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Ben Uretsky

InvestorFounder

Founder at Sky Ventures · Founder at DigitalOcean

United States

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

FoundedDigitalOcean

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2,460 people in our graph share verified history with Ben — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

David BradburyunlockedBen: together at OhMD (2021–2026)
Ben: together at Techstars Boulder Accelerator 2012
×9Ben: together at DigitalOcean
Ben: together at Techstars

About

Ben Uretsky is the founder of Sky Ventures and the founding CEO of DigitalOcean, a cloud services platform founded in 2012 that provides compute, storage, and networking infrastructure for developers and businesses. DigitalOcean maintains offices in New York, Cambridge, MA, and Bangalore, India, and offers web infrastructure, transparent pricing, and open source resources.

Founder at DigitalOcean

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DigitalOcean's investors · 14

Access Technology VenturesAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2020Arkin CapitalHerzliyaBalaji Srinivasan$10K – $500K checksCrunchFundHanaco Venture CapitalHerzliya · $2M – $20M checksJuniperoMiamiMighty CapitalSan FranciscoTechstarsBoulder · $220K checksTorch CapitalNew York · $750K – $1.5M checksTransmedia CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checksTuesday CapitalSan FranciscoVeligera CapitalNew YorkZillionizePalo Alto · $200K checks

Co-founders at DigitalOcean

MUMoisey Uretsky
Moisey UretskyExecutive Officer, Director
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Mitchell WainerExecutive Officer

Experience

  1. Sky VenturesFoundercurrent2021 — presentMiami, Florida, United States
  2. VantageInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  3. interviewing.ioInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  4. OhMDInvestor & Advisorcurrent2020 — present
  5. CodesphereInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  6. PluralInvestorcurrent2019 — present
  7. AccernInvestor & Advisorcurrent2019 — present
  8. Welcome HomesCo-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer2020 — 2024
  9. DigitalOceanBoard Member2011 — 2021
  10. DigitalOceanCo-Founder & CEO2011 — 2018New York City Metropolitan Area
  11. ServerStackCo-Founder & CEO2004 — 2013New York City Metropolitan Area

Skills & more

Strategic Consulting6HTML 55Cloud Computing99Usability3Drupal4Digital Strategy4Network Engineering4Storage Area Networks5Virtualization25Linux23Server Architecture22Entrepreneurship51
+12 moreOpen SourceStart-upsNginxApacheMySQLRuby on RailsXenPHPRubyCentOSRESTLAMP

From Ben's professional profile.

Colleagues at Sky Ventures

Ramon Benet
Investor at Sky Ventures

Network6

Daniel GrossScout
Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe Superintelligence
Arash FerdowsiScout
Co-founder of Dropbox
Aaron LevieScout
Angel
Christina CacioppoScout
Building Vanta to make companies more secure by changing economic incentives.
Jennifer Li
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Justin Gage
VP of Marketing at Amplify Partners

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ben Uretsky?
Ben Uretsky is the founder of Sky Ventures and the founding CEO of DigitalOcean, a cloud services platform founded in 2012 that provides compute, storage, and networking infrastructure for developers and businesses. DigitalOcean maintains offices in New York, Cambridge, MA, and Bangalore, India, and offers web infrastructure, transparent pricing, and open source resources.
Where does Ben Uretsky work?
Ben Uretsky is Founder of DigitalOcean and Founder at Sky Ventures.
What check size does Ben Uretsky write?
Ben Uretsky typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
What companies did Ben Uretsky found?
Ben Uretsky founded DigitalOcean.
Where did Ben Uretsky go to school?
Ben Uretsky studied at TechStars; Pace University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Information Technology); Stuyvesant High School.

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