Experience
- NextGen Venture PartnersManaging Directorcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Alchemist AcceleratorMentorcurrent2014 — present
- Berkeley Angel NetworkMember, Deal Review Committeecurrent2013 — present
- Illuminate VenturesPartner2013 — 2018Oakland, CA
- IBMSr. Manager, Engineering and Sales2008 — 2014San Jose, CA / New York, NY
- IBMEngineering Program Manager2007 — 2008Nagasaki, Japan
- IBMEngineering Team Lead2002 — 2007Burlington, Vermont Area
- GuideRideCofounder & COO2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Ripple WaveCofounder & COO2011 — 2013San Jose, CA
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMBA, Finance and Entrepreneurship
- Case Western Reserve UniversityBS, Physics and Electrical Engineering1998 — 2002
Skills & more
SaaS17Start-ups38Venture Capital13Enterprise Software12Sales Enablement7Go-to-market Strategy17ASIC45Testing27Semiconductors27Product Management21Program Management18Product Marketing10
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Competitive AnalysisCross-functional Team LeadershipCloud ComputingStrategic PartnershipsManagementMobile DevicesMicroprocessorsCharacterizationEmbedded SystemsStrategyManufacturingICLanguages Japanese · Spanish
From Ben's professional profile.
Colleagues at NextGen Venture Partners
Chris Keller
Managing Partner at NextGen Venture Partners
Corinne Smeriglio
Director of Operations at NextGen Venture Partners
Dan Mindus
Investor at NextGen Venture Partners
Deborah Chu
Principal at NextGen Venture Partners
Jon Bassett
Managing Partner at NextGen Venture Partners
Katie Willging
Senior Alternative Investments Analyst at NextGen Venture Partners
Maxim Karoubi
Investment Associate at NextGen Venture Partners
Riley Finch
Investment Associate at NextGen Venture Partners
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Antonio OsioScout
General Partner at ANIMO Ventures
Avidan RossScout
Managing Partner at Root Ventures Manager, Llc
Cindy PadnosScout
Founder and Managing Partner at Illuminate Ventures
Garrett GoldbergScout
Venture Partner at Virta Ventures
Jon BassettScout
Managing Partner at NextGen Venture Partners
Paul GrossingerScout
Co-founder & General Partner at Gaingels
Steve AndersonScout
Investor at Baseline Ventures
Bill Welch
Venture Partner at Illuminate Ventures
Jennifer Savage
Partner at Illuminate Ventures
Rebecca Norlander
Venture Partner at Illuminate Ventures
Investors connected to Ben in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Ben Bayat work?
- Ben Bayat is Managing Partner at NextGen Venture Partners.
- What companies did Ben Bayat found?
- Ben Bayat founded Datazoom.
Same school
Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business583
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Also attended Case Western Reserve University51
Will BruneSenior Associate at Mutual Capital PartnersKT MooreAdvisor at Clear VenturesPete KoomenGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAsheem ChandnaInvestor at Greylock PartnersMatt SteinChief Information Officer at Flare Capital PartnersKaren SpilizewskiBiomedical engineer helping accelerate life science technologies from development into the marketplace
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Shared employers
Also worked at Illuminate Ventures9
Cindy PadnosFounder and Managing Partner at Illuminate VenturesJennifer SavagePartner at Illuminate VenturesDaria DavydenkoVice President at Fin CapitalCeleste FordPartner Champion to Harvest Thermal at Silicon ValleyAaron IshikawaPartner and Investment Team Lead at Aero X VenturesSharon VosmekManaging Director at Astia
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