Investing Profile

Ben Parr(952)

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Managing Partner at Theory Forge VC
benparr.comLos Angeles, California
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117 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 114 other 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
841 CONNECTIONS
Northwestern University Network
159 CONNECTIONS
Northwestern University Network
159 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Theory Forge VC
Investment Range
$50K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$200K
Investments On Record
4

Ben Parr is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Ben Parr's Investments On Record (4)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Consio
Pre SeedNov 2024$770K
$3.8M
Co-investors: Thomas Cuvelier (none), Jason Lemkin
Sauna by Wordware
SeedNov 2024$30M
$31M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Beth Turner (SV Angel), Brian Jacobs (Emergence Capital), Topher Conway (SV Angel), Astasia Myers (Felicis Ventures), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Matt Brown (Matrix), Ben Tossell (Ben Tossell's Rolling Fund), Masha Bucher (Day One Ventures), Azeem Azhar (Xtripe Angels), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital, LLC // Turbo Ventures, LLC), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Siqi Chen (Laserlike Inc), Donald Stalter (Sunshine Lake), Kulveer Taggar (Angel investor), Walter Kortschak (Kortschak Investments), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Thijn Lamers, Paul Stahura, Paul Graham, Mathilde Collin
Augie Studio
Pre SeedOct 2022$1M
$4M
Co-investors: Alanna Gregory (Pioneer Fund), Yohei Nakajima (Untapped Capital), Andy Liu (University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory), Donald Tucker (DocuSign), Eric Ries (Long-Term Stock Exchange), Noah Sidman-Gale
Clever
SeedSep 2012$3M
$43M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Mike Maples (Floodgate), Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Kevin Rose (True Ventures), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Mitchell Kapor (Kapor Capital), Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration), 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), David Chen, Sam Altman

most interested in

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

Ben Parr's Experience

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