Wesley Tillu
Director/Board Member at Theai, Inc.
Profile
Wesley Tillu is a Senior Principal at Section 32.
He brings substantial technology investing and operating experience to Section 32, where he focuses on the firm’s investment sourcing, diligence, and deal execution efforts.
Prior to Section 32, Wesley was an investor at In-Q-Tel, the venture capital firm of the CIA and U.S.
intelligence community.
He led and executed a number of investments across cybersecurity, AI/ML, enterprise software, fintech, and deep technology, and he was actively involved with the boards of portfolio companies.
Wesley previously worked at Google where he managed partnerships and operations for its e-commerce platform, Google Express.
He collaborated closely with product management and engineering teams to grow and scale the partner ecosystem by over 20x during his time there.
He worked as a private equity investor at GIC, Singapore's investment arm, where he executed direct investments across technology, consumer, retail and healthcare industries.
Wesley started his career as an investment banking analyst at Merrill Lynch, where he advised and executed on M&A and equity transactions.
Wesley received an MBA from Wharton, an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Master of Engineering and BS in Operations Research & Engineering from Cornell University.
Wesley Tillu active positions
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Section 32 LLC
Section 32 LLC Investment ManagersFinance Section 32 LLC (Section 32) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Bill Maris. The firm is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. | Private Equity Investor | 14/12/2021 |
Theai, Inc.
Theai, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Theai, Inc., also known as inworld ai, is a developer platform that creates AI-powered virtual characters for immersive realities such as the metaverse, VR/AR, games, and virtual worlds. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The experts at inworld ai pioneered conversational AI platforms and generative models at API.ai, Google, and DeepMind. The company is funded by investors including Kleiner Perkins, Bitkraft Ventures, CRV, Meta, and M12, Microsoft's venture fund. The platform allows users to create AI characters and NPCs for games, metaverse, and business applications, with configurable safety, knowledge, memory, narrative controls, multimodality, and more. The company was founded by Ilya Gelfenbeyn and Michael Ermolenko, with Ilya Gelfenbeyn serving as CEO since incorporation. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2022 |
Former positions of Wesley Tillu
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In-Q-Tel
In-Q-Tel Investment ManagersFinance In-Q-Tel is a Venture Capital firm is founded in 1999 by Gilman Louie. The firm is headquartered in Arlington with additional office in London, United Kingdom. | Private Equity Investor | 01/12/2021 |
Training of Wesley Tillu
University of Pennsylvania | Graduate Degree |
Cornell University | Undergraduate Degree |
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | Masters Business Admin |
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In-Q-Tel
In-Q-Tel Investment ManagersFinance In-Q-Tel is a Venture Capital firm is founded in 1999 by Gilman Louie. The firm is headquartered in Arlington with additional office in London, United Kingdom. | Finance |
Section 32 LLC
Section 32 LLC Investment ManagersFinance Section 32 LLC (Section 32) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Bill Maris. The firm is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. | Finance |
Theai, Inc.
Theai, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Theai, Inc., also known as inworld ai, is a developer platform that creates AI-powered virtual characters for immersive realities such as the metaverse, VR/AR, games, and virtual worlds. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The experts at inworld ai pioneered conversational AI platforms and generative models at API.ai, Google, and DeepMind. The company is funded by investors including Kleiner Perkins, Bitkraft Ventures, CRV, Meta, and M12, Microsoft's venture fund. The platform allows users to create AI characters and NPCs for games, metaverse, and business applications, with configurable safety, knowledge, memory, narrative controls, multimodality, and more. The company was founded by Ilya Gelfenbeyn and Michael Ermolenko, with Ilya Gelfenbeyn serving as CEO since incorporation. | Technology Services |
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