Where does Ben Bayat work?

Ben Bayat is Managing Partner at NextGen Venture Partners.

Where did Ben Bayat go to school?

Ben Bayat studied at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (MBA, Finance and Entrepreneurship); Case Western Reserve University (BS, Physics and Electrical Engineering).

Ben Bayat

Investor

Managing Partner at NextGen Venture Partners · Member, Deal Review Committee at Berkeley Angel Network

San Francisco

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1,082 people in our graph share verified history with Ben — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Mark FiorentinounlockedBen: together at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

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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

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 SystemsStrategyManufacturingIC

Languages Japanese · Spanish

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Colleagues at NextGen Venture Partners

Adam Epstein

Chief Financial Officer at Boosted Commerce

Catherine Popper

Board Member at Launchpad Venture Group

Chris Keller

Managing Partner at NextGen Venture Partners

Christian Seale

Healthcare Investor & Operator at Pave Health Ventures

Connor Crown

Managing Partner at Expanse

Corinne Smeriglio

Director of Operations at NextGen Venture Partners

Dan Mindus

Investor at NextGen Venture Partners

Deborah Chu

Principal 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

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ben Bayat?: Managing Partner at NextGen Venture Partners
Where does Ben Bayat work?: Ben Bayat is Managing Partner at NextGen Venture Partners.
Where did Ben Bayat go to school?: Ben Bayat studied at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (MBA, Finance and Entrepreneurship); Case Western Reserve University (BS, Physics and Electrical Engineering).

Same school

Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business824

Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index Ventures Rishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel Capital Zhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel Capital DennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital Anna ChenInvestor at Madrona Venture Group

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Also attended Case Western Reserve University93

Will BruneSenior Associate at Mutual Capital Partners KT MooreAdvisor at Clear Ventures Pete KoomenGeneral Partner at Y Combinator Asheem ChandnaPartner at Greylock focused on enterprise, cybersecurity, and infrastructure software Matt SteinChief Information Officer at Flare Capital Partners Karen SpilizewskiBiomedical engineer helping accelerate life science technologies from development into the marketplace

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Shared employers

Also worked at Illuminate Ventures10

Cindy PadnosFounder and Managing Partner at Illuminate Ventures Jennifer SavagePartner at Illuminate Ventures Daria DavydenkoVice President at Fin Capital Austin LignellAssociate at Mercato Partners Celeste FordPartner Champion to Harvest Thermal at Silicon Valley Aaron IshikawaPartner and Investment Team Lead at Aero X Ventures

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Also worked at IBM1,143

Brian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO of Coinbase Olivier PomelCo-founder & CEO of Datadog Alexis Le-QuocCo-founder & CTO of Datadog Ken ChenaultInvestment Team at General Catalyst Roger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista Capital Avi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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