Investing Profile

Ben Parr(872)

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AI Investor. Managing Partner, Theory Forge Ventures; Pre-seed/seed B2B AI; Co-founder of Octane AI; Author of "Captivology"; Former Co-Editor of Mashable

benparr.comLos Angeles, California

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Ben Parr's investing connections

109 Investors

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Northwestern University Network

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Current Investing Position

Theory Forge Ventures Managing Partner

Investment Range

$50K - $1M

Sweet Spot

$200K

Investments On Record

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Ben Parr's Investments On Record (4)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Consio	Pre SeedNov 2024$770K	$770K
Wordware	SeedNov 2024$30M	$31M
Co-investors: Astasia Myers (Felicis Ventures), Beth Turner (SV Angel), Brian Jacobs (Emergence Capital), Donald Stalter (Global Founders Capital), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital), Neil Shah (Greenoaks Capital), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), John Fogelsong (Friends & Family Capital), Walter Kortschak (Summit Partners), Matt Brown (Matrix), Masha Bucher (Day One Ventures), Paul Stahura, Kulveer Taggar, Ben Tossell, Paul Graham, Thijn Lamers, Azeem Azhar, Siqi Chen, Mathilde Collin
Augie Studio	Pre SeedOct 2022$1M	$4M
Co-investors: Donald Tucker (DocuSign), Andy Liu (Unlock Venture Partners), Yohei Nakajima (Untapped Capital), Alanna Gregory (Pioneer Fund), Noah Sidman-Gale
Clever	SeedSep 2012$3M	$43M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Kevin Rose (True Ventures), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration), Yuri Milner (DST Global), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Sam Altman, David Chen