Bill Malloy III – investor, operator, and builder

Bill Malloy has dedicated his career to building, operating, and investing in organizations that make a difference in people’s lives. He serves as president and a board member of Malloy & Company, a single-family office with a history dating to the early 1800s. Under his direction, Malloy & Company makes targeted investments in private markets and global real estate with a goal of driving positive long-term impact in communities.

Mr. Malloy also leads software investments at Sway Capital, a venture capital firm he co-founded in 2013. Based in San Francisco, Sway Capital focuses on investments in engineering-driven technology companies, taking a multi-strategy approach encompassing private equity, private credit, impact, media, and advisory.  

A technologist, Bill Malloy has lent his expertise as board member or board observer to Fetch Robotics, LiveAction, Affinity, EVRYTHING, Noon Home, Model Medicines, Mocana Corporation, and HyTrust, among others. He has also led investments in Uber, Lyft, Twilio, and SendGrid, and built strategic connections between entrepreneurial ecosystems in the US and EMEA.

Mr. Malloy entered the venture industry in the early 2000s as a senior associate at Zone Ventures. Working at the Draper Fisher Jurvetson fund for two years, he sourced new investments across Silicon Valley and Southern California and strengthened the strategic, operational, and financial frameworks of the fund’s portfolio companies. Earlier in his career, he led product and business development initiatives at Listen.com (acquired by RealNetworks) and MusicMatch (acquired by Yahoo).

Mr. Malloy also devotes his time to philanthropy. He co-founded the PEERS Network in San Diego and helps direct the Malloy Family Foundation. Previously, he served as treasurer and a board member of the Equinox Center.

Bill Malloy earned a BS in chemical engineering with a minor in project management from Clemson University. He later earned an MBA from the University of Southern California and studied computer science at Stanford University.