Investing Profile

Phil Black(1)

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Co-Founder at True Ventures
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Networks Phil is a member of
Stanford University Network
512 CONNECTIONS
Summit Partners Network
26 CONNECTIONS
True Ventures Network
12 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
True Ventures Investor
Investment Range
$1M - $50.0M
Sweet Spot
$20.0M
Investments On Record
31
Current Fund Size
$840M

Phil Black is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Phil Black's Investments On Record (15)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
AccessPay
Series UnknownMar 2024$24M
$24M
Tiamat Sciences
SeedMar 2023$2M
SeedNov 2021$3M
$5M
Co-investors: Rayyan Islam (8090 Industries)
Directus
Series ANov 2022$7M
$7M
Ernesta
Series ANov 2022$25M
$25M
Co-investors: Jon Callaghan (True Ventures), Lee Fixel (Addition)
Neoplants
SeedOct 2022$20M
$20M
Co-investors: Yacine Ghalim (Heartcore Capital), Niklas Zennström (Atomico), Andrew Nutter
ClayStack
SeedJul 2021$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Kevin Rose (True Ventures), Jon Callaghan (True Ventures), Toni Schneider (True Ventures), Jeff Veen (True Ventures), Adam D'Augelli (True Ventures), Illia Polosukhin (SID Venture Partners), Richard Ma (Pioneer Fund), Raj Gokal (Solana Ventures), Jake Brukhman (CoinFund), Tarun Chitra (Robot Ventures), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Santiago Roel Santos (ParaFi Capital), Stani Kulechov, Tyler Scott Ward, Tegan Kline, Stefan George
Thistle Technolgies
SeedApr 2021$3M
$3M
GoalBased Investors
SeedApr 2021$3M
$3M

Phil Black's Experience

Co-Founder True Ventures2006 - Present
Co-Founder Blacksmith Capital2003 - 2006
General Partner ABS Ventures1999 - 2002
General Partner Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners1995 - 1999
Sr. Associate and Associate Summit Partners1988 - 1994

Phil Black's Education

Stanford University A.B.