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Matt McIlwain

Director at Thira. Also a director at Gradial, EdgeRunner AI and Read AI.

DirectorPublic companyRoles at 5 startups
Updated Nov 10, 2026·Latest SEC filing Jul 15, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Matt McIlwain

Matt McIlwain is a director at Thira.

Form D filings also name Matt McIlwain as a director at Gradial, EdgeRunner AI, Read AI and TerraClear.

Matt McIlwain reports to the SEC as a director or major shareholder of 4 public companies, including Nautilus Biotechnology (NAUT), Smartsheet (SMAR) and Apptio (APTI).

Matt McIlwain first appears on SEC filings in 2006.

Experience

This experience comes from Matt McIlwain's profile and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Matt McIlwain in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Thira Inc. Current
Director
2026 – Present · Seattle, WA
AI agents automate IT workflows for enterprise IT teams.
Exa Current
Investor
2026 – Present
Terrakotta Current
Investor
2025 – Present
Axiom Math Current
Board Member
2025 – Present
EdgeRunner AI, Inc. Current
Director
2024 – Present · Bellevue, WA
Panorama Artificial Intelligence Corp. Current
Director
2023 – Present · Seattle, WA
AI agents help enterprise marketing teams produce and manage campaigns.
Synthesize Bio Current
Board Member
2023 – Present
Read AI, Inc. Current
Director
2021 – Present · Seattle, WA
Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc. Current
Director
2021 – Present · Public company (NAUT)
Nosis Bio Current
Board Member
2021 – Present
A-Alpha Bio Current
Board Member
2021 – Present
Ozette Current
Board Member
2021 – Present
TerraClear, Inc. Current
Director
2018 – Present · Issaquah, WA
Booster Current
Board Member
2016 – Present
Amperity Current
Board Member
2015 – Present
Qumulo Current
Board Member
2012 – Present
Madrona Venture Group Current
Managing Director
2000 – Present
Vercept (Aquired by Anthropic)
Investor
2025 – 2026
Smartsheet Inc.
Director and 10% owner
2007 – 2025 · Public company (SMAR)
XetHub (Aquired by Hugging Face)
Board Member
2021 – 2024
Apptio Inc
Director and 10% owner
2016 – 2019 · Public company (APTI)
Isilon Systems, Inc.
Director and 10% owner
2006 – 2010 · Public company (ISLN)

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Matt McIlwain works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Thira Inc. · Form D, Jul 15, 2026
SG
Sachin Gupta
Executive officer and director
Kurt Shintaffer
Kurt Shintaffer
Co-Founder, CFO and director
DK
Deip Kumar
Executive officer and director
SS
Sam Shapiro
Director
TW
Teddie Wardi
Director
SG
Sachin Gupta
Director
AC
Anish Chadalavada
Executive officer and director
DT
Douglas Tallmadge
President and director
AC
Anup Chamrajnagar
Executive officer and director
EdgeRunner AI, Inc. · Form D, May 9, 2025
TS
Tyler Saltsman
CEO and director
CM
Colton Malkerson
Executive officer and director
DS
Read AI, Inc. · Form D, Oct 29, 2024
BT
Brad Twohig
Director
CJ
DS
David Shim
Chief Executive Officer and director
TerraClear, Inc. · Form D, Apr 1, 2024
TT
VN
Vivek Nayak
Executive officer, director and promoter
BF
Brent Frei
Executive officer, director and promoter

Sources

  1. SECThira Inc. Form D, filed Jul 15, 2026
  2. SECPanorama Artificial Intelligence Corp. Form D, filed Jun 18, 2026
  3. SECEdgeRunner AI, Inc. Form D, filed May 9, 2025
  4. SECRead AI, Inc. Form D, filed Oct 29, 2024
  5. SECTerraClear, Inc. Form D, filed Apr 1, 2024
  6. SECForms 3, 4 and 5 filed by Matt McIlwain (SEC filer 1381752)