Investing Profile

Ben Casnocha(48)

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Co-Founder and General Partner at Village Global

villageglobal.vc/team/ben-cas...San Francisco, California

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Ben Casnocha's investing connections

Connected to 25 investors on Signal.

Networks Ben is a member of

NewCo Network

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NewCo Network

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NewCo Network

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University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network

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University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network

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Current Investing Position

Village Global General Partner

Investment Range

$250K - $1.5M

Sweet Spot

$750K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$1.5B

Ben Casnocha is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Ben Casnocha's Investments On Record (13)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Qanooni	Pre SeedJun 2025$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Viktoriya Tigipko (TA Ventures)
Forethought	Series DMay 2025$25M Series ADec 2018$9M SeedFeb 2018$1M	$120M
Co-investors: Manu Kumar (K9 Ventures), Alex Kolicich (8VC), Sandhya Venkatachalam (Khosla Ventures), Yan-David Erlich (B Capital Group), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Karan Mehandru (Madrona Ventures), Peter Sonsini (The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. New Incubation Ventures), Christopher Manning (AIX Ventures), Trevor McFedries (Techstars), Robert Downey Jr (TNB Aura), Taylor Greene (Twelve Below), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Erik Torenberg (Village Global), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Suranga Chandratillake (Balderton Capital), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Andy Coravos, Baron Davis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Mathilde Collin
Perspective AI	SeedJan 2025$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Itamar Novick (Recursive Ventures)
LightBeam.ai	Series AFeb 2024$18M SeedDec 2020$5M	$23M
Co-investors: Bhaskar Ghosh (8VC), Venktesh Shukla (Monta Vista Capital), Donald Tucker (Dropbox), Sandeep Bhadra (Vertex Ventures)
SimpleX Chat	Pre SeedApr 2023$370K	$1.4M
Co-investors: Rob Biederman (Asymmetric Capital Partners)
Type Five	Pre SeedJan 2023
Salesroom	SeedJun 2022$9M	$9M
Co-investors: Chris Murphy (MS&AD Ventures), David Helgason (Nordic Makers), Rob Biederman (Asymmetric Capital Partners), Daniel King (Blue Leaf Capital), Sean Marshall (Craft Ventures), Mike Marg (Craft Ventures), Barak Goldstein (Terra Venture Partners), Reshma Sohoni (Seedcamp), Peter Kazanjy
HUBUC	SeedJan 2022$10M	$10M
Co-investors: John Lilly (Greylock), Albert Armengol (Grupo DKV), Gustaf Alströmer (Y Combinator), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Charles Delingpole (ComplyAdvantage), Sujay Jaswa (WndrCo LLC), Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen (2xN), Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Anthony Saleh (Photo Workshop), Samvit Ramadurgam (Equidate)

Ben Casnocha's Experience

Founder & Curator Satori Experiences2021 - Present

Co-Founder New Anchor Foundation2019 - Present

Co-Founder and General Partner Village Global2017 - Present

Co-Founder ComplainandResolve.comPresent

Founder Calling BrandsPresent

Co-Founder Calling BrandsPresent

Co-Founder and General Partner VillageGlobalPresent

Founder University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Member, California Advisory Board BizWorld.orgPresent

Co-Founder University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Keynote Speaker University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Founder NewCoPresent

Co-Founder NewCoPresent

Keynote Speaker NewCoPresent

Founder Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent

Co-Founder Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent

Keynote Speaker Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent

Founder Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent

Founder & Chairman ComcatePresent

Author WileyPresent

Co-Founder Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent

Keynote Speaker Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent

Chief Of Staff Greylock PartnersPresent

Mentor TechstarsPresent

Author Harvard Business PublishingPresent

Author Harvard Business School Publishing2013 - 2016

Chief Of Staff Greylock2012 - 2014

Chief Of Staff LinkedIn2012 - 2014

CEO Start-Up of You LLC2010 - 2012

Mentor TechStars2007 - 2012

Partner Wasabi Ventures, LLC2008 - 2011

Keynote Speaker Stimulating Speeches2007 - 2011

Co-Founder Silicon Valley Junto2006 - 2011

Author John Wiley and Sons2007 - 2009

Founder & Chairman Comcate, Inc.2001 - 2007

Member, California Advisory Board The BizWorld Foundation2003 - 2006

Founder ComplainandResolve.com2000 - 2001

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