Investing Profile

Ben Parr(812)

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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

105 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 102 other investors on Signal.

Networks Ben is a member of

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 (3)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Wordware	SeedNov 2024$30M	$31M
Co-investors: Astasia Myers (Felicis Ventures), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Topher Conway (SV Angel), Beth Turner (SV Angel), Brian Jacobs (Emergence Capital), Donald Stalter (Global Founders Capital), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Neil Shah (Greenoaks Capital), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), John Fogelsong (Friends & Family Capital), Walter Kortschak (Summit Partners), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Matt Brown (Matrix), Masha Bucher (Day One Ventures), Kulveer Taggar, Ben Tossell, Paul Stahura, Siqi Chen, Mathilde Collin, Thijn Lamers, Paul Graham, Azeem Azhar
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, Eric Ries
Clever	SeedSep 2012$3M	$43M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Kevin Rose (True Ventures), Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Mitchell Kapor (Kapor Capital), Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Mike Maples (Floodgate), Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Yuri Milner (DST Global), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Stephanie Palmeri (NextView Ventures), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Sam Altman, David Chen