# Recognize Partners

> Recognize Partners is a VC fund backing Information Technology and Software. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 71%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/recognizepartners/
- Website: https://www.recognize.com/

Recognize Partners is a VC fund in New York focused on Information Technology and Software. Recognize builds technology companies by partnering with talented management teams and providing industry insight, operational expertise and strategic capital to spur innovation.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 5 | 36% |
| Software | 3 | 21% |
| Consulting | 3 | 21% |
| Data Integration | 2 | 14% |
| Business Intelligence | 2 | 14% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 4 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 14% |
| Seed | 1 | 7% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 57% |
| India | 1 | 7% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Charles Phillips | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | 7 | — |
| David H. Wasserman | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | 2 | — |
| Francisco D'Souza | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | 5 | — |
| Rajeev Mehta | Partner & Co-Founder | 2 | — |
| Shawn Pride | Partner & Chief Operating Officer | 0 | — |

## 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 |  |
| SDG Corporation (TruOps) | SDG provides technology, consulting and risk management solutions to strengthen enterprise businesses while managing IT risk.A combination of technology, thought leadership and a relentless passion for customer success defines SDG’s approach to partnering with enterprise brands. But with the added ingredient of specifically focusing onmitigating IT risk with every client engagement. Managing risk is a growing challenge as IT becomes so pervasive in today’s modern enterprise, which SDG tackles head on. |  | Private Equity | Dec 09, 2024 |  |
| Thunder | Thunder is a management consulting company that unlocks business value with intelligent frameworks and solutions. The company's mission is to help the world’s best brands solve complex problems with Salesforce. | $16M | Series A | Aug 08, 2023 |  |
| MediaMint | MediaMint is a digital media services firm that works with Publishers, Ad Networks and Agencies to build global operational scale in display, video and mobile advertising |  | Private Equity | Jul 26, 2023 |  |
| 2X | 2X is a B2B-focused Marketing as a Service (MaaS) firm. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 29, 2023 |  |
| 2X | 2X is a B2B-focused Marketing as a Service (MaaS) firm. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 29, 2023 |  |
| 2X | 2X is a B2B-focused Marketing as a Service (MaaS) firm. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 29, 2023 |  |
| Blend360 | Blend is a premier AI services provider, committed to co-creating meaningful impact for its clients through the power of data science, AI, technology, and people. With a mission to fuel bold visions, Blend tackles significant challenges by seamlessly aligning human expertise with artificial intelligence. The company is dedicated to unlocking valueand fostering innovation for its clients by harnessing world-class people and data-driven strategy. We believe that the power of people and AI can have a meaningful impact on your world. For more information, visit www.blend360.com | $100M | Private Equity | Aug 09, 2022 |  |
| Blend360 | Blend is a premier AI services provider, committed to co-creating meaningful impact for its clients through the power of data science, AI, technology, and people. With a mission to fuel bold visions, Blend tackles significant challenges by seamlessly aligning human expertise with artificial intelligence. The company is dedicated to unlocking valueand fostering innovation for its clients by harnessing world-class people and data-driven strategy. We believe that the power of people and AI can have a meaningful impact on your world. For more information, visit www.blend360.com | $100M | Private Equity | Aug 09, 2022 |  |
| Torc | Torc, a talent marketplace bringing a productive freelance developers to the enterprise through an AI, security, and culture-first platform | $5M | Seed | Mar 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Stellus Capital Management — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Asymmetric Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asymmetric-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Everstone](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everstone) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Salesforce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/salesforce-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Recognize Partners invest in?

Recognize Partners invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Consulting startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 14 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 Recognize Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Recognize Partners?

The team at Recognize Partners includes Charles Phillips (Managing Partner & Co-Founder), David H. Wasserman (Managing Partner & Co-Founder) and Francisco D'Souza (Managing Partner & Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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