Investing Profile

Benjamin Jealous

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Partner at Kapor Capital
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Columbia University in the City of New York Network
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University of Oxford Network
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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: Kristin Baker Spohn (CRV), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Ling Wong (Highbury Group), Kal Vepuri (Brainchild)
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Series ADec 2017
SeedJul 2016$3M
$59M
Co-investors: David Blumberg (Blumberg Capital), Mitchell Kapor (Kapor Capital), Chris Farmer (SignalFire), Ilya Kirnos (SignalFire), Tom Brown (Nyca Partners), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Trevor Kienzle (Correlation Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Chris Gottschalk (Mouro Capital), Raj Date (Fenway Summer), Ryan Falvey (Financial Venture Studio), Kirby Harris (Base Ventures), Sujay Jaswa (WndrCo LLC), Dan Kimerling (Deciens Capital), Erik Moore
Citizen
Series ASep 2017$12M
$110M
Co-investors: Will Porteous (RRE Ventures), Jake Medwell (8VC), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital Management), Chris Adelsbach (Outrun Ventures), Alex Gurevich (Javelin Venture Partners), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Semil Shah (Haystack), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital), Dana Settle (Greycroft), Ken Howery, Steve Schlafman, Mike Vernal

Benjamin Jealous's Experience

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