Bill Carson
Director/Board Member at Scanbuy, Inc.
Profile
Bill Carson joined Touchdown in 2021 as a venture partner after being in the startup world for 25 years as both a VC investor and operating executive.
Bill spent the last 18 years at Hudson Ventures, an early stage technology fund investing in B2B companies.
He has held CFO and other financial positions in multiple early stage companies over the last 10 years and is currently VP of Finance at Princeton Infrared Technologies.
Bill is an independent investment committee member and advisor for Vitalize VC, and is both an advisor and board member to multiple startup companies.
Bill began his investment career at Citigroup where he co-founded and ran two venture portfolios including Citigroup’s initial strategic corporate venture fund.
While at Citigroup, he invested in 27 companies totaling over $230 million.
Prior to his investing career, Bill led Citigroup’s internal merger and acquisition group where he completed numerous mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and IPOs across all of Citigroup’s divisions.
Earlier in his career, Bill was a senior product engineer for IBM.
Bill has a MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, and undergraduate degrees in both engineering and economics from the University of Notre Dame.
Bill Carson active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Hudson Venture Partners
 Hudson Venture Partners Investment ManagersFinance Hudson Venture Partners (Hudson Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Jay N. Goldberg and Marilyn S. Adler. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Private Equity Investor | 30/09/2002 |
Scanbuy, Inc.
 Scanbuy, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Scanbuy, Inc. provides cloud-based mobile connection solutions. Its Mobile Engagement Platform helps companies to generate, manage and measure intelligent barcode campaigns. The firm’s other products include mVision Insights, mPromo Coupons, mTargeting for Advertisers and mPackaging. It operates through its locations in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Israel, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. The company was founded by Didier Paul Frantz, Olivier Attia and Avi Chai Outmezguine in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | 31/12/2017 |
Sequent Software, Inc.
 Sequent Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Sequent Software, Inc. provides digital issuance and mobile wallet platform. Its products includes open wallet platform, digital issuance systems, IOT, and wearables which delivers mobile payments and value-added services to banks, mobile operators, merchants, and access control providers. The company was founded in 2010 by Drew Weinstein and David Brudnicki and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Consultant / Advisor | 31/03/2021 |
Princeton Infrared Technologies, Inc.
 Princeton Infrared Technologies, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Princeton Infrared Technologies, Inc. is a fabless infrared company that focuses on design, test, and final assembly of infrared imaging and detection products. It offers LineCam12, 1280SciCam, 1024L1 Linear Array, and Custom Foundry Work. The company was founded by Martin H. Ettenberg in 2013 and is headquartered in Monmouth Junction, NJ. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/05/2020 |
Touchdown Ventures, Inc.
 Touchdown Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Touchdown Ventures, Inc. (Touchdown Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by David B. Horowitz, Scott Lenet and Rich M. Grant. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Private Equity Investor | 30/11/2021 |
Ilya Pharma AB
 Ilya Pharma AB BiotechnologyHealth Technology Ilya Pharma AB develops biological drugs for treating wounds in skin and mucosa. The company was incorporated in May 13, 2016 by Mia Johanna Phillipson, Stefan Roos and Evelina Wanda Matilda Vågesjö and is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Bill Carson
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Avco Consulting, Inc.
 Avco Consulting, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Avco Consulting, Inc. provides information technology (IT) consulting, software project outsourcing, and offshore development services. It serves the financial, insurance, pharmaceutical, healthcare, telecom, retail, and media industries. The company was founded by Vijay Nalamada in 1999 and is headquartered in Worcester, MA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 30/03/2021 |
Hurdl, Inc.
 Hurdl, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Hurdl, Inc. operates as a wearable tech and audience engagement startup. It offers events a way to both create audience lighting effects, as well as to highlight specific audience members and groups and engage, via text, with event attendees during and after the event. The company was founded by Betsy McHugh and Zach Shunk and is headquartered in Nashville, TN. | Director of Finance/CFO | 29/11/2020 |
Crystal Computing
 Crystal Computing Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Crystal Computing provides hosting services. The company was founded on August 21, 2006 and is headquartered in Saint-Ghislain, Belgium. | Director of Finance/CFO | 31/07/2019 |
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Training of Bill Carson
| University of Notre Dame | Undergraduate Degree |
| The University of Chicago Booth School of Business | Masters Business Admin |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 2 |
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| IBM | Technology Services |
| CITIGROUP INC. | Finance |
| Private companies | 17 |
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Wasabi Systems, Inc.
 Wasabi Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Wasabi Systems Inc. develops network storage solutions and software. It offers storage solutions, such as VMX Series iSCSI SAN Systems, which combine SATA drive technology along with an option for high performance SAS drives with various GbE interfaces, as well as storage systems and software that supports various client operating systems. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Norfolk, VA. | Technology Services |
Integral Development Corp.
