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.
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Exa Current
Investor
2026 – Present
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Terrakotta Current
Investor
2025 – Present
AM
Axiom Math Current
Board Member
2025 – Present
Panorama Artificial Intelligence Corp. Current
Director
2023 – Present · Seattle, WA
AI agents help enterprise marketing teams produce and manage campaigns.
SB
Synthesize Bio Current
Board Member
2023 – Present
NI
Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc. Current
Director
2021 – Present · Public company (NAUT)
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Nosis Bio Current
Board Member
2021 – Present
AB
A-Alpha Bio Current
Board Member
2021 – Present
OZ
Ozette Current
Board Member
2021 – Present
BO
Booster Current
Board Member
2016 – Present
AM
Amperity Current
Board Member
2015 – Present
QU
Qumulo Current
Board Member
2012 – Present
MG
Madrona Venture Group Current
Managing Director
2000 – Present
VA
Vercept (Aquired by Anthropic)
Investor
2025 – 2026
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Smartsheet Inc.
Director and 10% owner
2007 – 2025 · Public company (SMAR)
XF
XetHub (Aquired by Hugging Face)
Board Member
2021 – 2024
AI
Apptio Inc
Director and 10% owner
2016 – 2019 · Public company (APTI)
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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
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Sachin Gupta
Executive officer and director

Kurt Shintaffer
Co-Founder, CFO and director
Panorama Artificial Intelligence Corp. · Form D, Jun 18, 2026
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
Dan Scholnick
Director
Read AI, Inc. · Form D, Oct 29, 2024
TerraClear, Inc. · Form D, Apr 1, 2024
TT
Trevor Thompson
President
VN
Vivek Nayak
Executive officer, director and promoter
BF
Brent Frei
Executive officer, director and promoter
Sources
- SECThira Inc. Form D, filed Jul 15, 2026
- SECPanorama Artificial Intelligence Corp. Form D, filed Jun 18, 2026
- SECEdgeRunner AI, Inc. Form D, filed May 9, 2025
- SECRead AI, Inc. Form D, filed Oct 29, 2024
- SECTerraClear, Inc. Form D, filed Apr 1, 2024
- SECForms 3, 4 and 5 filed by Matt McIlwain (SEC filer 1381752)