Ben Uretsky
FounderFounder at DigitalOcean
United States
Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K
FoundedDigitalOcean
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
Intro paths
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In turn, Ben can intro founders to DigitalOcean's investors below.
DigitalOcean's investors · 13
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 · $5M checksTuesday CapitalSan FranciscoVeligera CapitalNew York
Co-founders at DigitalOcean
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Moisey UretskyExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- Sky VenturesFoundercurrent2021 — presentMiami, Florida, United States
- VantageInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- interviewing.ioInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- OhMDInvestor & Advisorcurrent2020 — present
- CodesphereInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- PluralInvestorcurrent2019 — present
- AccernInvestor & Advisorcurrent2019 — present
- Welcome HomesCo-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer2020 — 2024
- DigitalOceanBoard Member2011 — 2021
- DigitalOceanCo-Founder & CEO2011 — 2018New York City Metropolitan Area
- ServerStackCo-Founder & CEO2004 — 2013New York City Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
Strategic Consulting6HTML 55Cloud Computing99Usability3Drupal4Digital Strategy4Network Engineering4Storage Area Networks5Virtualization25Linux23Server Architecture22Entrepreneurship51
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Open SourceStart-upsNginxApacheMySQLRuby on RailsXenPHPRubyCentOSRESTLAMPFrom Ben's professional profile.
Network5
Daniel GrossScout
Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe Superintelligence
Arash FerdowsiScout
Co-founder of Dropbox
Christina CacioppoScout
Co-Founder, Vanta at Surge
Jennifer Li
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Justin Gage
VP of Marketing at Amplify Partners
Investors connected to Ben in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
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.
- 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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Also attended Pace University22
Jeffrey ChuaPartner at Golden Gate VenturesKrupa VankayalaPartner, People & HR at Sapphire VenturesSumesh SacharCo-founder & General Partner at Rocana VenturesTyler SchintoSenior Director at Presidio VenturesVarda KunzHuman Resources at TriplePoint CapitalLucile BeaumeSenior Associate at Breega
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Also attended Stuyvesant High School72
Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Hussein KanjiPartner at Hoxton VenturesBen FriedVenture Partner at Rally Ventures Management, LlcDan BorokCo-Founder and Managing Partner at NVP Capital
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