Phil Black is a partner at True Ventures who focuses on investments in enterprise technology and manufacturing infrastructure. He backed Tenkara to build back-office infrastructure for manufacturing.
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True Ventures writes $500K to $3M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.
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- Summit Partners · general partner
- Blacksmith Capital · general partner
- True Ventures · co-founding partnerNow
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Who is Phil Black?
Phil Black is a partner at True Ventures who focuses on investments in enterprise technology and manufacturing infrastructure. He backed Tenkara to build back-office infrastructure for manufacturing.
How much does Phil Black invest?
Phil Black invests through True Ventures, which writes checks of $500K to $3M at pre-seed, seed.
How do I pitch Phil Black?
Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Phil in the subject. A warm intro from a founder True Ventures backed works better.
What did Phil Black do before True Ventures?
general partner at Summit Partners; general partner at Blacksmith Capital.
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