Investing Profile

Benjamin Jealous

VCInvestor
Partner at Kapor Capital
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Networks Benjamin is a member of
University of Oxford Network
274 CONNECTIONS
Columbia University in the City of New York Network
262 CONNECTIONS
Kapor Capital Network
14 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Kapor Capital Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $200K
Sweet Spot
$175K
Investments On Record
4
Current Fund Size
$125M

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Benjamin Jealous's Investments On Record (3)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Curve Health
Series AFeb 2022$12M
$18M
Co-investors: Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Will Kohler (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Ling Wong (Highbury Group), Kristin Baker Spohn (BAM Elevate), Kal Vepuri (Brainchild)
EarnUp
Series ADec 2017
SeedJul 2016$3M
$59M
Co-investors: Mitchell Kapor (Kapor Capital), Matthew Harris (Bain Capital Ventures), Ilya Kirnos (SignalFire), Chris Farmer (SignalFire), Tom Brown (Nyca Partners), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Emmalyn Shaw (Flourish Ventures), Sarah Morgenstern (Flourish Ventures), David Blumberg (137 Ventures), Chris Gottschalk (Mouro Capital), Raj Date (Fenway Summer), Ryan Falvey (Restive Ventures), Kirby Harris (Base Ventures), Trevor Kienzle (Correlation Ventures), Sujay Jaswa (WndrCo LLC), Dan Kimerling (Deciens Capital), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Erik Moore
Citizen
Series ASep 2017$12M
$110M
Co-investors: Mike Vernal (Sequoia Capital), Will Porteous (RRE Ventures), Jake Medwell (8VC), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Chris Adelsbach (Black Tip Capital), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital), Dana Settle (Greycroft Partners), Alex Gurevich (Javelin Venture Partners), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Ken Howery (Unknown Ventures), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Semil Shah (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Steve Schlafman

Benjamin Jealous's Experience

Partner Kapor Capital2013 - Present
Managing Editor Jackson AdvocatePresent
Executive Director National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA)Present
Director, US Domestic Human Rights Program Amnesty InternationalPresent
President and CEO NAACPPresent
President Rosenberg Foundation2005 - 2008

Benjamin Jealous's Education

University of Oxford MS Comparative Social Research
Columbia University in the City of New York BA Political Science