William Pescatello

William Pescatello serves as Managing Partner at Evolv Ventures. Pescatello previously served as Partner at Lightbank and Board Member at Snapsheet.. He also serves as Board Observer at Flowhub. He also is an Angel Investor. He served as Board Member at PerBlue and Carlease.com. He joined Lightbank in 2011 and was promoted to Partner in September of 2014. While at Lightbank, he led the firm's investments in Centzy, Locu (acquired by GoDaddy), Ovuline, Hireology, PerBlue, and Contently (co-lead), he also served as Board Member at Udemy, Fooda, Lifecrowd and Whoshere. He joined the team from NBCUniversal, where he was a Vice President and founding member of the Peacock Equity Fund, a $250m venture arm for NBCUniversal. While at Peacock Equity, he served as board representative at Greystripe, Ramp and Vivox. Prior to joining NBCUniversal, he worked at GE Capital where he helped finance leading early stage biotech companies. He worked as a Finance Analyst at Morgan Stanley and at Merrill Lynch within their Global Research Group. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst, holds a Bachelor Degree from Northwestern University and graduated with honors from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is a sports fanatic, avid runner, and chances are he is watching your favorite show.