Angel investor based in New York City, United States.
5 companies backed across
5 recorded rounds, May 2020 – Mar 2023.
Quip, Caraway Home, Arber, Lalo, ex-Founder RetailMLS, BensWater, Benchmark Real Estate Group
Sectors of the companies in the portfolio, by company count.
Head-office city of the companies in the portfolio.
Rounds by stage.
Total size of the rounds they joined — an angel's own cheque is a share of this, and is not disclosed.
Every company Ben Zises appears as an investor in, most recent round first.
| Company | City | Sectors | Latest round | Rounds | Round value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two Boxes | Remote | Logistics TechE-Commerce EnablersCommerce Enablers | Seed Mar 2023 | 1 | $4.5M |
| Superfiliate | Los Angeles | Social CommerceE-Commerce EnablersCommerce Enablers | Seed Mar 2023 | 1 | $3M |
| Sugar | Los Angeles | Property Management TechProperty Management Suite | Seed Aug 2021 | 1 | $2.5M |
| ShelfLife | New York City | Food TechOnline GroceryB2B E-Commerce | Seed Jun 2021 | 1 | $3M |
| Caraway LED | New York City | Household Durables | Seed May 2020 | 1 | $5.3M |
Investors that appear in the same rounds. Two names in one round is what "invested together" means here — it is not a claim about a relationship off the cap table.
| Investor | Type | Based | Shared rounds | Shared companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Syndicate | Firm | San Francisco | 1 | 1 |
| NextView Ventures | Firm | Boston | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Sharma | Angel | 1 | 1 | |
| MetaProp NYC | Firm | New York City | 1 | 1 |
| Oleksiy Ignatyev | Angel | 1 | 1 | |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | Firm | Menlo Park | 1 | 1 |
| Andy Dunn | Angel | Chicago | 1 | 1 |
| Diran Otegbade | Angel | 1 | 1 | |
| R2 Ventures | Firm | 1 | 1 | |
| Ventana Capital | Firm | Centennial | 1 | 1 |
| Nik Sharma | Angel | 1 | 1 | |
| Agya Ventures | Firm | 1 | 1 | |
| Range Ventures | Firm | Denver | 1 | 1 |
| Kindred Ventures | Firm | San Francisco | 1 | 1 |
| Sandbox Studios | Firm | West Hollywood | 1 | 1 |
| Debut Capital | Firm | Brooklyn | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Nathan | Angel | Boulder | 1 | 1 |
| Republic Capital | Firm | Manhattan | 1 | 1 |
| Alison Gelb Pincus | Angel | San Francisco | 1 | 1 |
| Five Four Ventures | Firm | New York City | 1 | 1 |