Jul 2025
WellSaid is the leading AI text-to-speech technology company and first synthetic media service to achieve human-parity in voice. Creators, product developers, and brands alike power up their stories and digital experiences with a wide variety of voice styles, accents and languages — at the volume companies need.
2021
Board observer
May 2021
At Hiya, we are revolutionizing the voice communication experience, making it more productive and secure. Our Voice Intelligence Platform connects and protects over 500 million users worldwide, leveraging AI to deliver smarter, safer, and more productive voice interactions. Hiya supports enterprises, carriers, and OEMs in enhancing the voice experience. For enterprises, Hiya’s Branded Call helps businesses connect with their customers, placing trust back into the phone call. By displaying your company name, logo, and call reason you are improving the customer experience, providing trustworthy calls, and protecting from costly phone scam and spam calls. For carriers and OEMs, Hiya provides a secure enhanced calling experience that builds customer trust and loyalty by protecting users against spam and fraud. Enabling carriers to secure their network and grow their business through a differentiated voice proposition that improves ARPU and NPS, while reducing churn. Want to build the future of voice communications? Join our dynamic, collaborative team where you’ll be empowered to create, innovate and disrupt the voice experience. If you’re ready to make an impact and revolutionize the voice calling experience, explore our opportunities.
2019
Board Member
Oct 2019
ThoughtExchange is the world’s most trusted engagement and survey platform for leaders who drive change and alignment in their communities. 

Using our sophisticated analytics and secure OpenAI integration, get broader participation, deeper insights, and actionable ideas in far less time.

 With ThoughtExchange, you can access thousands of voices in one conversation—and our AI takes care of the data analysis for you, in minutes instead of months. Hear the what, when, how, why (and sometimes where) of your challenge, with just one question. For more information visit https://thoughtexchange.com, email info@thoughtexchange.com or call 1-800-361-9027
2015
Turbo Patent
Member of the Board
Oct 2015
Member of the Board
Oct 2015
Rowan provides cost-effective technology-enabled legal services (TELS) that address the complex legal challenges of corporations and law firms. Rowan’s initial focus is delivering value for IP groups by combining leading IP experts and consultants with a state-of-the-art technology platform that incorporates AI, machine learning, and natural language processing to deliver end-to-end solutions for its clients. The company was founded by John Amster in 2018, based on several years researching the legal technology market. The initial team acquired patent technology experts, TurboPatent, in late 2018. Rowan is innovating new technology and data enabled solutions for patent drafting and management, licensing, and anti-counterfeit. Our legal consulting services team is comprised of executives with decades of legal, transactional and consulting experience that can provide industry-best strategies for corporate clients. We offer deep domain expertise, senior service, end-to-end solutions, and the flexibility to deliver technology and services in a way that works best for each client.
early stageLegal Services
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