Ben Smith
InvestorGeneral Partner at Inreach Ventures
London
Writes $500K β $1.5M checks Β· 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.
ContactΒ· self-published, not guessed
Experience
- InReach VenturesCo Founder / Partner / CTOcurrent2015 β presentLondon, United Kingdom
- Yammer, Inc.UK Engineering Director2013 β 2015London
- OrangeData Mining Lead2013Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- Top10.comHead of Technology2011 β 2012London Area, United Kingdom
- MetaBroadcastCTO2010 β 2011London Area, United Kingdom
- BBCProduct Lead / Architect, Social Networking Services2008 β 2010London Area, United Kingdom
- BBCSenior Software Engineer2005 β 2008London
- United Advertising PublicationsWeb Developer2003 β 2004Poole
Skills & more
REST30Hadoop21Scalability21JavaScript19NoSQL11Scala10Java13Node.js7Redis6Git6Big Data5Cassandra4
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Web ServicesTechnical ArchitectureRackspace CloudHTTPPuppetApacheAmerican Welding Society (AWS)SubversionMahoutAWSGithubRubyFrom Ben's professional profile.
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
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ben Smith?
- 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.
- Where does Ben Smith work?
- Ben Smith is General Partner at Inreach Ventures.
- What check size does Ben Smith write?
- Ben Smith typically writes checks of $500K β $1.5M.
- Where did Ben Smith go to school?
- Ben Smith studied at Bournemouth University (First class BSc (Hons), Computing).
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Shared employers
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