Investing Profile

Ben Parr(954)

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Managing Partner at Theory Forge Ventures

benparr.comLos Angeles, California

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Ben Parr's investing connections

Connected to 117 investors on Signal.

Networks Ben is a member of

NewCo Network

1599 CONNECTIONS

Top-Patents Network

1033 CONNECTIONS

University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network

839 CONNECTIONS

Northwestern University Network

162 CONNECTIONS

Northwestern University Network

162 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Theory Forge Ventures Managing Partner

Investment Range

$50K - $1M

Sweet Spot

$200K

Investments On Record

Ben Parr is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

SaaS (Pre-seed)AI (Seed)Investors who invested in diverse founders Investors who were founders Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists AI (Pre-seed)Investors who invested in female founders Diverse Investors Los Angeles / Southern California SaaS (Seed)

Ben Parr's Investments On Record (4)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Consio	Pre SeedNov 2024$770K	$3.8M
Co-investors: Thomas Cuvelier (none), Jason Lemkin
Sauna by Wordware	SeedNov 2024$30M	$31M
Co-investors: Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Terrence Rohan (Index Ventures), Topher Conway (SV Angel), Beth Turner (SV Angel), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Brian Jacobs (Emergence Capital), Astasia Myers (Felicis Ventures), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Matt Brown (Matrix), Ben Tossell (Ben Tossell's Rolling Fund), Donald Stalter (Sunshine Lake), Masha Bucher (Day One Ventures), Azeem Azhar (Xtripe Angels), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Siqi Chen (Xtripe Angels), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital, LLC // Turbo Ventures, LLC), Kulveer Taggar (Angel investor), Walter Kortschak (Kortschak Investments), Mathilde Collin, Paul Graham, Thijn Lamers, Paul Stahura
Augie Studio	Pre SeedOct 2022$1M	$4M
Co-investors: Andy Liu (University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory), Donald Tucker (DocuSign), Eric Ries (O'Reilly Media), Alanna Gregory (Pioneer Fund), Yohei Nakajima (Untapped Capital), Noah Sidman-Gale
Clever	SeedSep 2012$3M	$43M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Mike Maples (Floodgate), Kevin Rose (True Ventures), Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Mitchell Kapor (Kapor Capital), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration), Ravi Mhatre (Anthropic), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), John Katzman (2U), Matt Macinnis (Various), Yuri Milner (DST Global), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Stephanie Palmeri (NextView Ventures), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Sam Altman, Paul Graham, David Chen, Aayush Phumbhra

Ben Parr's Media (1)

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Pre-seed and seed-stage B2B AI founders building the foundations of our AI future.

Ben Parr's Experience

Moltbook MetaPresent

Advisor CloudFabPresent

Investor Sauna by WordwarePresent

Advisor University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Advisor Aug X LabsPresent

Advisor NewCoPresent

Chief Operating Officer MoltbookPresent

Investor GumloopPresent

Advisor Top-PatentsPresent

Advisor LeadIQPresent

Advisor YumCrunchPresent

Investor (Pre-seed) PaymanPresent

Managing Partner Theory Forge VCPresent

Member of the Board of Advisors LufthansaPresent

Co-Editor Ecommerce MagazinePresent

Managing Partner Theory Forge VenturesPresent

Columnist Inc. MagazinePresent

Board of Directors SamasourcePresent

Editor-At-Large MashablePresent

Ascent Leadership Fellow Ascent Leadership Networks, LLCPresent

Board of Directors SamaPresent

Advisor My World ChefPresent

Author, "Captivology: The Science of Capturing People's Attention" HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins PublishersPresent

Investor Gumloop (YC W24)Present

Investor Wordware (YC S24)Present

Investor PaymanPresent

Board of Directors The Leila Janah FoundationPresent

Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer Octane AIPresent

Co-Founder & President Octane AIPresent

CNET Columnist & Commentator CBS InteractivePresent

Advisor Ustream, an IBM CompanyPresent

Intern U.S. House of RepresentativesPresent

Research Assistant UC Santa Barbara Research Mentorship ProgramPresent

Co-founder & Managing Partner DominateFundPresent

Community Assistant Northwestern UniversityPresent

Advisory Board Member LufthansaPresent

Interactive Content Manager Veritas HealthPresent

Limited Partner (Investor) SuperlayerPresent

Keynote Speaker Worldwide Speakers GroupPresent

Developer Champion (Honorary) ShopifyPresent

Limited Partner (Investor) Weekend FundPresent

Writer/Contributor MashablePresent

Associate Editor MashablePresent

Co-Editor MashablePresent

Ben Parr's Education

Northwestern University B.A. Science in Human Culture, Political Science, Business Institutions Program (Minor)

Northwestern University Science in Human Culture, Political Science, Business Institutions

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