Investing Profile

Benjamin Jealous

VCInvestor
Partner at Kapor Capital
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Networks Benjamin is a member of
Columbia University in the City of New York Network
167 CONNECTIONS
University of Oxford Network
158 CONNECTIONS
Kapor Capital Network
12 CONNECTIONS

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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

Benjamin Jealous is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Benjamin Jealous's Investments On Record (3)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Curve Health
Series AFeb 2022$12M
$18M
Co-investors: Kristin Baker Spohn (CRV), Will Kohler (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Ling Wong (Highbury Group), Kal Vepuri (Brainchild)
EarnUp
Series ADec 2017
SeedJul 2016$3M
$59M
Co-investors: Matthew Harris (Bain Capital Ventures), Ilya Kirnos (SignalFire), Chris Farmer (SignalFire), Mitchell Kapor (Kapor Capital), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), David Blumberg (137 Ventures), Kirby Harris (Base Ventures), Trevor Kienzle (Correlation Ventures), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Dan Kimerling (Deciens Capital), Erik Moore
Citizen
Series ASep 2017$12M
$110M
Co-investors: Will Porteous (RRE Ventures), Semil Shah (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Mike Vernal (Sequoia Capital), Jake Medwell (8VC), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital), Dana Settle (Greycroft Partners), Alex Gurevich (Javelin Venture Partners), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Ken Howery (Unknown Ventures), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Steve Schlafman

Benjamin Jealous's Experience

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