Ben Davenport
InvestorAdvisor at SignalFire · Venture Partner at Blockchain Capital · Advisor at BitGo · Advisor at Unchained Capital, Inc.
Palo Alto, California
Writes $25K – $200K checks · typically $50K
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2,078 people in our graph share verified history with Ben — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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Experience
- UnchainedAdvisorcurrent2021 — present
- BitGo, Inc.Advisorcurrent2018 — presentPalo Alto, CA
- BitGo, Inc.Co-Founder & CTO2014 — 2018Palo Alto, CA
- SignalFireAdvisorcurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Blockchain Capital LLCVenture Partner2019 — 2022San Francisco, California
- FacebookSoftware Engineer2011 — 2014Menlo Park, CA
- Beluga Inc.Co-Founder and CEO2010 — 2011Palo Alto, CA
- Hudson River TradingAlgorithm Developer2008 — 2010New York City Metropolitan Area
- Google Inc.Software Engineer2003 — 2005Mountain View, CA
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer1998 — 2003Redmond, WA
- Mercury Mail / InfoBeatSoftware Engineer1995 — 1998
Skills & more
Distributed Systems9Python6
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Colleagues at SignalFire
Aayush Sharma
Senior Associate at SignalFire
Alex Hooshmand
Co-founder ZaiNar & Bluekai at SignalFire
Andrew Reid
Director, GTM Recruiting at SignalFire
Asher Bantock
Head of Research at SignalFire
Audrey Salomez
Contrôleur financier at 123Venture
Bobby Lent
Managing Partner at Hillsven & Co-founder of Ariba at SignalFire
Cali Tran
CEO of Cision; CEO of Brandwatch at SignalFire
Carrie Wheeler
CEO of Opendoor at SignalFire
Network10
Alexis OhanianScout
Founder & General Partner of Seven Seven Six
Balaji SrinivasanScout
Angel investor and founder of The Network School
Alex BouazizScout
Partner at Sarona Ventures
Ali RosenthalScout
Managing Partner at Leadout Capital
Brad StephensScout
Founder and Managing Partner at Blockchain Capital
Erik BuchananScout
Partner at C3 Ventures
Alex MacCaw
Investor at Earl Grey Capital
Jason Warner
Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures
Joel Monegro
Partner at Placeholder, investing in decentralized networks
Ryan Hoover
Founder and General Partner at WEEKEND
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ben Davenport?
- Venture Partner at Blockchain Capital
- Where does Ben Davenport work?
- Ben Davenport is Advisor at SignalFire.
- What check size does Ben Davenport write?
- Ben Davenport typically writes checks of $25K – $200K.
- Where did Ben Davenport go to school?
- Ben Davenport studied at Princeton University (Engineer’s Degree, Computer Science); University of Washington (Master’s Degree, Computer Science); NCSSM (High School).
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Also attended University of Washington461
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Shared employers
Also worked at BitGo, Inc.13
Anne GheriniChief Marketing Officer at Sierra VenturesBlair GarrouCo-founder & General Partner at Mercury FundMatthew CowanGeneral Partner at Next47Joseph W. BruzzesiGeneral Partner at RW3 VenturesBen DapkiewiczInvestor at FalconX Credit / Pareto VaultBrian BrooksInvestor at FalconX Credit / Pareto Vault
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Also worked at Blockchain Capital LLC48
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Also worked at Hudson River Trading10
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Also worked at Google Inc.2,000
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