Investing Profile

Benjamin Bayat

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Partner at Illuminate Ventures
berkeleyangelnetwork.comSan Francisco, California
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Networks Benjamin is a member of
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
842 CONNECTIONS
IBM Network
125 CONNECTIONS
IBM Network
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IBM Network
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University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business Network
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Current Investing Position
Illuminate Ventures Partner
Investment Range
$5K - $50K
Sweet Spot
$25K
Investments On Record
11
Current Fund Size
$27M

Benjamin Bayat is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Benjamin Bayat's Investments On Record (6)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Receive
SeedJul 2025$4M
$7M
Co-investors: Jon Bassett (NextGen Venture Partners), Antoine Nivard (Blank Ventures), Antoine Nivard, Ron Pragides, Nitay Joffe, Alex Oppenheimer
Dusty Robotics
Series BMay 2022$45M
Series AJun 2021$17M
SeedNov 2019$5M
$69M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Alexander Niehenke (Scale Venture Partners), Richard Boyle (Canaan Partners), Avidan Ross (Root Ventures)
Geosite
Series AJul 2021$5M
$7M
Co-investors: Paul Grossinger (Gaingels), Jon Soberg (MS&AD Ventures), Christian Dahlen (Band of Angels), Steve Smoot (Lavrock Ventures), Garrett Goldberg (Virta Ventures), Charles Zedlewski
Syncari
Series AMay 2021$17M
SeedJun 2020$5M
SeedMay 2019$2M
$24M
Co-investors: Ilya Kirnos (SignalFire), Nico Berardi (Animo Ventures), Antonio Osio (Animo Ventures), Ross Mason (Dig Ventures), Phil Boyer (Crosslink Capital)
Datazoom
SeedJul 2020
Series UnknownFeb 2020$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Kyle York
Bungee Tech
SeedMar 2019$3M
$3.1M
Co-investors: Preetish Nijhawan (Cervin Ventures), Chon Tang (Junzi Capital Engineering, LLC), Caroline Winnett (Berkeley Skydeck Fund)

Benjamin Bayat's Experience

Managing Director NextGen Venture PartnersPresent
Mentor Alchemist AcceleratorPresent
Member, Deal Review Committee Berkeley Angel NetworkPresent
Partner Illuminate VenturesPresent
Sr. Manager, Engineering and Sales IBMPresent
Sr. Manager, Engineering and Sales MerativePresent
Cofounder & COO University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Engineering Program Manager IBMPresent
Engineering Program Manager MerativePresent
Engineering Team Lead IBMPresent
Engineering Team Lead MerativePresent

Benjamin Bayat's Education

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business MBA Finance and Entrepreneurship
Case Western Reserve University BS Physics and Electrical Engineering