Phil joined IDG Ventures SF as a Managing Director in September
2006. He was previously a General Partner at WaldenVC for 10 years.
Phil focused on early stage investments in new media and IT at WaldenVC.
Phil currently sits on the Boards of Vivox,
Telltale
Games, Simply
Hired and i2we
and was responsible for investments in VitalStream (VSTH), Bamboo.com
(IPIX), NIKU (NIKU), Sina.com (SINA), Adknowledge, and People3 (IT).
Prior to WaldenVC, he worked as an investment banker in Robertson
Stephens' New Media and Information Technology Groups. At Robertson
Stephens, Phil managed initial public offerings and mergers and
acquisitions assignments for CBT Systems, Computer Learning Centers,
Electronic Arts, Fritz Integrated Logistics, Spectrum HoloByte,
Sierra On-line, and Vantive, among others. Prior to Robertson Stephens,
he worked in Goldman Sachs' corporate finance group. Phil has also
founded and operated three companies in the retail, non-profit,
and manufacturing industries.
He is also Co-Chairman/Founder of the VCNetwork (www.vcnetwork.org)
and the YVCA (www.YVCA.com);
two non-profit organizations consisting of over 1,000 venture capitalists
in Silicon Valley. Each year Phil manages social networking events
which include the participation of 50% of the Valley’s General
Partners. In addition, Phil serves on the Board of the Western Association
of Venture Capitalists (WAVC,
www.wavc.net).
Phil received his Master of Business Administration with Honors
from the Harvard Graduate School of Business and earned his Bachelor
of Arts in Economics with Honors from Hamilton College.
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