Investing Profile

Ben Lakoff

VCInvestorAngel
General Partner at Bankless Ventures
benlakoff.comLos Angeles, California
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J.P. Morgan Network
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Various Network
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Current Investing Position
Bankless Ventures General Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
8

Ben Lakoff is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Ben Lakoff's Investments On Record (8)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Magma
SeedOct 2024$4M
$13M
Co-investors: Anand Chandrasekaran (General Catalyst), Doug Griffin (Spatial Capital), Kartik Talwar (A Capital), Teppei Tsutsui (GFR Fund), Aayush Phumbhra
Fluid Protocol
SeedOct 2024$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Kartik Talwar (A Capital)
Soul Wallet
SeedMar 2023$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Curtis Spencer (Electric Capital), Nakul Gupta (rali_cap), David Hoffman
Altitude
SeedJun 2022$2M
$4M
Co-investors: Alireza Masrour (Plug & Play Ventures), Rupert Barksfield (Outlier Ventures), Luka Sučić (Meta Change Capital), Philip Gasslander (Pioneer Fund), Danish Chaudhry (FMFW.io), Lyuben Belov (LAUNCHub Ventures), Tyler Scott Ward, Jeff Clarke
prePO
SeedMar 2022$2M
$3M
Co-investors: Ryan Zurrer (Vine Ventures (vine.vc)), Stefan George, Charlie Songhurst, Tyler Scott Ward
reNFT
SeedOct 2021$2M
$7M
Co-investors: Brian Fakhoury (Mechanism Capital), Rui Zhang (Gumi Cryptos Capital), Linda Xie (Scalar Capital), Gabby Dizon (Infinity Ventures Crypto), Yat Siu (Animoca Brands), Sebastien Borget
Drops
SeedMay 2021$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Marc Weinstein (Mechanism Capital), Richard Ma (Pioneer Fund), Regan Bozman
Push Protocol
SeedDec 2020$1M
$1.7M
Co-investors: Luka Sučić (Meta Change Capital), Balaji Srinivasan, Mariano Conti, Preethi Kasireddy, Ajit Tripathi

Ben Lakoff's Experience

General Partner Bankless Ventures2023 - Present
Mentor Outlier Ventures2022 - Present
Mentor LongHash Ventures2021 - Present
Mentor Tachyon Accelerator2021 - Present
Co-Founder, Business Lead Charged Particles2020 - Present
Strategic Advisor DeData2020 - Present
Financial Analyst The Rodman Law Group, LLC2019 - Present
Startup Advisor & Investor Various2016 - Present
Podcaster Alternative Asset Allocation2020 - 2023
Head of Business Development 2key Network2019 - 2020
Director Charity Makeover2019 - 2020
CEO Intelligent Trading Foundation2018 - 2020
Director B Hub Prague2017 - 2019
Director Satang Corporation2017 - 2018
Head of Finance & Strategy Intelligent Trading Foundation2017 - 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 - 2014
Private Banking Analyst J.P. Morgan2012 - 2013
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