Investing Profile

Ben Blumenrose(957)

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Co-founder, Managing Partner at Designer Fund
designerfund.com/teamSan Francisco, California
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119 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 116 other investors on Signal.

Networks Ben is a member of
NewCo Network
1585 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1029 CONNECTIONS
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
841 CONNECTIONS
Facebook Network
197 CONNECTIONS
Minttown Network
143 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Designer Fund Managing Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
10
Current Fund Size
$23.5M

Ben Blumenrose is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Ben Blumenrose's Investments On Record (8)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Interfere
SeedJul 2025$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Jared Friedman (Israel Defense Forces), Mario Gabriele (Hummingbird Ventures), Firat Ileri (Hummingbird Ventures), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Guillermo Rauch
Weavy
SeedJun 2025$4M
$4M
Co-investors: David Frankel (Founder Collective)
Lemni
Pre SeedFeb 2025$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Julien Bek (Sequoia Capital), Niklas Jansen (Headstart Ventures), Christian Reber (Freigeist), Scott Belsky (A24), Mario Götze (Unknown Ventures), Koen Bok
brand.ai
SeedOct 2024$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Tripp Jones (Uncork Capital), Enrique Allen (Designer Fund), Kevin Mahaffey (Lookout)
Superframe
SeedAug 2023$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Lauren Antonoff (Operator Collective), Peter Kazanjy, Robert Moore
Formation
SeedApr 2021$4M
Pre SeedNov 2019$1M
$5M
Co-investors: Connie Chan (Andreessen Horowitz), Sam Lessin (Slow Ventures), Baron Cannon (Sand Hill Angels), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor)
Flatfile
Seed RoundMay 2020$7.6M
$100M
Co-investors: Gaurav Jain (Founder Collective), David Frankel (Founder Collective), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Enrique Allen (Designer Fund), Muzzammil (MZ) Zaveri (Audacious Ventures), Andrea Funsten (Basecamp Fund), Zach Weinberg (Flatiron Health), Nat Turner (Operator Partners), Frances Schwiep (Two Sigma Ventures)
Obvious
SeedMay 2020$8M
Pre SeedSep 2019$2M
$95M
Co-investors: Rory O'Driscoll (Scale Venture Partners), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Michael Ma (Liquid 2 Ventures), Ilya Volodarsky (Convective Capital), Frances Schwiep (Two Sigma Ventures), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group), Enrique Allen (Designer Fund), Muzzammil (MZ) Zaveri (Audacious Ventures), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Zach Weinberg (Flatiron Health), Nat Turner (Operator Partners), Ben Porterfield, Larry Gadea

Ben Blumenrose's Experience

Designer BIG InteractivePresent
Co-Director Designer FundPresent
Design Lead FacebookPresent
Design Director VarienPresent
Designer CBS.comPresent
Design Lead Facebook Full-timePresent
Designer MinttownPresent
Co-Director, Managing Partner Designer FundPresent
Co-founder, Managing Partner Designer FundPresent
Designer Top-PatentsPresent
Designer NewCoPresent
Designer University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Ben Blumenrose's Education

UCLA BFA Design | Media Arts
University of California, Los Angeles BFA Design | Media Arts
University of California, Los Angeles BFA Design | Media Arts