5x founder

William Collis

Head of Games & Digital Twins || Multi-Exit Entrepreneur || Author, Eternity’s Blade & The Book of Esports

Co-founder

Adventris Pharmaceuticals· Winter 2023🇺🇸 Providence, Rhode Island, United States

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @William_Collis

2024Venture Partner· Pioneer Fund

Founder · since 2016

Company

Pioneer Fund

Role

Venture Partner

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Adventris Pharmaceuticals

Adventris makes cancer vaccines

Winter 2023

Experience

Career

Pioneer Fund
Venture Partner · 2024 – Present
2024
SAS
Head of Games · 2023 – Present
2023
Adventris Pharmaceuticals
Co-founder
Co-Founder · 2023 – Present
2023
RIDigi
Chairman · Rhode Island · 2022 – Present
2022
Oxygen Esports
Co-founder
Co-Founder · 2020 – Present
2020
RosettaBooks
Author, The Book of Esports · 2020 – Present
2020
Adventris Pharmaceuticals
Co-founder
Co-Founder · 2023 – Present
2023
Pioneer Fund
Venture Partner · 2024 – Present
2024
New England Institute of Technology
Professor of Esports · Rhode Island · 2021 – Present
2021
The Business of Esports
Co-founder
Co-Founder · 2018 – Present
2018
Esports Entertainment Group (NASDAQ: GMBL)
Vice President · 2021 – 2022
2021
Becker College
Scholar of Esports (Professor) · 2018 – 2021
2018
Genji Analytics (Sold to EEG)
Co-founder
Co-Founder · 2018 – 2021
2018
Gamer Sensei (Sold to Corsair)
Co-founder
Co-Founder · Greater Boston Area · 2016 – 2021
2016
Emerson College
Esports Professor · 2018 – 2019
2018
Hasbro
Senior Global Brand Manager · Providence RI · 2014 – 2016
2014
Hasbro
Global Brand Manager · Providence RI · 2013 – 2014
2013
Hasbro
Associate Brand Manager · 2011 – 2013
2011
Hasbro
MBA Summer Associate · 2010
2010
The Institute for Strategic Leadership
International Project Coordinator · 2009
2009
The Boston Consulting Group
Associate · 2007 – 2009
2007

Bio

William Collis is a serial entrepreneur with multiple exits, most recently the data platform Genji. His research has been published in Harvard Business review and featured as a TED talk with over 1.5M views. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was named a Baker Scholar. He is lifelong friends with his co-founders Jen Herbach and Mark Yarchoan, since meeting as roommates at Amherst College.