William Young

Publicly available information on William Young is limited. Investor-directory sources identify him as an Associate based in Mercer Island, Washington, with market exposure including events services, cybersecurity, women-founded companies, computers, network security, content, and security. AngelMatch lists past investments associated with him as eventcore and CI Security.

East Seattle Partners is a Mercer Island-based multi-asset investment firm funded by private family capital. The firm says it was founded in 2014 and makes direct investments in early-stage and mature middle-market companies, plus commercial and multifamily real estate in the Pacific Northwest. Its founder, Alan Frazier, previously worked as an executive at Immunex and later founded Frazier Healthcare Partners; East Seattle Partners is stated to be separate from Frazier Healthcare Partners.

The supplied phone number, +1 (734) 455-3600, appears in public sources as a Plastipak Packaging / Plymouth, Michigan phone number, not as a verified contact number for William Young at East Seattle Partners. I could not verify a public LinkedIn profile or a directly loadable headshot for this William Young.

• East Seattle Partners says it takes an “active value-add approach” and seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, management teams, and business partners to create long-term value.
• The firm says it is funded by private capital, which lets it invest without outside-fund constraints or a narrow industry mandate.
• Growth-equity criteria include situations where the firm can take an active role, where its experience and network can create an edge, and where the company has identifiable growth or expansion opportunities.
• East Seattle Partners prefers growth and mature-stage companies that help build better communities.
• The firm looks for control stakes or significant minority investments with a board seat.
• East Seattle Partners states a preference for long holding periods and says it “strongly prefer[s] to invest in entities for decades.”
• Directory data for William Young points to markets including events services and cybersecurity, consistent with East Seattle Partners’ known investments in eventcore and CI Security / Critical Insight.