Investing Profile

Ben Lakoff

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General Partner at Bankless Ventures
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J.P. Morgan Network
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various Network
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Howcast Network
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Various Network
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Outlier Ventures Network
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Current Investing Position
Bankless Ventures General Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
11

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Ben Lakoff's Investments On Record (11)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Rover
SeedMay 2025$4M
$290M
Co-investors: Brad Feld (Foundry Group), Venky Ganesan (Menlo Ventures), Greg Gottesman (Madrona Venture Group), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Seth Levine (Brand Foundry Ventures), Megan Quinn (Kleiner Perkins), Stephen Oskoui (Gigafund), Kartik Talwar (A.Capital Ventures), Ozi Amanat (K2 Global), Saeed Amidi (Amidi Group), Anil Dharni (Self-employed), Barney Pell (Radical Ventures)
Neptune Protocol
SeedDec 2024$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Kartik Talwar (A.Capital Ventures)
StakeStone
SeedNov 2024$22M
$22M
Co-investors: Olaf Carlson-Wee (Polychain Capital)
Magma
SeedOct 2024$4M
$13M
Co-investors: Anand Chandrasekaran (General Catalyst), Teppei Tsutsui (GFR Fund), Kartik Talwar (A.Capital Ventures), Aayush Phumbhra (Nectar), Doug Griffin (Spatial Capital)
Fluid Protocol
SeedOct 2024$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Kartik Talwar (A.Capital Ventures)
Soul Wallet
SeedMar 2023$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Curtis Spencer (Electric Capital), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), David Hoffman (Bankless Ventures), Nakul Gupta (Faction VC)
Altitude
SeedJul 2022$2M
$9M
Co-investors: Graham Brown (Lerer Hippeau), Luka Sučić (hubraum), Philip Gasslander (Sphere Pty Ltd), Danish Chaudhry (Paper Ventures), Tyler Scott Ward (Sanctum AI), Lyuben Belov (LAUNCHub Ventures), Tanya Beja Elias (AlleyCorp), Alireza Masrour (Plug and Play Tech Center), Jeff Clarke (Brookfield Asset Management), Rupert Barksfield (7percent Ventures)
prePO
SeedMar 2022$2M
$3M
Co-investors: Ryan Zurrer (Vine Ventures (vine.vc)), Stefan George (Gnosis Limited), Tyler Scott Ward (Sanctum AI), Charlie Songhurst

Ben Lakoff's Experience

General Partner Bankless Ventures2023 - Present
Mentor Outlier Ventures2022 - Present
Mentor LongHash Ventures2021 - Present
Mentor Tachyon Accelerator2021 - Present
Strategic Advisor DeData2020 - Present
Financial Analyst The Rodman Law Group, LLC2019 - Present
Startup Advisor & Investor Various2016 - Present
Startup Advisor & Investor HowcastPresent
Startup Advisor & Investor Alpify (Durcal)Present
General Partner BVCPresent
Startup Advisor & Investor Ball State University FoundationPresent
Startup Advisor & Investor variousPresent
Director Orbix TradePresent
Director Blockchain Technology Hub s.r.o.Present
Financial Analyst The Rodman Law GroupPresent
Mentor TachyonPresent
Co-founder, Advisor Charged ParticlesPresent
Podcaster Alternative Asset Allocation2020 - 2023
Co-Founder, Business Lead Charged Particles2020 - 2023
Head of Business Development 2key Network2019 - 2020
CEO Intelligent Trading Foundation2018 - 2020
Director Charity Makeover2019 - 2020
Director B Hub Prague2017 - 2019
Head of Finance & Strategy Intelligent Trading Foundation2017 - 2018
Director Satang Corporation2017 - 2018
Group Head of Planning and Reporting RMA Group Company Limited2014 - 2017
Head of Planning, Controlling, and Treasury RMA Group Company Limited2014 - 2014
Senior Financial Analyst Ball Corporation2013 - 2013
Private Banking Analyst J.P. Morgan2012 - 2012
Financial Analyst Belden Inc.2011 - 2012
Cost Accountant Belden Inc.2010 - 2011
Financial Analyst Intern Ball State University Foundation2008 - 2008

Ben Lakoff's Education

Ball State University Bachelor of Arts - BA Finance, Spanish

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