# Bill Clerico at Y Combinator > Bill Clerico, Founder & Managing Partner at Convective Capital at Y Combinator. 1 investment on record. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-clerico (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) San Francisco, US · Partner # Bill Clerico Founder & Managing Partner at Convective Capital at [WePay](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wepay) Email Backs *DevOps* Latest rounds - **Triplebyte** Venture · $3M Sept 2015 Follow Bill Clerico and see their new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fperson%2Fbill-clerico) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 1 last Sept 2015 - **Filings:** 1 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 4 +2 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them - ✓ **On filings** 1 filing with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At WePay - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. 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Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=bill-clerico) ## The firm [**WePay** Startup · US **0** cheques in 12 months **0** all time **0** led unknown](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wepay) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 1 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $3M - **Active:** 2015 2015 - [Triplebyte](https://millionrounds.com/company/triplebyte) *Venture* **$3M** *US* Sept 2015 Joined · +29 investors · historical By stage - Venture **1** What they backed DevOps **1** Alongside - [Caffeinated Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caffeinated-capital) - [Cat Empire Investments *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cat-empire-investments) - [Daniel Gross *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/daniel-gross) - [David King *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-king) - [Drew Houston *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drew-houston) - [Elad Gil *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil) - [Emmett Shear *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emmett-shear) - [Eric Wu *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eric-wu) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Aryeo](https://millionrounds.com/startup/aryeo) - [Atrato](https://millionrounds.com/startup/atrato) - [Boom](https://millionrounds.com/startup/boom-2) - [Inbox Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/inbox-health) - [Insight Data Science](https://millionrounds.com/startup/insight-data-science) - [Lattice](https://millionrounds.com/company/lattice) - [Mercury](https://millionrounds.com/startup/mercury-3) - [NURX](https://millionrounds.com/company/nurx) - [Slab](https://millionrounds.com/startup/slab-3) - [Triplebyte](https://millionrounds.com/company/triplebyte) - [Yendo](https://millionrounds.com/company/yendo) Show 1 more Show fewer ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **WePay, Inc.** Executive Officer, Director since 2009 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Hear them before you pitch them - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 21 May 2026 · 2h 30m SpaceX IPO, The Erdős Problem, Spotify CEO Joins | Alex Tabarrok, Bill Clerico, Alex Norström, Jordan Schneider, Christina Lee Storm, Erik Bernhardsson With [Bill Clerico](https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-clerico) Mentions [Erik Bernhardsson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/erik-bernhardsson)[Revolution](https://millionrounds.com/fund/revolution) About this episode (01:25) - SpaceX IPO (12:37) - Anthropic Revenue Surges (17:31) - OpenAI Solves the Erdős Problem (27:53) - Alex Tabarrok, a Canadian-American economist and professor at George Mason University, co-authors the Marginal Revolution blog and co-founded Marginal Revolution University. He… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [No Priors](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/no-priors) · 23 Jan 2025 · 38 min What Can We Do About Wildfires? With Convective Capital’s Bill Clerico With [Bill Clerico](https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-clerico) Mentions [Los Angeles](https://millionrounds.com/person/los-angeles-platinum-equity) About this episode This week on No Priors, Sarah and Elad sit down with Bill Clerico, founder of Convective Capital, an early stage venture fund focused on technology-driven solutions for wildfire mitigation and climate resilience. The wildfires in Los Angeles have caused unprecedented property damage and immense… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 4 Dec 2022 · 46 min Momentum investing in VC + Convective Capital's Bill Clerico | E1627 With [Bill Clerico](https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-clerico) About this episode J+M are back for another edition of VC Sunday School. This week, they discuss momentum investing in venture capital! (1:35) Then, Molly interviews Convective Capital's Bill Clerico on investing in firetech startups. (27:58) (0:00) Molly tees up Sunday's segments! (1:35) VC Sunday School: Momentum… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 5 May 2017 · 24 min 20VC: Why We Are Still In The Very Early Days For Fintech, Why Your Company Has To Have An Opinionated Culture & Why The CEO Should Not Be The Sole Point Of Contact With The Board with Bill Clerico, Founder & CEO @ WePay With [Bill Clerico](https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-clerico) Mentions [August Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/august-capital)[Max Levchin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/max-levchin)[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[Dave McClure](https://millionrounds.com/person/dave-mcclure) About this episode Bill Clerico is the Co-Founder & CEO @ WePay, the most complete payments solution for platforms. To date, they have raised close to $75m in VC funding from some of the best in the business including Max Levchin, Dave McClure and August Capital just to name a few. As for Bill, alongside his role… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Bill Clerico in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) · 2 Mar 2023 · 44 min Startup Series: Pano & Convective Capital Mentions [Capital Today](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-today-group)[Bill Clerico](https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-clerico) About this episode Today, we have two guests, Sonia Kastner, Founder and CEO at Pano, and Bill Clerico, Founder and Managing Partner at Convective Capital. Both Sonia and Bill are keynotes in the emerging category of fire tech and in the subcategory of climate tech that's referred to as adaptation solutions,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 14 Jul 2017 · 23 min 20VC: Max Levchin on What Makes A Truly Great CEO, Why Self-Awareness Is The Most Important Trait For Entrepreneurs & Why When There Is Doubt There Is No Doubt Mentions [Max Levchin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/max-levchin)[Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)[Bill Clerico](https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-clerico) About this episode Max Levchin is the Founder & CEO @ Affirm, the company that aims to remake consumer finance from the ground up. They have backing from some of the best in the business with over $400m in VC funding from the likes of Founders Fund, Lightspeed, Andreesen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures and Spark Capital… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=bill-clerico). ## Find people like Bill Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)