It’s a privilege to work with entrepreneurs pursuing a high quality opportunity with energy and conviction. We’re energized by the opportunity to be part of our entrepreneur’s journey.
Favorite Quote: There’s a quote from Virgil that hangs on my wall that I look at every day – “they can because they think they can.” In my 25-year career, I’ve been consistently gobsmacked by the outcomes one can achieve through the powerful combination of persistence and conviction.
Phil has been a software investor for 25 years and has served on the boards of over 40 growth stage companies in his career. Before co-founding PeakSpan, Phil worked at Investor Growth Capital for 10 years as a leader in the software investment team. Prior to joining IGC, Phil also worked at Morgan Stanley Venture Partners (the firm’s expansion and growth stage fund) as part of the technology investment team and started his career at Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (the firm’s private equity fund) focusing on, among other things, investments in software and other technology areas.
Phil is a graduate of Princeton University and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and also served as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve for seven years. Phil enjoys cooking (trained by the Peter Kump School and L’Escoffier de Gastronomie but still a very humble student), tennis, running, and spending time with his wife and 2 children enjoying everything Northern California has to offer.