 Integral Development Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Integral Development Corp. provides software solutions to banks and other financial institutions. Its products include Integral SEF, InvestorFX, FX Grid, and TrueFX. Integral’s private, customer-branded trading solutions are managed and operated over Integral’s FX Grid, a global inter-institutional connectivity and trading network, linking market making banks to FX market participants. The company was founded by Viral Tolat and Harpal S. Sandhu in 1993 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
Pivot, Inc.
 Pivot, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of CME Group, Inc., Pivot, Inc. is a company that provides liquidity management and collaboration software to the financial markets. The company is based in Chicago, IL. The company was founded by David Ho, Furqan Nazeeri. Pivot was acquired by CME Group, Inc. on August 01, 2012. | Technology Services |
Princeton Infrared Technologies, Inc.
Princeton Infrared Technologies, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Princeton Infrared Technologies, Inc. is a fabless infrared company that focuses on design, test, and final assembly of infrared imaging and detection products. It offers LineCam12, 1280SciCam, 1024L1 Linear Array, and Custom Foundry Work. The company was founded by Martin H. Ettenberg in 2013 and is headquartered in Monmouth Junction, NJ. | Technology Services |
Smith Barney, Inc.
 Smith Barney, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Smith Barney, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Citigroup, Inc. The firm provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research | Finance |
Scanbuy, Inc.
Scanbuy, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Scanbuy, Inc. provides cloud-based mobile connection solutions. Its Mobile Engagement Platform helps companies to generate, manage and measure intelligent barcode campaigns. The firm’s other products include mVision Insights, mPromo Coupons, mTargeting for Advertisers and mPackaging. It operates through its locations in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Israel, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. The company was founded by Didier Paul Frantz, Olivier Attia and Avi Chai Outmezguine in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
Dynamic Mobile Data Systems, Inc.
 Dynamic Mobile Data Systems, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Dynamic Mobile Data Systems, Inc. provides wireless communications services. It offers two-way wireless communications and GPS services to large and midsize companies with truck fleets. The company was founded by Larosa Mark in 1994 and is headquartered in Somerset, NJ. | Communications |
Hudson Venture Partners
Hudson Venture Partners Investment ManagersFinance Hudson Venture Partners (Hudson Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Jay N. Goldberg and Marilyn S. Adler. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
Crystal Computing
Crystal Computing Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Crystal Computing provides hosting services. The company was founded on August 21, 2006 and is headquartered in Saint-Ghislain, Belgium. | Technology Services |
Avco Consulting, Inc.
Avco Consulting, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Avco Consulting, Inc. provides information technology (IT) consulting, software project outsourcing, and offshore development services. It serves the financial, insurance, pharmaceutical, healthcare, telecom, retail, and media industries. The company was founded by Vijay Nalamada in 1999 and is headquartered in Worcester, MA. | Commercial Services |
Sequent Software, Inc.
Sequent Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Sequent Software, Inc. provides digital issuance and mobile wallet platform. Its products includes open wallet platform, digital issuance systems, IOT, and wearables which delivers mobile payments and value-added services to banks, mobile operators, merchants, and access control providers. The company was founded in 2010 by Drew Weinstein and David Brudnicki and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Technology Services |
Touchdown Ventures, Inc.
Touchdown Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Touchdown Ventures, Inc. (Touchdown Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by David B. Horowitz, Scott Lenet and Rich M. Grant. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Finance |
IrishAngels, Inc.
 IrishAngels, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance IrishAngels Inc (IrishAngels) is a venture capital subsidiary of Vitalize Venture Group founded in 2012 by Thomas Jordan Curnes, David Wieland and Gale Wilkinson. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | Finance |
Hurdl, Inc.
Hurdl, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Hurdl, Inc. operates as a wearable tech and audience engagement startup. It offers events a way to both create audience lighting effects, as well as to highlight specific audience members and groups and engage, via text, with event attendees during and after the event. The company was founded by Betsy McHugh and Zach Shunk and is headquartered in Nashville, TN. | Technology Services |
OPAQ Networks, Inc.
 OPAQ Networks, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services OPAQ Networks, Inc. provides cloud-based security solutions. It offers distributed branch enablement and optimization, security product displacement, securing software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, on demand security deployment, threat management, and backhaul offload. The company is headquartered in Herndon, VA. | Technology Services |
Ilya Pharma AB
Ilya Pharma AB BiotechnologyHealth Technology Ilya Pharma AB develops biological drugs for treating wounds in skin and mucosa. The company was incorporated in May 13, 2016 by Mia Johanna Phillipson, Stefan Roos and Evelina Wanda Matilda Vågesjö and is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden. | Health Technology |
Paymentworks, Inc.
 Paymentworks, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Paymentworks, Inc. enables large and mid-sized companies to exchange information securely. The company was founded by Thayer Stewart and Alan Greenblatt in 2014 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA. | Commercial Services |
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