Number of Portfolio Companies 2
Number of Exits 
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  • Gender Male
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
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Alan is a serial entrepreneur and active investor in the Boston technology companies. He co-Founded Where.com, a mobile location-based media company, which was sold to eBay in 2011. Alan also co-founded Frame Media, Instant Information, and Nurse.com. Alan’s current project is DRONELIFE.com, where he is CEO and Publisher.

Alan was at GrandBanks

Capital, a Softbank affiliate, and before that, Alan served as an Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of ZDNet, where he managed technology, infrastructure, and operations and was instrumental in the sale of ZDNet to CNet for $1.4 billion.

Alan is a member of CommonAngels and a Special Advisor to DataPoint Capital.

Number of Investments 2
Alan Phillips has made 2 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - PowerInbox - DynamicMail business on Oct 6, 2011, when PowerInbox - DynamicMail business raised
$800K
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Oct 6, 2011
PowerInbox - DynamicMail business
Seed Round - PowerInbox - DynamicMail business
$800K
Aug 16, 2011
Jeeng
Seed Round - Jeeng
$1.1M
Number of Exits 
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Alan Phillips has exits. Their most notable exits are PowerInbox - DynamicMail business and Jeeng.
  • PowerInbox - DynamicMail business PowerInbox - DynamicMail business automatically transform static email HTMLs into dynamic.
  • Jeeng Jeeng provides analgorithm that helps create automated and personalized messaging which fuel engagement and monetization.
Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 5
Alan Phillips has 2 current jobs as Founder & CEO at Thinking Screen Media and CEO and Publisher at DroneLife. Additionally, Alan Phillips has had 5 past jobs including Founder at Nurse.com.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Nurse.com
Founder
Instant Information
Founder
Where
Co-Founder
ZDNET
Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
GrandBanks Capital
Team Member
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Alan Phillips holds 2 board and advisor roles as Member of the Board of Directors at Xconomy and Special Advisor at Data Point Capital.
Number of News Articles 7
NewsDec 13, 2016
NewsMar 30, 2016
Funding RoundOct 6, 2011
Funding RoundAug 16, 2011
Jeeng raised $1,100,000 / Seed from Alan Phillips and 14 other investors