# Ariel Lebowits

> Ariel Lebowits is a Series A investor at Prosus & Naspers backing Publishing and Web Hosting. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Prosus & Naspers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prosus)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2006
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alebowits

Ariel Lebowits is a Series A investor at Prosus & Naspers in New York focused on Publishing and Web Hosting. Ariel Lebowits - Head of M&A, OLX Group @ Prosus

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Publishing | 1 | 100% |
| Web Hosting | 1 | 100% |
| File Sharing | 1 | 100% |
| Flash Storage | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Badongo.com | Badongo is the world’s most sophisticated online storage, management and publishing system for personal content.Badongo was co-founded in 2005 by Patrick Boden and Frank Westerholt. The company provides individuals worldwide with a free and deluxe suite of online storage, management and publishing applications for personal content. Thecompany generates revenue through the sale of premium account services and online ads. Today, Badongo hosts millions of files created and uploaded by individuals around the world and in almost every country. The Company is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.Badongo.com is an online software service for storage, management and publication of personal content. Consumers worldwide can easily upload any type of large file (photo, video, music, business documents, etc.) from any type of computer. Once a file is uploaded, Badongo provides users with the ability to manage and manipulate their own files before securely sending to friends, family or colleagues of their choice. In addition, users are offered quick text links which can be easily copy and pasted directly into email and instant message conversation for fast viewing and download of their file. Badongo also boosts user interaction with a set of innovative software widgets that can be embedded into a user’s blog, forum, website and Facebook or MySpace page. |  | Series A | Jan 01, 2006 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Prosus & Naspers

VC Fund · Vescovato, Italy

ProSus is an agricultural company of pigs that produces and distributes fresh meats and packaged meat products.

5 contacts available at Prosus & Naspers.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Don Eriksson | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/don-eriksson |
| Nolo Letele | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nolo-letele |
| Rachel Jafta | Non Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rachel-jafta |
| Russell Dreisenstock | Head of International Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/russell-dreisenstock |
| Aileen O'Toole | Group Human Resources Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aileen-o-toole |

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## FAQ

### What does Ariel Lebowits invest in?

Ariel Lebowits invests primarily in Publishing, Web Hosting and File Sharing startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ariel Lebowits last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ariel Lebowits closed in Jan 2006. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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