Ben Ong

Experience

1. Lightsprint (YC P26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
2. January CapitalInvestor2025 — 2026
3. Liminal (formerly Menyala)Venture Builder (Product)2022 — 2025
4. LanaProduct2025
5. Xweave.ioHead of Product2023 — 2025
6. Splore (acquired by Model ML)Product Lead2022 — 2024Singapore
7. ReforgeMember2021 — 2023
8. OKXSenior Growth Product Manager2022
9. GarenaSenior Product Manager (Live-streaming)2021 — 2022Singapore
10. ShopeeRegional Product Manager (AI Products)2020 — 2021
11. LogfrontCo-Founder2018 — 2020
12. Cheetah DigitalData Scientist2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
13. NUS EnterpriseCommunity Development Intern2015
14. The Thought CollectiveCommunity Engagement Intern2012 — 2013

Education

1. Y CombinatorSpring 26 (P26)
2. Stanford UniversityManagement Science & Engineering
3. National University of SingaporeSchool of Computing (Bachelor Hons.), Business Analytics
4. Quantic School of Business and TechnologyMaster of Business Administration - MBA2020 — 2021
5. Raffles InstitutionA Levels
6. NUS Overseas CollegesSilicon Valley
7. College of Alice & Peter Tan

Skills & more

Languages Chinese · English

• Building an Ethereum Blockchain App: 1 Introduction to Blockchain — LinkedIn
• Game Design Foundations: 2 Systems, Chance, and Strategy — LinkedIn
• Game Design Foundations: 1 Ideas, Core Loops, and Goals — LinkedIn
• Product Management: Customer Development — LinkedIn
• Game Level Design — Zenva
• Venture Deals by Techstars & Kauffman Fellows — Kauffman Fellows
• Financing and Profitability (Wharton) — Coursera
• Customer Segmentation and Prospecting (Northwestern University) — Coursera
• Advanced Business Strategy (University of Virginia) — Coursera
• Foundations of Business Strategy (University of Virginia) — Coursera

From Ben's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

SASam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFEFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMHMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTSTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDADelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1JKJustin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

Stanford University mafia721

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

RHReid HoffmanB.S.Founded Manas AI +1JLJoe LonsdaleBSFounded Opto +3MMMike Maples JrBSFounded Pattern BreakersSJSteve JurvetsonBSEEFounded Mojo VisionASAnsuman SatpathyAssistant ProfessorFounded Santa Ana Bio +2DSDan SirokerB.S.Founded Limitless +2

+ 714 more

National University of Singapore mafia63

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

MMMike MoradiLeadershipFounded SensulinKKKelvin KohBachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)Founded SpartanSGSheila GoodmanInternational Business LawFounded VillageglobalHWHolger WagnerSemester AbroadFounded nextract energyRBRobin BudigSemester AbroadFounded nextract energyALArye LipmanMolecular Genetics and ImmunologyFounded Biosphere

+ 56 more

Raffles Institution mafia10

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

DTDaphne TeoFounded NSG BioGLGabriel LimFounded SaleswhaleTCTheodoric ChewFounded IntellectLCLiushifeng ChenA-LevelFounded AdravisionJCJay ChiaHigh SchoolFounded EventualRSRishabh SrivastavaGCE A-LevelsFounded FactIQ

+ 3 more

Quantic School of Business and Technology mafia9

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

NPNirmesh PatelMaster of Business Administration - MBAFounded Cambridge Cancer GenomicsJLJames Lu MorrisseyMaster of Business Administration - MBAFounded Mentor CollectiveMVMatt VoskaMaster of Business Administration - MBAFounded FlytenowTBTanya BreshearsExecutive MBAFounded Curious FictionsMỌMorẹ́nikẹ́ ỌláòṣebìkanExecutive MBAFounded KemNetVMValentine MayakiExecutive MBAFounded Shekel Mobility

+ 2 more

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

LLLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMAMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJSJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVSVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSJSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESCAChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Stanford University2,000

PTPeter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundRHReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDSDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKRKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGTGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorALAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 1,994 more

Also attended NUS Overseas Colleges18

CYChan Yip PangExecutive Director, Investment at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.SKSriram KrishnanStartup builder and investorMJMat Jirvonn F. ReyesResearch Analyst at TNBAuraKLKenneth LiuSenior Associate, Southeast Asia at Jungle VenturesBTBadai TanmiziInvestment Principal at QualgroALAsher LinAssistant Manager at SGInnovate

+ 12 more

Also attended College of Alice & Peter Tan1

ASAditya SwamiHead of Product Engineering at Hatcher+

Shared employers

Also worked at Lightsprint (YC P26)2

BCBenedict ChanFounder at LightsprintHHHeng Hong LeeFounder at Lightsprint

Also worked at Xweave.io1

HHHeng Hong LeeFounder at Lightsprint

Also worked at OKX9

CPCalvin PoonExecutive Director at The Spartan GroupMMarcusGlobal Head of Regulatory Strategy at SENTINEL GLOBALVZVanessa ZhangInvestor at FalconX Credit / Pareto VaultHXHao XiaCo-Founder & COO at LTP (LiquidityTech Protocol)RWRachel WangLegal Counsel at Mirana VenturesMHMarcus HughesVenture Partner at SENTINEL GLOBAL

+ 3 more

Also worked at Garena1

JLJuyeon LeeSenior VP, APAC at Xsolla