Investing Profile

Benjamin Bayat

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Managing Director at NextGen Venture Partners

berkeleyangelnetwork.comSan Francisco, California

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University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network

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Calling Brands Network

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Current Investing Position

NextGen Venture Partners Managing Director

Investment Range

$5K - $50K

Sweet Spot

$25K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$20.7M

Benjamin Bayat is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Benjamin Bayat's Investments On Record (6)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Receive	SeedJul 2025$4M	$7M
Co-investors: Antoine Nivard (Blank Ventures), Nitay Joffe (Team8), Alex Oppenheimer (Verissimo Ventures), Ron Pragides (GTMFund), Jon Bassett (NextGen Venture Partners)
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), Christian Dahlen (Saleor Commerce), Jon Soberg (MS&AD Ventures), 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 (Orange Digital 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 (Seed Stage Investor), Caroline Winnett (Berkeley Skydeck Fund)

Benjamin Bayat's Experience

Cofounder & COO Universidade do MinhoPresent

Cofounder & COO Calling BrandsPresent

Engineering Team Lead MerativePresent

Engineering Team Lead IBMPresent

Engineering Program Manager MerativePresent

Engineering Program Manager IBMPresent

Cofounder & COO University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Sr. Manager, Engineering and Sales MerativePresent

Sr. Manager, Engineering and Sales IBMPresent

Partner Illuminate VenturesPresent

Member, Deal Review Committee Berkeley Angel NetworkPresent

Mentor Alchemist AcceleratorPresent

Managing Director NextGen Venture PartnersPresent

Benjamin Bayat's Education

HAAS School of Business MBA Finance and Entrepreneurship

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business MBA Finance and Entrepreneurship

Case Western Reserve University BS Physics and Electrical Engineering

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