Phil Black

Founder of True Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview

Phil Black is a Venture Capital Investor based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a strong track record in mergers & acquisitions, business modeling, and board of director experience. He co-founded True Ventures and has served on the board of directors for companies like Inventables and Automattic, and has invested in successful ventures like Directly and Orreco.

Work Experience

True Ventures

Co-Founder
2006 - Current
Earliest stage venture capital for technology companies. More info at: www.trueventures.com.

True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.

trueventures.com

Inventables

Board of Director
2009

Inventables is a 3D carving company offers a powerful machine, intuitive software and unique materials.

Raised $32,559,084.00 from True Ventures, Michael Gamson, Jeff Weiner, Draper Associates, Pipeline Capital, Greycroft and Cue Ball.

inventables.com

Kurtosys Systems

Board of Director
2006
Board of Director for Kurtosys Systems, a financial technology vendor for the Asset Management industry

Automattic

Board of Director
2005

Automattic is a global tech company that offers WordPress, WooCommerce, and other web solutions.

Raised $985,900,000.00 from Avant Global, BlackRock, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors, Aglaé Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, ICONIQ Capital, Wellington Partners and Alta Park Capital.

automattic.com