Bill Lesieur

AI Revolution | Open Innovation | CVC | Future of Work | Equitable Futures | Sustainability | Corporate Innovation | Futurist | Strategic Foresight | Angel Investor | Startup Advisor | Diversity + Inclusion

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 13 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2025𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Oct 2025
Setting the standard for the next generation of global agencies, Archetype partners with category creators and industry leaders to build the world’s most magnetic brands. We are 650 curious and creative individuals in 20 offices around the world that work together knowing that our clients’ success is our success.
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Jul 2024
Inference is the engine that powers AI, and Groq was built from the silicon up to deliver the worlds fastest inference at scale. We pioneered the LPU—the first processor designed specifically for AI inference—and are transforming that innovation into a global cloud platform powering production AI workloads. With the capital, infrastructure, and team to execute, were uniquely positioned to define the next era of AI infrastructure. The opportunity is massive, and its still wide open. Now lets go build it!
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Feb 2024
Figure is an AI Robotics company building the worlds first commercially viable autonomous humanoid robot. We are based in San Jose, CA.
Investor: Humane
Jul 2023
We believe in building innovative technology that feels familiar, natural, and human. Technology that improves the human experience and is born from good intentions. Products that put us back in touch with ourselves, each other, and the world around us. Experiences that are built on trust with interactions that feel magical, and bring joy. Humane is the next shift between humans and computing. The best human experience, ever.
Investor: Fathom Radiant
Jul 2022
Fathom Radiant is building computer hardware to train neural networks at the human brain-scale and beyond by building a better network. Help us construct the future of machine intelligence. Our founding team has previously founded startups with more than $500 million in exits. We are well-funded from investors including Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund.
Investor: Space as a Service -- Climate Tech
Apr 2022
Were on a mission - starting with 100% reusable rockets. At Stoke, we hire the best in the industry, grant them extreme ownership of their work, then celebrate their boundary-pushing speed of innovation. Working as part of a small team means you’ll have greater impact. At Stoke, we move fast, work hard, and have fun building the future of space mobility.
Investor: Space as a Service
Nov 2021
Xplore provides unique data products to our customers with insights, intelligence, inspiration, discovery from their satellite constellation. The XCRAFT satellites carry remote sensing instruments including optical, video, and hyperspectral sensors to produce valuable data and insights for our customers. Additionally, its edge computing capability enables the creation of data fusion products and insights to be extracted on-orbit, reducing latency and data transmission costs.
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Mar 2021
Alloy Therapeutics is a biotechnology ecosystem company empowering the global scientific community to make better medicines together. From licensing our platforms, to working with us as a trusted discovery service partner, we have collaborated with over 170+ partners and counting including 18 of Fortune 50 Biopharmaceutical companies to enable the discovery of their next breakthrough biologic medicines. With Alloy, you can: • Access our ever-growing stable of antibody and bispecific discovery platforms that blend in vivo and in vitro wet-lab capabilities with AI/ML. Discover with us through our services or by licensing our technologies for use in your lab. • Unlock intracellular targets with the therapeutic potential of T cell receptor (TCR) modalities through our fully integrated Keyway™ TCRm discovery service offering. • Reach genetic disease targets at the nucleic acid level with our novel AntiClastic™ ASO Format, which enhances the molecules potency while minimizing off-target interaction and inflammatory response. • Co-build new biotechnology companies that leverage our core platforms and service capabilities with Alloys affiliated Venture Studio, 82VS. Founded in 2017 and privately funded by visionary investors, Alloy is headquartered in Boston, MA, with labs in Cambridge, U.K.; Basel, CH; and Athens, GA. We reinvest 100% of our revenue back into innovation and access to innovation. Reach out, follow, and visit our website, to learn more about how we can make better medicines, together. https://www.alloytx.com/
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Nov 2020
Qoins is an automated micro-payment platform that uses your spare change to help pay off your debts faster!
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Jan 2020
Mathison is a platform for building more equitable and inclusive workplaces. We use technology to help organizations create, measure, and execute their DEI initiatives with a data-oriented approach. Companies use our platform to easily build and manage robust DEI strategies and transform their organization across the employee lifecycle, resulting in consistent, inclusive cultures with fair policies and more diverse representation.
