Investing Profile

Ben Porterfield

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Founder and VP of Engineering

Santa Cruz, California

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Current Investing Position

Angel

Investment Range

$5K - $50K

Sweet Spot

$25K

Investments On Record

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San Francisco Bay Area

Ben Porterfield's Investments On Record (17)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Luminal	SeedNov 2025$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Guillermo Rauch
Digger	SeedJun 2025$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Ed Brandler
Depot	SeedJul 2023$2M	$6M
Co-investors: Jake Storm (Felicis Ventures)
Kubecost	Series AFeb 2022$25M	$30M
Co-investors: David Cahn (Sequoia Capital), Gaurav Jain (Afore Capital), David Lieb
Waldo	Series AFeb 2022$15M	$31M
Co-investors: Josh Zelman (Insight Partners), Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures, formerly The New Normal Fund), Ed Sim (Boldstart Ventures), Mike Smith (Footwork), Sylvain Zimmer (50 Partners), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Josef Feldman (Tectonic Capital), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Liu Jiang, Nigel Wray, Sean Rad, Justin Mateen
1Fort AI	AngelJan 2022$430K	$12M
Co-investors: Anne Dwane (Village Global), Jim Andelman (Bonfire Ventures), Karim Atiyeh, Chafic Kazoun
Magic	Series AJul 2021$27M	$380M
Co-investors: Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Ben Lerer (Lerer Hippeau), Joel Monegro (Placeholder), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Alex Bouaziz (Sarona Ventures), Miyuki Matsumoto (Aglae Ventures), Shahed Khan (Hyper), Soona Amhaz (Volt Capital), Alex MacCaw (Earl Grey Capital), Jana Messerschmidt (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator), Paul Yacoubian, Guillermo Rauch, Florian Huber, Fredrik Hjelm, Sahil Lavingia, Varsha Rao, Casey Neistat, DROdio - Daniel R. Odio
Cape.ai	Series AApr 2021$20M	$25M
Co-investors: Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Ed Sim (Boldstart Ventures), Richard Seewald (Evolution Equity Partners), Andrew McMahon (Ridgeline Partners), Jevon MacDonald, Thomas Noonan, Andy Brown