Bill Merchantz

Venture Partner

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Bill Merchantz joined Promus Ventures in 2018, bringing a strong track record as a CEO and Founder with multiple successful exits, as well as active investor and strategic leader across technology and software.

Prior to Promus Ventures, Bill founded and scaled multiple successful companies. Bill was Founding Partner of Whittman-Hart, as well as Founder and CEO of Lakeview Technology, an enterprise software company. Lakeview Technology was sold to Vision Solutions in 2007.

Bill is on the Board of of the University of Illinois Foundation.

Education

B.S. in Management Sciences and Quantitative Systems: University of Illinois Chicago

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