Bill McNichols

Founder at

Goldfinch Partners LLC

Consumer Services

Finance

Technology Services

Profile

Bill has more than twenty years of experience as an investor and operator.
Prior to co-founding Goldfinch, Bill was SVP of Corporate and Business Development at Starbucks where he led over 40 transactions including more than $11 billion of acquisitions, divestitures and investments along with numerous commercial partnerships.
Prior to Starbucks, Bill was a senior investment professional at Vulcan Capital, where his portfolio included DreamWorks, Oxygen Media, and TowerCo. Bill began his career at Gleacher & Co where he focused on advisory and investment work in the CPG, quick service restaurant and TMT sectors.
Bill holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA with high honors from Colgate University.
Bill currently serves on the boards of Catalant Technologies, Vesta and Convera.

Bill McNichols active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Goldfinch Partners LLC Goldfinch Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Goldfinch Partners invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of software and technology-enabled services business. It provides financing for growth and buyout transactions.	Founder	2018-11-30
Goldfinch Partners Pty Ltd. Goldfinch Partners Pty Ltd. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides investment services	Founder	2018-11-30
Convera Usa, LLC Convera Usa, LLC Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates as a foreign currency exchange platform	Director/Board Member	2021-07-31
Vesta Corp. Vesta Corp. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Provides electronic payment solutions	Director/Board Member	2020-04-30
Catalant Technologies, Inc. Catalant Technologies, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Provides online platform for MBA graduates and business	Director/Board Member	2019-06-30

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Former positions of Bill McNichols

Companies	Position	End
23.5 Degrees Topco Ltd. 23.5 Degrees Topco Ltd. RestaurantsConsumer Services Operates Starbucks franchise coffee shops	Corporate Officer/Principal	2018-12-30
Cercano Management LLC /Private Equity/ Cercano Management LLC /Private Equity/ Investment ManagersFinance Cercano Management invests in companies located across the globe. The firm focuses on companies such as media conglomerates, energy minerals, financial services, healthcare services, life science and communication. It participates in leveraged buyouts, distressed/turnaround and early stage transactions with an investment size ranging from USD 10 to 100 million.	Director/Board Member	2009-12-30
Cercano Management LLC /Private Equity/ Cercano Management LLC /Private Equity/ Investment ManagersFinance Cercano Management invests in companies located across the globe. The firm focuses on companies such as media conglomerates, energy minerals, financial services, healthcare services, life science and communication. It participates in leveraged buyouts, distressed/turnaround and early stage transactions with an investment size ranging from USD 10 to 100 million.	Private Equity Investor	2008-10-30
Rose City Radio Corp. Rose City Radio Corp. BroadcastingConsumer Services Owns and operates radio stations	Director/Board Member	-
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Private companies	11
Harvard University Harvard University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Rose City Radio Corp. Rose City Radio Corp. BroadcastingConsumer Services Owns and operates radio stations	Consumer Services
Cercano Management LLC /Private Equity/ Cercano Management LLC /Private Equity/ Investment ManagersFinance Cercano Management invests in companies located across the globe. The firm focuses on companies such as media conglomerates, energy minerals, financial services, healthcare services, life science and communication. It participates in leveraged buyouts, distressed/turnaround and early stage transactions with an investment size ranging from USD 10 to 100 million.	Finance
Colgate University Colgate University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Vesta Corp. Vesta Corp. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Provides electronic payment solutions	Technology Services
Broadpoint.Gleacher Asset Management Broadpoint.Gleacher Asset Management Investment ManagersFinance Broadpoint.Gleacher's Equity Capital Markets team advises on, underwrites and places IPOs, follow-on public equity offerings, secondary equity offerings and direct registered placements of equity securities and private placements of public and private equity and hybrid securities. The firm's Debt Capital Markets team advises on, underwrites and places public and private placements of investment grade debt, high yield debt, bank debt and convertible debt and all other fixed-income related securities. Broadpoint.Gleacher also offers liability management advisory and execution services to corporations and institutional investors. This includes redemptions, repurchases, debt tenders, private exchange offers, registered exchange offers, debt for equity swaps and equity for equity swaps across all classes of securities including investment grade, high yield, ABS and equities.	Finance
Catalant Technologies, Inc. Catalant Technologies, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Provides online platform for MBA graduates and business	Technology Services
23.5 Degrees Topco Ltd. 23.5 Degrees Topco Ltd. RestaurantsConsumer Services Operates Starbucks franchise coffee shops	Consumer Services
Goldfinch Partners Pty Ltd. Goldfinch Partners Pty Ltd. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides investment services	Finance
Goldfinch Partners LLC Goldfinch Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Goldfinch Partners invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of software and technology-enabled services business. It provides financing for growth and buyout transactions.	Finance
Convera Usa, LLC Convera Usa, LLC Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates as a foreign currency exchange platform	Technology Services