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Wendy Phillips

President, Corporate Development and Alliances at TruLab

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Overview 

Wendy Phillips is a successful software entrepreneur with a background in corporate development and alliances. She currently serves as a Venture Partner at Ridge Ventures and has held executive roles at companies like TruLab, Inc. and Certain, Inc., showcasing her expertise in business development and strategic partnerships. Highlights of Wendy's career include co-founding Gather Digital and serving as a Partner at Advent International, demonstrating her entrepreneurial spirit and leadership in the venture capital industry. Her current role at Ridge Ventures allows her to invest in early-stage companies in the data services and SaaS sectors, contributing to the growth of startups in the Raleigh-Durham/Southeast US region.

Work Experience 

  • Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Alliances

    2022 - Current

    TruLab provides real-time technology for clinical trial oversight.

TruLab offers technology and software solutions for biological sample tracking, decentralized trials and remote site accessioning services.

  • Venture Partner

    2021

    Ridge Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm investing in innovative, founder-led software and data companies.

  • Board Member

    2019

    GoodUnited is a fast-growing managed services and software company that is redefining peer-to-peer fundraising across social media platforms. GoodUnited's software helps non-profits drive live and virtual peer-led fundraising events, connect with fundraisers and donors, and increase donations at scale.

  • Vice President, Business Development

    2017 - 2021

    Certain is the leading enterprise Event Intelligence Platform, helping large enterprises deliver measurable business results from their events. Certain's comprehensive Software as a Service helps enterprises manage their events and provides attendee insights and buying signals based on real-time attendee engagement data capture, intelligence and integration with sales and marketing systems.

Certain is the leading enterprise event automation platform helping marketers & event professionals deliver measurable results from events.

Raised $28,900,000.00.

  • Co-Founder, VP Sales and Marketing

    2009 - 2017

    Gather Digital is a leading provider of branded, native, downloadable iPhone, iPad, Android and mobile web apps for conferences and organizations. On November 30, 2017 Gather Digital was acquired by Certain, Inc.

  • Partner

    1995 - 2003

    Advent International is a leading global private equity investor. I was a Partner in Advent's early stage technology fund.

Sunley House Capital Management is an investment manager focused primarily on publicly traded securities.

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