Phuc Truong
InvestorInvestor at TBD Angels · Technology Investor at Owl Rock Capital
Boston, Massachusetts
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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About
Phuc Truong is a technology investor and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in mobile media and commerce. He serves as a market development consultant at Tidal Metals and holds a limited partner position at WestCap, a growth equity firm. Truong has founded and led several companies including Mobext, a mobile marketing practice acquired by Havas, and MobileLime, an early mobile marketing and loyalty platform, and has held leadership roles at Savingstar and Drizly.
Experience
- Tidal MetalsMarket Development Consultantcurrent2025 — present
- MCJLimited Partner, Climate Tech Venture Fundcurrent2021 — present
- TBD AngelsInvestorcurrent2020 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- WestCapLimited Partnercurrent2020 — present
- Owl Rock CapitalTechnology Investorcurrent2020 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- OceansLimited Partnercurrent2019 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- Aquafortus TechnologiesInvestment strategy consultant2024 — 2025
- Evoke AIPrincipal seller2023 — 2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- ZwitterCoBusiness Development Consultant2024Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Vision Valve, a Phuc Labs technologyCo-founder / Head of Business2021 — 2023Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Hypothetica Labs LLCPresident2019 — 2020Greater Boston
- Hypothetica Labs LLCInvestor2018 — 2019Greater Boston Area
- SavingStar, Inc. (Acquired by Quotient Technology)VP, Head of Media Solutions & Business Development2016 — 2019Greater Boston Area
- Drizly (Acquired by Uber)SVP, Monetization & Marketing Solutions2014 — 2016Greater Boston
- Mobext (Havas Group)Founder & Managing Director, North America2008 — 2014Greater Boston
- Media ContactsVP, Business Development2007 — 2008Greater Boston
- MobileLime (Modiv Media; acquired by Catalina Marketing)Co-founder - Head of merchant and user acquisition2002 — 2006Greater Boston
- PE Event MarketingManaging Director & Principal1995 — 2001Boston
Skills & more
CommercializationDirect SalesOperations ManagementExecutive ManagementMobileMobile Marketing99Digital Media19Start-ups13Direct ResponseMobile Advertising32Mobile Applications22Business Development17
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Lead GenerationMarketing StrategyDigital MarketingNew Business DevelopmentE-commerceNew MediaSocial MediaOnline AdvertisingLeadershipStrategyDigital StrategyEntrepreneurshipLanguages Vietnamese, knowledgeable in Spanish, Japanese
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Colleagues at TBD Angels
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Analyst, People and Networks at Primary Venture Partners
Greg Raiz
General Partner at FoundersEdge
Greg Smith
Angel at TBD Angels
Hoang Phan
Executive Officer at TBD Angels
Jason Burke
Managing Partner at TBD Angels
Jess Lynch
General Partner at FoundersEdge
Justin Burke
Director at TBD Angels
Melissa Withers
Managing Partner at RevUp Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Phuc Truong?
- Phuc Truong is a technology investor and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in mobile media and commerce. He serves as a market development consultant at Tidal Metals and holds a limited partner position at WestCap, a growth equity firm. Truong has founded and led several companies including Mobext, a mobile marketing practice acquired by Havas, and MobileLime, an early mobile marketing and loyalty platform, and has held leadership roles at Savingstar and Drizly.
- Where does Phuc Truong work?
- Phuc Truong is Investor at TBD Angels.
- What check size does Phuc Truong write?
- Phuc Truong typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Phuc Truong go to school?
- Phuc Truong studied at Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business (MBA, entrepreneurship); Bentley University (BS, International Business and Management).
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ZwitterCo mafia3
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Aquafortus mafia2
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Also attended Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business141
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