Ben Davenport Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1

- Investments
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51
- Portfolio
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24
- Exits
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25

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
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- Palo Alto, CA
- United States
Ben Davenport Investments (51)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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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 |
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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
Ben Davenport Co-Investors (131)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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FinSight Ventures | 2 |
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Axiom Capital Group |
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Northzone Ventures |
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RIT Capital Partners |
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Tiger Global Management |
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Ben Davenport FAQs
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Who is Ben Davenport?
Ben Davenport is an angel Investor who has made 51 investments.
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What kind of investor is Ben Davenport?
Ben Davenport is an angel investor.
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What does Ben Davenport do?
As an angel investor, Ben Davenport invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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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.
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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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