Phil Boyer
Partner at Crosslink Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2014 - Current
Crosslink is a leading early-stage venture capital firm based in the SF Bay Area with over $4B in AUM. I lead early-stage investments, with a primary focus on themes within AI, data, developer tools, and deep tech in enterprise and vertical markets. Active Portfolio Companies include: Argon AI, BetterUp, Forma.ai, Griptape, Hansa, Inscribe, Knapsack, Leapfin, Liminary, Near Space Labs, OPT Industries, Overjet, Qualiti, Syncari, Vectice, YotaScale Prior Investments include: Weave (IPO NYSE: WEAV), Verodin (acquired by FireEye), Flo (acquired by Moen), Bonfire (acquired by GTY Holdings), Enview (acquired by Matterport), Armory (acquired by Harness)
Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators, typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
Advisory Board Member
2014
ALPHA is a private network for tech leaders, focusing on mobile crypto mining.
Investor, Board Observer
2015
Sourced investment at Series B in 2015, Board Observer through IPO in 2021
Board
2020
Led Seed
Overjet is a software development company that offers an AI platform for dentistry with precision and educates patients.
Raised $130,550,000.00 from March Capital, General Catalyst, The E14 Fund, Crosslink Capital, American Dental Association, Harmonic Growth Partners, Liquid 2 Ventures, Insight Partners and SpringRock Ventures.
Investor
2015
Led Seed
BetterUp develops an AI-driven platform that helps people and businesses grow personally and professionally through coaching.
Raised $570,014,699.00 from Mubadala Capital Ventures, Morningside Venture Investments, Sapphire Ventures, Wellington Management, SV Angel, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Plus Capital and ICONIQ Growth.
Board
2021
Led Series A
Board
2021
Led Series A
Near Space Labs is an aerial imagery company that provides timely wide-scale imagery from the stratosphere at affordable prices.
Raised $14,500,000.00 from IAG Firemark Ventures.
Board
2020
Led Seed
OPT Industries is an advanced digital manufacturing suite, specializing in designing and mass-producing consumer products.
Raised $15,000,000.00 from Northpond Ventures, Crosslink Capital and The E14 Fund.
Board
2023
Led Seed
Griptape is an enterprise-grade Python framework that helps developers harness LLMs' potential.
Raised $14,594,141.00 from Range Ventures, Peterson Ventures, Service Provider Capital and Acequia Capital (AceCap).
Board
2021
Led Pre-seed