# Charles Phillips

> Charles Phillips is a seed investor at Recognize Partners backing Consulting. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Recognize Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/recognize-partners)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesphillips1
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/cpinfor

Charles Phillips is a seed investor at Recognize Partners in New York focused on Consulting and E-Commerce. Charles Phillips is the Managing Partner, Co-founder RECOGNIZE. He attended United States Air Force Academy.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Consulting | 2 | 29% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |
| B2B | 1 | 14% |
| Sales | 1 | 14% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 14% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Security Risk Advisors | Security Risk Advisors delivers comprehensive cybersecurity advice, 24x7 operations and SaaS to prominent enterprises in the Financial Services, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Technology and Retail industries. |  | Private Equity | Oct 13, 2025 | https://sra.io/ |
| 2X | 2X is a B2B-focused Marketing as a Service (MaaS) firm. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 29, 2023 | http://www.2X.marketing |
| Rock The Bells | Rock The Bells is an online store for hip-hop culture merchandise. | $8M | Series A | Apr 08, 2021 | https://www.rockthebells.com/ |
| Squire | Squire is a booking and payment platform that connects people with great barbers nationwide. Squire makes it easy to discover and book the best barbers wherever you are, in just a few taps. Squire is also the premier management platform for barbershops. Using Squire, barbers are able to engage their customers, process bookings and payments andbetter market their business through Squire’s “barbershop discovery” capabilities. Fully integrated with a point of sale, inventory management and payroll systems, Squire is a one-stop solution for barbershop owners to efficiently operate their business. With headquarters in New York and a presence in major cities in the United States and Canada, Squire has quickly become a market leader in technology solutions for the barbershop industry nationwide.For more information, please visit getsquire.com or download the Squire iOS app from the App Store. | $27M | Series B | Jun 09, 2020 | http://www.getsquire.com |
| Movez | Movez is a social event platform that hones in on the most integral factors of social event attendance and planning. It curtails the problems millennials face when attending and creating social events. For attendees, Movez will provide a user friendly map layout of the city and the events taking place. Incentives like gender ratio quadrics areincorporated in the user’s experience. For the host, Movez will provide solutions to ensure that his/her party is organized and enjoyable.Movez uses a 3 pronged approach to curtail the problems millennials face when attending and creating events. Social events lack organization, transportation, and social connectivity. |  | Convertible Note | Dec 01, 2017 | https://www.movez.co |
| Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand | Sold in over 1000 locations globally, including ULTA, Nordstrom, Morphe Stores, Target Stores, Selfridges, BootsUK, and more, Beauty Bakerie is a rapidly growing cosmetics firm with a strong social media presence. The VC backed firm has amassed more than 1M followers across all social channels with more than $8M in venture capital raised to date.Beauty Bakerie was San Diego’s fastest-growing private company from 2015 - 2017. The company has a team of 25 employees and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. It has been recognized by top-tier publications to include Allure, Cosmopolitan, Forbes, Good Morning America, Bloomberg, Huffington Post, Teen Vogue as a 2016 Beauty Game Changer, Essence, Elle, Oprah, Nylon, and Buzzfeed, and a myriad of others.A Founder lead brand, Cashmere is charged with creating and leading on the vision as well as leading on the short and long-term strategies. Another hat she wears is that of the Head of Branding and Product Development. A visionary, Cashmere is the creative genius behind all of the brand's products created to date. She has lead in all aspects of what the world has come to know and love of the brand's aesthetic and overall presentation. | $3M | Seed | Oct 12, 2017 | https://www.beautybakerie.com/ |
| AST | AST Corporation provides consulting services for Oracle Applications implementations and upgrades. Its services encompass various aspects of Oracle e-business applications, including strategy and assessment, project management, change management, best practices, implementation, upgrade/migration, training, support, database administration,integration, data conversion, and troubleshooting/performance tuning. The company serves various organizations in manufacturing, transportation, insurance, retailing, telecommunications, and the public sector. AST Corporation was formerly known as Applications Software Services Corporation. |  |  |  | http://www.astcorporation.com |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [645 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/645-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Harlem Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harlem-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aurum Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aurum-partners-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [H. Barton Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barton-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blue Consumer Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-consumer-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CRV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crvvc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Recognize Partners

VC Fund · New York, United States

Recognize builds technology companies by partnering with talented management teams and providing industry insight, operational expertise and strategic capital to spur innovation.

5 contacts available at Recognize Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Charles Phillips | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-phillips |
| David H. Wasserman | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-h-wasserman |
| Francisco D'Souza | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francisco-dsouza |
| Rajeev Mehta | Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rajeev-mehta |
| Shawn Pride | Partner & Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shawn-pride-4a2c |

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## FAQ

### What does Charles Phillips invest in?

Charles Phillips invests primarily in Consulting, E-Commerce and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Charles Phillips?

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### When did Charles Phillips last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Charles Phillips closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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