Fundraising Fox

Ben Smith

Investor

General Partner at Inreach Ventures

London

Writes $500K – $1.5M checks · typically $1M

About

Designed and built DIG, the AI platform sourcing most of InReach's investments. Previously CTO at London startups, UK Engineering Director at Yammer/Microsoft, and a senior engineer/product lead at the BBC.

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Experience

  1. InReach VenturesCo Founder / Partner / CTOcurrent2015 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
  2. Yammer, Inc.UK Engineering Director2013 — 2015London
  3. OrangeData Mining Lead2013Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
  4. Top10.comHead of Technology2011 — 2012London Area, United Kingdom
  5. MetaBroadcastCTO2010 — 2011London Area, United Kingdom
  6. BBCProduct Lead / Architect, Social Networking Services2008 — 2010London Area, United Kingdom
  7. BBCSenior Software Engineer2005 — 2008London
  8. United Advertising PublicationsWeb Developer2003 — 2004Poole

Education

  1. Bournemouth UniversityFirst class BSc (Hons), Computing2001 — 2005

Skills & more

REST30Hadoop21Scalability21JavaScript19NoSQL11Scala10Java13Node.js7Redis6Git6Big Data5Cassandra4
+12 moreWeb ServicesTechnical ArchitectureRackspace CloudHTTPPuppetApacheAmerican Welding Society (AWS)SubversionMahoutAWSGithubRuby

From Ben's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Bournemouth University16

Angad SinghJunior Associate at Keen Venture PartnersJames TootellPartner at Eos Venture Partners LimitedJuan Alonso-AllendeInvestment & Product Intern at Kibo VenturesRachel SpringateInvestor at Muse CapitalMaria AmaralMarketing, Communication and Events at Indico Capital PartnersLivia HoweTrainee Administrator at Oakglen

+ 10 more

Shared employers

Also worked at InReach Ventures5

Roberto BonanzingaPartner at Inreach VenturesAmanda Jones FloydPartner at Inreach VenturesJohn MesrieOperating Partner at Inreach VenturesMoreno BonaventuraLead Machine Learning Engineer at Inreach VenturesAgata Leliwa NowickaInvestor at Anthemis Venture

Also worked at Yammer, Inc.15

David SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesRandy GleinFounder and Managing Partner at DFJJenny ThaiHead of Marketing at Pear VCDavid StewartVenture Partner at LiveOak Ventures

+ 9 more

Also worked at Orange49

Benedict EvansWrites a weekly technology newsletter read by close to 200,000 peopleRakesh MurriaCOO at Nauta CapitalPascal Levy-GarbouaVenture Partner at Long Journey VenturesAymerik RenardGeneral Partner at HCVCJulien-David NitlechManaging Partner at Iris CapitalMichel SassanoPartner & Tech Lead at C4 Ventures

+ 43 more

Also worked at Top10.com1

Daniel WaterhousePartner at Balderton Capital

Colleagues at Inreach Ventures

Amanda Jones Floyd
Partner at Inreach Ventures
Carlo Gualandri
Investor at Inreach Ventures
John Mesrie
Operating Partner at Inreach Ventures
Moreno Bonaventura
Lead Machine Learning Engineer at Inreach Ventures
Nick Turner
Investor at Inreach Ventures
Roberto Bonanzinga
Partner at Inreach Ventures
Vytis Uogintas
Investor at Inreach Ventures