Phil Ressler
Venture Partner
at Qbit Capital
45 years in B2B and consumer technologies, primarily enterprise-related software & services.
Working backwards, am or have been involved in:
- AI, AR/XR/VR/MR
- Blockchain data integrity
- Vision AI / Computervision
- Scaled real-time streaming data automation
- Real-time analytics
- Big Data and related analytics
- Online education
- Early photorealistic Virtual Reality
- Enterprise applications
- Early internet revenue applications
- Client server development tools and databases
- Object-oriented programming
- Compilers
Serial CMO, COO, CEO, Advisor.
Several years experience in venture capital along the way.
I tend to become involved in the leading edge of new technologies in their time,
Particular ability in helping technologists to explain the unexplainable to their intended markets.
If you are building a company, I’ve seen (and usually solved) every problem you will encounter.
Content & Articles by Phil Ressler
Lessons From Building An AI-Native Startup with Octagos Health
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited friends from one of our portfolio companies Haley Chute, CPO & CMO, and Harpreet Marwaha, COO & CFO of Octagos Health, to...
How To Craft Your Website Messaging & Positioning as a Startup
In this Mucker Growth Series session, Anthony Pierri, co-founder of FletchPMM, walks through how to craft website messaging and positioning as a startup. FletchPMM is a consultancy that has worked...
2026 New York Tech Week Recap of Mucker Sessions
Mucker Capital went to New York Tech Week to host sessions for founders, operators, and builders thinking through how AI is changing product, growth, and search. Among the sessions were:...
Closing Enterprise Deals in Founder-Led Sales as a Startup
In our recent Mucker Growth Series session, I invited David Mackay, Managing Director at D9Y and one of our operating experts at Mucker, to talk about closing enterprise deals in...
The 10 Security Gaps That Plague Startups Before Their A Round
A NOTE ON SEVERITY Not every item on this list carries the same level of risk. Some are the kind of finding that stops a deal. Others are serious but...
Community-Led Growth for Startups: Why Most Communities Fail and How to Build One That Actually Works
In our recent Mucker Growth Series session, I invited Sam Jacobs — founder and CEO of Pavilion — to talk about community-led growth: what it actually means, why most communities...