Profile
Ilya is a Venture Partner at Xfund.
He is a co-founder and served as President of Segment, the company that created the Customer Data Platform category.
Ilya scaled Segment’s product from an open source library in 2012 to a $3.2 billion acquisition by Twilio in 2020.
Today, Ilya is an angel investor, focusing on Seed and Series A-stage climate tech and healthcare startups.
He’s deeply passionate about medical diagnostics, functional medicine, autoimmunity, and the gut microbiota.
Ilya took a leave of absence from MIT in order to co-found Segment, when he met Patrick (who became the company’s first venture investor).
We are thrilled to welcome Ilya back to the fold.
Ilya Volodarsky active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Xfund Management Co. LLC
 Xfund Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Xfund Management Co. LLC (Xfund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Hugo van Vurren. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Convective Capital Management LLC
 Convective Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Convective Capital Management LLC (Convective Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2022 by William Dominic Clerico. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Private Equity Investor | 2021-12-31 |
| Wildfires | Chief Executive Officer | 2021-12-31 |
Former positions of Ilya Volodarsky
| Companies | Position | End |
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Segment.io, Inc.
 Segment.io, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Segment.io, Inc. provides customer data hub. It develops data application which is related to men's fashion, book subscription, food delivery, music streaming, banking, and women's fashion. The company was founded by Ilya Volodarsky, Peter Reinhardt, Calvin French-Owen, and Taylor Ian Storm in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Founder | 2020-10-31 |
Training of Ilya Volodarsky
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 4 |
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Xfund Management Co. LLC
Xfund Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Xfund Management Co. LLC (Xfund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Hugo van Vurren. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Segment.io, Inc.
Segment.io, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Segment.io, Inc. provides customer data hub. It develops data application which is related to men's fashion, book subscription, food delivery, music streaming, banking, and women's fashion. The company was founded by Ilya Volodarsky, Peter Reinhardt, Calvin French-Owen, and Taylor Ian Storm in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Convective Capital Management LLC
Convective Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Convective Capital Management LLC (Convective Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2022 by William Dominic Clerico. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
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