Senior Associate at Pioneer Square Labs

What check size does Ben Rush write?

Ben Rush typically writes checks of $500K – $2.5M.

Where did Ben Rush go to school?

Ben Rush studied at UW Foster School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies); Princeton University (BS, Mechanical Engineering); The Hotchkiss School.

Ben Rush

Investor

Principal Product Manager - Amazon Ads at Amazon Alexa Fund

Seattle, Washington

Writes $500K – $2.5M checks · typically $1.5M

Find your path to Ben

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

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Experience

AmazonPrincipal Product Manager - Amazon Adscurrent2022 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
NumurusAdvisorcurrent2020 — present
FortiveSenior Director, Innovation Studio2021 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
GenbaAIBoard Observer2021 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
QUIVR AIBoard Observer2021 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
Gemma Labs (Gemma Haircare)Board Observer2019 — 2021
Pioneer Square LabsBusiness Lead2017 — 2021Seattle WA
Alliance of AngelsSenior Associate2016 — 2017Seattle, Washington
FareStartConsultant2016Seattle, WA
Social Venture Partners SeattleConsultant2016Greater Seattle Area
University of Washington Applied Physics LabMechanical Engineer2013 — 2015
BlueView TechnologiesTechnology Engineer2011 — 2013

Skills & more

Start-ups1Strategic Planning1Leadership1Business Strategy2Entrepreneurship1Engineering1Data Analysis2Manufacturing EngineeringMechanical EngineeringDesign for ManufacturingResearchStrategy

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AnalysisProduct DevelopmentSocial MediaEditingProduct DesignMatlabPythonMicrosoft ExcelC++SolidWorksANSYSMicrosoft Office

From Ben's professional profile.

Colleagues at Amazon Alexa Fund

Abigail Hall

Brand & Creative at Pave Health Ventures

Adam Scharf

University Venture Fellow (Spring 2024) at Rebalance Capital Ventures

Alberto Baratas

Partner at Civeta Investment

Amanda Chan

Founder at OSIMple

Angela Lewis

Venture Associate at Scout Fund

Arvind Vivekanandan

Scout at LvlUp Ventures

Brendan Weitz

Founder at Journey

Christopher Le

Managing Partner at Actuate Ventures

Network5

Ben Gilbert

Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs

David Zager

Partner at Pioneer Square Labs

Geoff Entress

Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs

Greg Gottesman

Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs (Co-Chair) at Visible Hands

Julie Sander

Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs

Investors connected to Ben in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ben Rush?: Senior Associate at Pioneer Square Labs
Where does Ben Rush work?: Ben Rush is Principal Product Manager - Amazon Ads at Amazon Alexa Fund.
What check size does Ben Rush write?: Ben Rush typically writes checks of $500K – $2.5M.
Where did Ben Rush go to school?: Ben Rush studied at UW Foster School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies); Princeton University (BS, Mechanical Engineering); The Hotchkiss School.

Same school

Also attended UW Foster School of Business102

Rasik ParikhInvestor at Madrona Venture Group Mike FridgenVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group Bill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at Madrona Eric WongDirector of Portfolio Growth at Madrona Venture Group Nina KapurFund Administrator and Staff Accountant at Madrona Venture Group Abby StrongMarketing & Operations Manager at Scale Venture Partners

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Also attended Princeton University877

Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford Cat WuInvestor at Index Ventures AndrewAdvisor at Clear Ventures

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Also attended The Hotchkiss School51

Hilla WatkinsPlatform Partner at Congruent Ventures Annie DongInvestor at Dorm Room Maggie RodneyPartner at Massive Mike SalgueroCEO, ButcherBox & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC Maddy DwyerSenior Associate, Business Development at Cross Creek Advisors Jake MorossPrincipal at Torch Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Fortive8

Manik PasrichaVice President at Titan Capital Jeannine SargentAdvisor at Colle Capital Partners John RodkinManaging Director at Samsung Next Tanishq KancharlaFounder at Libretto Daniel AhlstedtFounder at Enplusonebio Graham YennieFounder at Equalparts

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Also worked at Gemma Labs (Gemma Haircare)1

Allison HarrVice President, DAF Investments at Global Partnerships

Also worked at Pioneer Square Labs27

Vivek LadsariyaManaging Director at PSL Ventures Greg GottesmanManaging Director at Pioneer Square Labs (Co-Chair) at Visible Hands Sanford SpiveyHead of Studio at 25Madison Mike GalgonChief Executive Officer at Global Partnerships Allison HarrVice President, DAF Investments at Global Partnerships Geoff EntressManaging Director at Pioneer Square Labs

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