Matt McIlwain

Investor at Exa

Sea Island, Georgia, United States

Matt McIlwain currently serves as a board member at several companies, including A-Alpha Bio, Amperity, Axiom Math, Booster, and EdgeRunner AI. He has previously held board roles at Accolade, Inc. (which went public in 2021), Apptio (which went public in 2016), Farecast, and Isilon Systems (which went public in 2006), as well as serving as Vice President of Business Process at Genuine Parts Company.

Thira Director 2026–present · current
Exa Investor 2026–present · current
Thira Board Member 2026–present · current
EdgeRunner AI Director 2025–present, Board Member 2024–present · current
Axiom Math Board Member 2025–present · current
Terrakotta Investor 2025–present · current
Gradial Board Member 2023–present · current
Synthesize Bio Board Member 2023–present · current
Read AI Director 2021–present, Board Member 2021–present · current
A-Alpha Bio Board Member 2021–present, Director 2021 · current
Nautilus Biotechnology (NAUT IPO 2021) Board Member 2021–present · current
Nosis Bio Board Member 2021–present · current
Ozette Board Member 2021–present · current
TerraClear Inc Board Member 2018–present · current
Qumulo Board Member 2012–present, Director 2016 · current
Booster Fuels Board Member 2016–present · current
Amperity Board Member 2015–present · current
Madrona Managing Director 2000–present · current
Madrona Venture Group Managing Director · current
Vercept Investor 2025–2026 · past
XetHub (Aquired by Hugging Face) Board Member 2021–2024 · past
OctoML Director 2019 · past
Xnor.ai Director 2017–2020, Board Member 2017–2020 · past
Accolade, Inc. (ACCD IPO 2021) Board Observer 2017–2021 · past
Snowflake Investor 2017–2020 · past

Organizations

Thira Director 2026–present · current
Exa Investor 2026–present · current
Thira Board Member 2026–present · current

Education

Harvard Business School Master of Business Administration (MBA) · 1990–1992
Dartmouth College Bachelor's degree, Government with economics · 1983–1987

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