Investing Profile

Ben Blumenrose(965)

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Co-founder, Managing Partner at Designer Fund
designerfund.com/teamSan Francisco, California
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Networks Ben is a member of
NewCo Network
1600 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1031 CONNECTIONS
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
837 CONNECTIONS
Facebook Network
278 CONNECTIONS
University of California, Los Angeles Network
192 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Designer Fund Managing Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
10
Current Fund Size
$23.5M

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Ben Blumenrose's Investments On Record (8)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Interfere
SeedJul 2025$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Terrence Rohan (Index Ventures), Jared Friedman (Y Combinator), Mario Gabriele (Hummingbird Ventures), Firat Ileri (Hummingbird Ventures), Guillermo Rauch
Weavy
SeedJun 2025$4M
$4M
Co-investors: David Frankel (Founder Collective)
Lemni
Pre SeedFeb 2025$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Julien Bek (Sequoia Capital), Mario Götze (Unknown Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Niklas Jansen (Headstart Ventures), Christian Reber (Freigeist), Koen Bok
brand.ai
SeedOct 2024$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Tripp Jones (Uncork Capital), Enrique Allen (Designer Fund), Kevin Mahaffey (Lookout)
Superframe
SeedAug 2023$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Robert Moore (Insight Partners), Lauren Antonoff (Operator Collective F506), Peter Kazanjy
Formation
SeedApr 2021$4M
Pre SeedNov 2019$1M
$5M
Co-investors: Connie Chan (Andreessen Horowitz), Sam Lessin (Slow Ventures), Baron Cannon (Sand Hill Angels), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor)
Flatfile
Seed RoundMay 2020$7.6M
$7.6M
Co-investors: Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Gaurav Jain (Afore Capital), Muzzammil (MZ) Zaveri (Audacious Ventures), Andrea Funsten (Basecamp Fund), Zach Weinberg (Multiple Startups/Funds), Nat Turner (Operator Partners), Frances Schwiep (Two Sigma Ventures), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Enrique Allen (Designer Fund)
Obvious
SeedMay 2020$8M
Pre SeedSep 2019$2M
$95M
Co-investors: David Frankel (Founder Collective), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Rory O'Driscoll (Scale Venture Partners), John Curtius (Tiger Global Management), Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Michael Ma (Liquid 2 Ventures), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Gaurav Jain (Afore Capital), Enrique Allen (Designer Fund), Muzzammil (MZ) Zaveri (Audacious Ventures), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Nitesh Banta (Getaround), Frances Schwiep (Two Sigma Ventures), Zach Weinberg (Multiple Startups/Funds), Nat Turner (Operator Partners), Larry Gadea (Envoy), Ilya Volodarsky (Convective Capital), Ben Porterfield

Ben Blumenrose's Experience

Designer University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Designer NewCoPresent
Designer Top-PatentsPresent
Co-founder, Managing Partner Designer FundPresent
Co-Director, Managing Partner Designer FundPresent
Designer MinttownPresent
Design Lead Facebook Full-timePresent
Designer CBS.comPresent
Design Director VarienPresent
Design Lead FacebookPresent
Co-Director Designer FundPresent
Designer BIG InteractivePresent

Ben Blumenrose's Education

UCLA BFA Design | Media Arts
University of California, Los Angeles BFA Design | Media Arts
University of California, Los Angeles BFA Design | Media Arts

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