Where does Ben Fried work?

Ben Fried is Board director at pgEdge.

What check size does Ben Fried write?

Ben Fried typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Where did Ben Fried go to school?

Ben Fried studied at Columbia University (AB, Computer Science); Stuyvesant High School (HS).

Ben Fried

Board director at pgEdge

New York, New York

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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1,017 people in our graph share verified history with Ben — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Kyle DohertyunlockedBen: together at Morgan Stanley (2005–2008)

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Ben: together at Columbia University

Ben: together at Stuyvesant High School

About

Rally Venture Partner and former CIO at Google.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

b•••@rallyventures.comreveal

Board director at pgEdge

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In turn, Ben can intro founders to pgEdge's investors below.

pgEdge's investors · 3

Grotech VenturesOwings Mills · $500K – $5M checks · since 2024 Rally Ventures Management, LlcMenlo Park · $100K – $4M checks Sands Capital VenturesArlington · $10M – $30M checks

Co-founders at pgEdge

Phillip MerrickCEO and Co-Founder

Denis LussierDirector

Experience

Rally VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2022 — presentNew York City, Menlo Park, and Minneapolis
GoogleCIO and NYC Site Lead2008 — 2022
Morgan StanleyManaging Director1994 — 2008
Columbia UniversityUnix, Windows, Mac systems engineer1984 — 1994
Columbia University Academic Information SystemsUser Services Consultant; Unix Systems Programmer1988 — 1994
Heuristicrats Research, IncVP of Software Development1992 — 1993

Skills & more

Java21C++19Software Development80Integration45Perl39

From Ben's professional profile.

Network5

Charles Beeler

Co-Founder at Rally Ventures Management, Llc

Justin Kaufenberg

Managing Director at Rally Ventures Management, Llc

Michael Jennings

Venture Partner at Rally Ventures Management, Llc

Todd Lutwak

Investor at Rally Ventures Management, Llc

Zenas Hutcheson

Venture Partner at Rally Ventures Management, Llc

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ben Fried?: Rally Venture Partner and former CIO at Google.
Where does Ben Fried work?: Ben Fried is Board director at pgEdge.
What check size does Ben Fried write?: Ben Fried typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did Ben Fried go to school?: Ben Fried studied at Columbia University (AB, Computer Science); Stuyvesant High School (HS).

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Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital Sarah TavelVenture Partner at Benchmark Scott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Hussein KanjiPartner at Hoxton Ventures Dan BorokCo-Founder and Managing Partner at NVP Capital Paulina KarpisVice President, Platform at Long Ridge Equity Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Rally Ventures15

Jeff HinckManaging Director at Rally Ventures Management, Llc Justin KaufenbergManaging Director at Rally Ventures Management, Llc Zenas HutchesonVenture Partner at Rally Ventures Management, Llc Michael JenningsVenture Partner at Rally Ventures Management, Llc Tom PetersonVenture Partner at Rally Ventures Management, Llc Luke ZaientzOperating Partner at Rally Ventures Management, Llc

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Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Brian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders Fund Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis Laela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG Arash FerdowsiCo-founder of Dropbox

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Also worked at Morgan Stanley1,714

Mary MeekerFounder & General Partner at BOND Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite Asia Luciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia Capital David VélezFounder & CEO of Nubank James DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis Ventures

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Also worked at Columbia University337

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock Ron ZoriVenture Partner at Lerer Hippeau Ralph DeBernardoPartner, Investor Relations at Sapphire Ventures Richard ChesworthInvestor at Third Rock Ventures Jesse Coors-BlankenshipCo-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture Capital Lauren YoungHead of Platform at AlleyCorp

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