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Jan 2020
Get worldwide visas without the legwork. Deel Immigration, formerly Legalpad, simplifies hiring and retaining top global talent by smoothing out visa hurdles. Our in-house team handles the entire visa process, enabling employees to work from 30+ countries—and counting. EOR + Immigration 🚀 Fast-track through the immigration maze. Acquiring a work visa without an entity can be costly and time-consuming. Our in-house team manages everything from visa sponsorship to onboarding, payroll, tax filing, and more. US Immigration Expertise 🇺🇸 Expedite the US visa process with over 90% approval rate. From temporary work visas to Green Cards, our acquisition of Legalpad ensures efficient team moves to the US. Comprehensive Visa Coverage 📑 - O-1A visa: For extraordinary abilities in business and science - EB-2 NIW Green Card: For work with national importance - H-1B visa: For specialty workers - EB-1A Green Card: For top-field professionals - L-1A visa: For executives and managers - O-1B visa: For extraordinary abilities in the arts - TN visa: For Mexican and Canadian nationals - E-2 visa: For investors Global HRIS 🛠️ Deel is the only provider combining immigration, HR, and payroll in one system. Stay compliant and get a clear view of your entire organization. Why Choose Deel Immigration? 🤔 Free visa assessment: Confirm visa options for hires quickly. - Visa application tracking: Easy in-app status updates. - Expired visa management: Stay ahead of renewals and legal changes. - Work from wherever, we mean it. Move team members to HQ or empower them to work anywhere with our comprehensive mobility support.
RBL1 Impact Investing Venture Partner
Dec 2019
Rebel One is an early stage fund and global investor network accelerating rebel founders for a better world. We aim to democratize access to investing while solving the world’s most systemic problems aligned with our zero goals - zero pollution, zero poverty and zero disease. Our goal is to accelerate startups by building the worlds largest community of angels investing in founders working to solve some of the worlds greatest challenges.
Angel Investor & Ventures Advisor
Sep 2019
Gaingels is a leading venture investment syndicate in support of and representing the LGBTQIA+ community and allies in the venture capital space. Gaingels also supports its companies with a diverse talent and capital pipeline and provides an internal diverse board member recruitment advisory to help bring more diversity and representation within private boards. Gaingels invests in companies with diverse/LGBTQIA+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in other high-growth companies resolved on building more inclusive teams. Gaingels is an ardent supporter the Diversity Term Sheet Rider Initiative to increase access to venture funding events for non-traditional check writers, and regularly co-invests with select VC leads across a variety of sectors, from technology, to B2B, healthcare and consumer, in competitive and over-subscribed rounds from Seed to Growth/pre-IPO. For more information visit www.gaingels.com.
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2025
Investor
Oct 2025
Setting the standard for the next generation of global agencies, Archetype partners with category creators and industry leaders to build the world’s most magnetic brands. We are 650 curious and creative individuals in 20 offices around the world that work together knowing that our clients’ success is our success.
2024
Investor
Jul 2024
Inference is the engine that powers AI, and Groq was built from the silicon up to deliver the worlds fastest inference at scale. We pioneered the LPU—the first processor designed specifically for AI inference—and are transforming that innovation into a global cloud platform powering production AI workloads. With the capital, infrastructure, and team to execute, were uniquely positioned to define the next era of AI infrastructure. The opportunity is massive, and its still wide open. Now lets go build it!
Investor
Feb 2024
Figure is an AI Robotics company building the worlds first commercially viable autonomous humanoid robot. We are based in San Jose, CA.
2023
Investor: Humane
Jul 2023
We believe in building innovative technology that feels familiar, natural, and human. Technology that improves the human experience and is born from good intentions. Products that put us back in touch with ourselves, each other, and the world around us. Experiences that are built on trust with interactions that feel magical, and bring joy. Humane is the next shift between humans and computing. The best human experience, ever.
Partnerships & Strategic Alliances, Senior Partner Business Manager
Apr 2023
Planet is the leading provider of global, daily satellite imagery and insights. Planet is driven by a mission to image all of Earth’s landmass every day, and make global change visible, accessible, and actionable. Founded in 2010 by three NASA scientists, Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest fleet of imaging satellites, as well as online software, tools and analytics needed to deliver data to users. Decision makers in business, government, and within organizations use Planets data and machine learning-powered analytics to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and make informed, timely decisions to solve our worlds toughest challenges. Visit us at https://www.planet.com/
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