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Terry Gillespie

Terry Gillespie

Managing Director atTrilogy Equity PartnersBellevue
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Terry Gillespie is a Managing Director and Founding Partner at Trilogy Equity Partners. She held executive roles at Western Wireless Corporation and McCaw Cellular, and co-founded Trilogy International Partners.

What Terry can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series ACan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Best routeA warm introAsk a founder in their portfolio.

Trilogy Equity Partners writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. national public accounting firm
  2. McCaw Cellular · Senior Vice President and Controller
  3. Western Wireless Corporation · Vice Chairman, Director, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  4. a national public accounting firm
  5. a Western Wireless predecessor · Chief Financial Officer
  6. Trilogy International · founder-CEO
  7. Trilogy Equity Partners · Managing Director, Founding Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Trilogy International PartnersTrilogy International

Focus

SaaSAIFintechEducationHealth

Education

University of Washington, BA in Accounting

Also at Trilogy Equity Partners

Amy McCullough
Amy McCulloughManaging Director
Mikal Thomsen
Mikal ThomsenManaging Director
Chuck StonecipherManaging Director
Yuval NeemanManaging Director
Elisa La Cava
Elisa La CavaPrincipal
Alex Nasoni
Alex NasoniAnalyst
Ernie Archambault
Ernie ArchambaultAssociate

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Questions

Who is Terry Gillespie?

Terry Gillespie is a Managing Director and Founding Partner at Trilogy Equity Partners. She held executive roles at Western Wireless Corporation and McCaw Cellular, and co-founded Trilogy International Partners.

How much does Terry Gillespie invest?

Terry Gillespie invests through Trilogy Equity Partners, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at pre-seed, seed, series a.

How do I pitch Terry Gillespie?

A warm intro from a founder Trilogy Equity Partners backed works best.

What did Terry Gillespie do before Trilogy Equity Partners?

national public accounting firm; Senior Vice President and Controller at McCaw Cellular; Vice Chairman, Director, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Western Wireless Corporation; a national public accounting firm; Chief Financial Officer at a Western Wireless predecessor; founder-CEO at Trilogy International.

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