Philip Black
Founder at True Ventures LLC
Net worth: 18 M $ as of 30/04/2024
Profile
Phil is an early stage venture capitalist and co-founder of True Ventures.
He learned the venture trade and met his future True Ventures co-founder during his time at Summit Partners.
He held general partner positions for eight years prior to raising and investing a small angel fund called Blacksmith Capital, which became a seminal moment in his career of managing venture fund investments.
Phil believes in risk-taking at the earliest stage and that startup founders benefit most when they are supported fully, both professionally and personally.
Phil is a product of Oklahoma and Stanford alumni.
He loves art, wine, and travel.
His favorite place outside of the San Francisco Bay Area is London.
Known holdings in public companies
Company | Date | Number of shares | Valuation | Valuation date |
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HASHICORP, INC. CLASS A
0.43% | 31/12/2023 | 537,678 ( 0.43% ) | 18 M $ | 30/04/2024 |
Philip Black active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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True Ventures LLC
True Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance True Ventures LLC (True Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by John Burke and Philip Black. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Founder | 30/06/2010 |
Automattic, Inc.
Automattic, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Automattic, Inc. develops web pages and software. It offers visual information processing hosting, free blogging software, blog designing, plug-in development, training, setup and social media planning services. The company was founded by Matthew Charles Mullenweg in August 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2005 |
Kiip, Inc.
Kiip, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Kiip, Inc. develops a mobile platform that enables games and other applications to deliver rewards for virtual achievements. It provides rewards to application users through advertising products, free samples, special offers and virtual currencies. The firm also helps developers monetize their apps by rewarding users during in-app events. Its solutions also enable performance marketers find customers on mobile. The company was founded by Brian Wong, Courtney Guertin and Amadeus Demarzi in September 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Copper CRM, Inc.
Copper CRM, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Copper CRM, Inc. designs, develops, and provides cloud-based customer relationship management software for small to medium-sized businesses. It serves the companies that use google applications. The firm enables business owners, senior executives, and sales professionals to track sales leads, manage contacts, and close deals. The company was founded by Chris Cheng, Jun Hu and Jonathan Lee in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Loggly, Inc.
Loggly, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Loggly, Inc. Loggly, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-based log management solution. It offers a log analysis and monitoring software for proactive application monitoring, troubleshooting server and application issues, log analytics, performance monitoring, and alerting. The company was founded by Jonathan Gifford, Kord Campbell and Raffael Marty in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
strongDM, Inc.
strongDM, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services strongDM, Inc. provides data monitoring software solutions. It develops a platform for automated data error detection. The company was founded by Elizabeth Joy Zalman, Justin Allan McCarthy and Schuyler Chapin Brown in 2015 and is headquartered in Burlingame,CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Philip Black
Companies | Position | End |
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Apply Financial Ltd.
Apply Financial Ltd. Major BanksFinance Apply Financial Ltd. provides payments validation solutions. It specializes in rapid application delivery, payments automation, mobile banking, and web service transaction engines. The company was founded by Philip Goffin and Mark Bradbury in November 1, 2010 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. | Director/Board Member | 12/06/2019 |
Desk.com, Inc. | Director/Board Member | 17/07/2018 |
Blacksmith Capital
Blacksmith Capital Investment ManagersFinance Blacksmith Capital (Blacksmith Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Founder | 30/04/2006 |
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Training of Philip Black
Stanford University | Undergraduate Degree |
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Listed companies | 1 |
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SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Technology Services |
Private companies | 21 |
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Summit Partners LP
Summit Partners LP Investment ManagersFinance Summit Partners LP (Summit Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Gregory Avis, Roe Stamps and Stephen Woodsum. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Finance |
Apacheta Corp.
Apacheta Corp. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Apacheta Corp. delivers mobile workflow applications. It offers services to the medical logistics, enterprise workforce, and technology sectors. The company was founded by Bernie Skomra and Stewart Skomra in 2002 and is headquartered in Media, PA. | Commercial Services |
Automattic, Inc.
Automattic, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Automattic, Inc. develops web pages and software. It offers visual information processing hosting, free blogging software, blog designing, plug-in development, training, setup and social media planning services. The company was founded by Matthew Charles Mullenweg in August 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
UTOPY, Inc.
UTOPY, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services UTOPY's mission is to drive measurable gains in customer care, operational performance and consumer loyalty through changing processes and people's behavior using domain-specific solutions powered by speech analytics. UTOPY's proven Performance Optimization and Customer Intelligence solutions are award-winning, and their customers are Fortune 500 leaders in their respective industries. UTOPY was founded in 1999 to help companies utilize the previously untapped 'voice of the customer' to drive enterprise performance. They analyze the phone conversations taking place between companies and customers and then deliver unparalleled insight and recommendations for performance improvement through scorecards, alerts, analytics and reports proactively delivering actionable information and recommendations directly to the people who can make an impact on improving the most critical Key Performance Indicators. UTOPY offers enterprise decision makers an incomparable window into contact center performance and customer and prospect behavior. In an age when most companies communicate with customers remotely (solely over the phone or via the web), the phone becomes the last remaining human bridge to the customer and the information and analysis provided by UTOPY are invaluable. The UTOPY team holds significant expertise in understanding and improving business processes and the customer experience. The entire UTOPY team is dedicated to their customers' success and focused on enhancing enterprise performance and bringing companies closer to their customers. | Commercial Services |
Inventables, Inc.
