Warner Philips

Venture Partner at Rubio Impact Ventures · Joined 2015

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Biography

Warner Philips is a Venture Partner at Rubio Impact Ventures and is named by the European Investment Fund as one of the firm's founders. He started in venture capital in 1996 before co-founding Tendris, a venture builder that launched a series of cleantech start-ups between 2002 and 2012. He relocated to Silicon Valley in 2007 and invested as an impact angel in Nest, Lyft, Change.org and Solar Mosaic, returning to Amsterdam in 2015 to help build Rubio. At Rubio he has worked with Sama, OLIO, SkinVision, GoodUp, Lingvist and SkillLab. He has also sat on the venture capital committee of the Netherlands Venture Capital Association and acted as a venture advisor to the Dutch development bank FMO. Rubio's current team page lists him as Venture Partner; older firm material listed him as Managing Partner.

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

SamaOLIOSkinVisionGoodUpLingvistSkillLab

Career Timeline

1996
Began career as a venture capital investor.
2002
Co-founded Tendris, which launched a series of cleantech start-ups between 2002 and 2012.
2007
Moved to Silicon Valley and invested as an impact angel in companies including Nest, Lyft, Change.org and Solar Mosaic.
2015
Returned to Amsterdam to help build the firm.

Sources & References

Rubio team page ↗Rubio person taxonomy (WordPress REST API, roles) ↗Global Investor Forum - Warner Philips profile ↗EIF - Dutch social impact venture fund Rubio doubles fund size with EU backing ↗