Ben Davenport Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 51

  • Portfolio
  • 24

  • Exits
  • 25

Exits

Ben Davenport General Information

Description

Mr. Ben Davenport serves as Advisor at BitGo. He serves as Advisor at SignalFire. He served as Advisor at Bold Financial Technologies. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Advisor at BitGo. He served as Technical Advisor at Blockchain Capital. He served as Chief Technology Officer at BitGo. He is an Angel Investor. He was the Co-Founder and served as the Chief Executive Officer at Beluga. He is a technology entrepreneur and investor who has been deeply involved with Bitcoin since mid-2011. Prior to BitGo, he co-founded Beluga, which was sold to Facebook in 2011 and became Facebook Messenger. Prior to Beluga, he worked in engineering at Google and Microsoft and spent several years doing algorithmic trading at high-frequency firm Hudson River Trading. He holds CS degrees from Princeton and the University of Washington.

Business Details

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • Palo Alto, CA
  • United States

Ben Davenport Investments (51)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Alpen Labs 01-Jan-2023 Seed Round Software Development Applications Generating Revenue
Magic Labs 22-Jul-2021 Software Development Applications Generating Revenue
Kraken 22-Jun-2021 Brokerage Generating Revenue
DeepSig 28-Feb-2020 Wireless Communications Equipment Generating Revenue
Adarza BioSystems 04-Feb-2020 Biotechnology Out of Business
SpaceRyde 06-Aug-2019 Aerospace and Defense Bankruptcy: Liquidation
Superhuman 27-Jun-2019 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Zendar 18-Mar-2019 Automotive Generating Revenue
Kraken 04-Feb-2019 Later Stage VC Brokerage Generating Revenue
Nomics 18-Dec-2018 Early Stage VC Financial Software Generating Revenue

Ben Davenport Exits (25)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Casetext 17-Aug-2023 Merger/Acquisition
SpaceRyde 13-Feb-2023
Lever (San Francisco) 02-Aug-2022
Adarza BioSystems 01-May-2022
Forge Global 22-Mar-2022
XMIAX Derivatives Exchange 26-Oct-2021
Radar (Financial Software) 21-Jul-2021
Scalyr 09-Feb-2021
Shift Technologies 13-Oct-2020 Reverse Merger
NodeSource 15-Oct-2019 Merger/Acquisition

Ben Davenport Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

Investments by Industry

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Ben Davenport Co-Investors (131)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
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Ben Davenport FAQs

  • Who is Ben Davenport?

    Ben Davenport is an angel Investor who has made 51 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Ben Davenport?

    Ben Davenport is an angel investor.

  • What does Ben Davenport do?

    As an angel investor, Ben Davenport invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • What has Ben Davenport invested in?

    Ben Davenport has made numerous investments in companies like Alpen Labs, Magic Labs, and Kraken within the Software Development Applications and Brokerage industries.

  • What has Ben Davenport invested in recently?

    Ben Davenport's latest investment was on 01-Jan-2023 in Alpen Labs, a company within the Software Development Applications industry.

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