About
Philo Tran joined GEF in 2007 and works on GEF’s U.S. investment activities. He has considerable experience leading and executing sell-side, buy-side and private placement transactions and has raised over $1 billion of capital in various forms of equity and debt financings. Prior to joining GEF, Mr. Tran served as a Vice President of Updata Advisors, a leading middle-market investment bank focusing on the information technology sector. Previously, he held investment banking positions with Wachovia Securities and JPMorgan Chase. Mr. Tran has a BBA in Accounting from the College of William and Mary and an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 9 investors at Global Environment Fund Management are tracked.
- • 1 investors hold the Principal, North America role in VCSift. Philo Tran is one of them.
- • 1,381 investors are based in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
Investment Focus
- Location
- Washington, US
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