Phil Venables, Angel Investor

Phil Venables is a specialist in information and cyber security, enterprise risk, and business resilience. He currently serves as Senior Advisor at Warburg Pincus, Board Member at Infoblox, and Strategic Security Advisor at Google, where he previously held the role of VP and Chief Information Security Officer for Google Cloud. His career spans engineering and board‑level leadership across multiple industries and geographies. Phil has consistently focused on advancing cloud services, technology risk management, and enterprise resilience, while advising companies such as Plaid on security and strategy. As an angel investor, Phil has backed startups in cybersecurity and enterprise software. His investments include Socket (open‑source security), Lumos (identity management), Valence Security (SaaS security), Transcend (data privacy), and Open Raven (cloud security), reflecting his focus on safeguarding digital infrastructure.