# William N. Thorndike

> William N. Thorndike is a Series A investor at Housatonic Partners. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Housatonic Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/housatonic-partners)
- Total investments: 1
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-thorndike-8939625

William N. Thorndike is a Series A investor at Housatonic Partners. Will founded Housatonic Partners in Boston in 1994 and has been Managing Director since that time. Prior to founding Housatonic, Will worked with T. Rowe Price Associates and Walker & Company where he was named to the Board of Directors. Will has over two decades of experience investing in recurring service companies across a wide variety ofindustries.Will is a Director of Carillon Assisted Living, Lincoln Peak Holdings, QMC International, and ZircoDATA. Outside of Housatonic, he is a Director of WGBH, the College of the Atlantic (Chair), as well as a founding partner at FARM, a social impact investing collaborative. He is the author of The Outsiders.Will holds an A.B. from Harvard College and M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Timah Partners | Timah Partners is a holding company that builds stewardship, operational excellence and next generation SME leaders. | $50M | Series A |  |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Housatonic Partners

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Housatonic Partners is a private equity investment firm founded in 1994 with over $1 billion in capital under management. They invest in growing, profitable companies in the recurring services, media and communications industries. They have partnered with exceptional management teams in more than fifty small to mid-sized companies in theseindustries over the last thirteen years.

2 contacts available at Housatonic Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joe Niehaus | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-niehaus |
| William N. Thorndike | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-n-thorndike |

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