Inventables, Inc. Catalog/Specialty DistributionRetail Trade Inventables, Inc. offers 3d carving software, machines and related raw materials. It develops Easel, a 3D platform which allows users to pair with 3D carving machine and X-carve and produce their first project in short time. The company was founded by Zach Kaplan and Keith Schacht in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Retail Trade |
Loggly, Inc.
Loggly, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Loggly, Inc. Loggly, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-based log management solution. It offers a log analysis and monitoring software for proactive application monitoring, troubleshooting server and application issues, log analytics, performance monitoring, and alerting. The company was founded by Jonathan Gifford, Kord Campbell and Raffael Marty in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Mail Bypass, Inc.
Mail Bypass, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Mail Bypass, Inc. provided a cloud-native application solution. It operated a cloud-native application service for enabling and powering messaging across email and mobile channels. The company was founded by Narendra Rocherolle, Nicholas Wilder, Ted Knudsen, Mahir Lupinacci, Steve Mays and Latrasse Jeremy in 2010 and was headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
bLife, Inc.
bLife, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services bLife, Inc. develops mobile stress management tools. The firm offers technological, health and well-being, state-of-the-art design and science. The company was founded by Paul A. Campbell and Hamet A. Watt in 2010 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. | Commercial Services |
Lightspeed Management Co LLC
Lightspeed Management Co LLC Investment ManagersFinance Lightspeed Management Co. LLC (Lightspeed Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1971. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It was formerly known as Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners. | Finance |
Telogy Networks, Inc.
Telogy Networks, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Telogy Networks, Inc. provides embedded communications software solutions. It provides solutions for voice, fax, and data over IP. The company was founded by Jack Hangen, Thomas H. Scholl, and William E. Witowsky in 1990 and is headquartered in Germantown, MD | Technology Services |
SPHERE SA
SPHERE SA Containers/PackagingProcess Industries SPhere SA engages in the manufacture and distribution of household packaging materials. Its products include refuse bags, bin-liners, freezer bags, fruit and vegetable bags, food wrappings, films, baking parchment, food containers, and aluminum foil. The company was founded by John Persenda in 1976 and is headquartered in Paris, France. | Process Industries |
Calvert Capital Management Co.
Calvert Capital Management Co. Investment ManagersFinance Calvert Capital Management Co. (Calvert Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1982. The firm is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. | Finance |
Blacksmith Capital
Blacksmith Capital Investment ManagersFinance Blacksmith Capital (Blacksmith Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
True Ventures LLC
True Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance True Ventures LLC (True Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by John Burke and Philip Black. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Weiss, Peck & Greer LLC | Finance |
Kiip, Inc.
Kiip, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Kiip, Inc. develops a mobile platform that enables games and other applications to deliver rewards for virtual achievements. It provides rewards to application users through advertising products, free samples, special offers and virtual currencies. The firm also helps developers monetize their apps by rewarding users during in-app events. Its solutions also enable performance marketers find customers on mobile. The company was founded by Brian Wong, Courtney Guertin and Amadeus Demarzi in September 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
SocialPandas, Inc.
SocialPandas, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services SocialPandas, Inc. operates as a social selling platform. The company was founded by Mark Trang, Jason Ouellette and Gretchen DeKnikker in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Apply Financial Ltd.
Apply Financial Ltd. Major BanksFinance Apply Financial Ltd. provides payments validation solutions. It specializes in rapid application delivery, payments automation, mobile banking, and web service transaction engines. The company was founded by Philip Goffin and Mark Bradbury in November 1, 2010 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. | Finance |
Copper CRM, Inc.
Copper CRM, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Copper CRM, Inc. designs, develops, and provides cloud-based customer relationship management software for small to medium-sized businesses. It serves the companies that use google applications. The firm enables business owners, senior executives, and sales professionals to track sales leads, manage contacts, and close deals. The company was founded by Chris Cheng, Jun Hu and Jonathan Lee in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
strongDM, Inc.
strongDM, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services strongDM, Inc. provides data monitoring software solutions. It develops a platform for automated data error detection. The company was founded by Elizabeth Joy Zalman, Justin Allan McCarthy and Schuyler Chapin Brown in 2015 and is headquartered in Burlingame,CA. | Technology Services |
Desk.com, Inc. | Technology Services |
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