Ben was most recently at Millennium as an equities analyst and head of strategic projects for Dayah Capital (one of the largest funds within Millennium). In addition to covering the tech and cannabis sectors, Ben led strategic projects for Dayah including data science, software development, process automation, and operational infrastructure.
Before joining Millennium, Ben was part of the founding team and General Partner at IA Ventures, a top decile $500M early-stage venture fund, where he participated in or led over 40 investments and was board director or observer of nine portfolio companies (two IPOs, two M&A exits, $500M+ venture capital raised from the remaining five). Ben was also founder and CEO of a venture-backed health-tech startup attempting to reimagine the pediatric practice with better technology, process and design.
Board Director Next Big Sound (sold to Pandora) Board Director Thinknear (sold to Telenav) Board Director PlaceIQ ($53M raised to-date) Board Director Kohort (no longer in business) Board Director Lua (no longer in business)
Board Observer The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD)
Board Observer Updater (ASX: UPD)
Board Observer Datarobot ($430M raised to-date)
Lead Investor Kinsa Smart Thermometer ($30M raised to-date)
Select additional investments: Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG), Transferwise ($770M raised to-date), DigitalOcean ($300M raised to-date), Signifyd ($185M raised to-date), Vectra AI ($225M raised to-date), MemSQL ($110M raised to-date), Newscred ($110M raised to-date), Recorded Future (sold to Insight), Simple (sold to BBVA), Billguard (sold to Prosper)