Based in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, Tokyo, London, and Buenos Aires, the Sequel Ventures team grows and revitalizes companies – from startups to Fortune 100 firms.
We invest transformational capital, breakthrough strategic thinking, and management expertise, to help game-changing ventures scale innovative products and services that change the world.
With extensive experience in the technology world; in acquisitions, integrations and operations; and in building strong management teams, we partner with early stage startups, small-to-medium enterprises, not-for-profits, and individuals that are primed to flourish. Sequel brings to the table:
Sequel Ventures acts as advisor to CEO/founders and management teams to develop and implement strategic frameworks, roadmaps to success, creative financial structures and world-class teams. We provide:
William E. (Bill) Mitchell
Bill has led companies ranging in size from $50M to $23+B as President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board. His performance as Chairman and CEO of Arrow Electronics led to a compound annual growth rate in annual revenue of 14%, growth in profits of 25%, and more than 5X growth in market cap in 8 years. As President of Solectron Global Services, he led the formation of a $1.2B technology services unit via 17 acquisitions in four years. He has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude, and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from University of Michigan, where he was a National Science Foundation Fellow. He serves on the boards of Humana Inc. (NYSE:HUM); Veritiv Corporation (NYSE:VRTV), and Trace3 (privately held). Connect with Bill on LinkedIn
Tetsushi Yamada
Yamada-san has led both foreign affiliated and Japanese IT firms for more than 30 years including as President and CEO of Memorex Japan, Global Technology Partners, Inc. and ETF Japan Ltd. A native of Japan, he specializes in promoting Japanese technology and providing entry for foreign firms into the Japanese market via numerous Japanese and U.S./Japanese Joint Ventures. He also holds a Master of Science in Economics from Kansas State University. Connect with Tetsushi on LinkedIn
Justo J. Millán
Justo has successfully managed multinational technology subsidiaries, including Raychem Corporation and Arrow Electronics, in his native Argentina, all of South America, and the US. He also founded and successfully operated a number of technology-based companies in Argentina. He has a M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, and completed the Executive Development Program at Cornell and Strategic Marketing Program at Harvard. Connect with Justo on LinkedIn
Pamela Marino
Pam has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services and technology sectors, specializing in logistics, acquisitions and operations. She spent twelve years at Arrow Electronics, Inc. where she was Executive Assistant to Bill Mitchell as Chairman and CEO. Pamela has an A.A.S. in Secretarial Science from The Berkeley College in Paramus, N.J. Connect with Pam on LinkedIn
Bill Mitchell is a Partner at Sage Partners, a Boston-based firm of experienced senior executives specializing in corporate governance and venture acceleration. Sage focuses on growth and experience to create value with its clients, by helping young company CEOs and Founders from Idea to Exit; Executives whose companies need help to ratchet up their growth; and Directors who need help to oversee the development and execution of value-creating growth initiatives. Connect with Sage Partners http://www.sagepartners.net/
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