# Philippe von Borries

> Philippe von Borries is a seed investor at Red Ventures (New York) backing LGBT and Dating. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Red Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/red-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippevonborries
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/philippevb
- Website: https://x.com/philippevb

Philippe von Borries is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Red Ventures and the President of Lonely Planet. Prior to that, he was the Co-Founder of Refinery2 9.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| LGBT | 1 | 50% |
| Dating | 1 | 50% |
| Social | 1 | 50% |
| Social Media | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Garden | The Garden is an online media company. | $3M | Seed | Jul 13, 2022 |  |
| Lex | Lex is a lo-fi, text-based social app for womxn, trans, genderqueer, intersex, two spirit, and non-binary people for meeting lovers and friends. Lex—short for lexicon—is the only social app where the text comes first and the selfies, second. | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 16, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpaca VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpaca-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Female Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/female-founders-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tusk Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tusk-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Village Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/village-global-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [XFactor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xfactor-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Red Ventures

VC Fund · Fort Mill, United States

Over the last twenty years, Red Ventures has built a portfolio of influential brands, digital platforms, and strategic partnerships that work together to connect millions of people with expert advice. Through premium content and personalized digital experiences, Red Ventures builds online journeys that make it easier for people to make importantdecisions about their homes, health, travel, finances, education and entertainment. Founded in 2000, Red Ventures has 3,000 employees in 10 cities across the US, as well as in the UK and Brazil. Red Ventures owns and operates several large digital brands including Healthline, The Points Guy, Bankrate, MYMOVE, and Allconnect.com.

5 contacts available at Red Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Kelly | General Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-kelly-aaba |
| Dan Feldstein | CMO and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-feldstein |
| Jonathan Cobb | VP Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-cobb |
| Joshua Leibner | Director, Paid Media | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joshua-leibner |
| Mark Brodsky | CFO & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-brodsky |

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## FAQ

### What does Philippe von Borries invest in?

Philippe von Borries invests primarily in LGBT, Dating and Social startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Philippe von Borries's check size?

Philippe von Borries typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Philippe von Borries participates in.

### When did Philippe von Borries last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Philippe von Borries closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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