# Ben Armstrong

> Ben Armstrong is a seed investor at Startmate backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Startmate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startmate)
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-armstrong-57662/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/_benarms

Ben Armstrong is a seed investor at Startmate in Melbourne focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Ben Armstrong is the Founder at Archangel Ventures. He attended Australian Institute of Company Directors.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $653k–$3.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 50% |
| Legal | 1 | 25% |
| Legal Tech | 1 | 25% |
| Construction | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 3 | 75% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Restoke | Complete back-of-house management solution for restaurants | $3.5M | Seed | Sep 24, 2024 |  |
| Aerotruth | Aerotruth is a B2B SaaS solution which automates the document on-boarding process for banks, financial institutions and fintechs | $1.3M | Seed | Dec 22, 2022 |  |
| Josef | Josef is a legal platform that empowers lawyers to automate, build, and launch their own legal chatbots or services. The platform works across the legal industry from top-tier commercial firms to government to community legal centres and across the United States, Europe, and ANZ.Josef mission is to make legal services more accessible and worksfor everyone. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. | $653K | Seed | May 06, 2019 |  |
| nyfty.ai | We're building an AI employee for Construction, one interconnected skill at a time. Construction sending >$1B per week chasing, coordinating and instructing people, manually. Nyfty automates those tasks by using task specific Natural Language Understanding | $115K | Pre-Seed | Oct 31, 2018 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1in100 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1in100-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AfterWork Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afterwork-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BC Growth Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bc-growth-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Black Sheep Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-sheep-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Change Com](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/change-com) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Startmate

VC Fund · Melbourne, Australia

We support the most exceptional founders, operators and investors with best-in-class programs, propelled by a highly trusted mentor-driven community, and backed by the best angels, venture funds and tech startups in the region.Startmate helps technically-focused founders create world-class companies that solve customer problems. It invests AUD$120,000 for a 7.5% equity stake.Startmate’s three-month program offers a $75,000 investment, mentorship from more than 40 successful founders, sage legal counsel, and a one week trip to Silicon Valley. At the conclusion of the program, there are two demo days, one in Sydney and the other in Melbourne, where the chosen startups present in front of early-stage investors.Startmate was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

5 contacts available at Startmate.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex de Aboitiz | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-de-aboitiz |
| Anubhav Ghosh | Launch Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anubhav-ghosh |
| Bardia Housman | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bardia-housman |
| Ben Armstrong | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-armstrong-2 |
| Brendan Brummer | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brendan-brummer |

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Armstrong invest in?

Ben Armstrong invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Legal startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ben Armstrong's check size?

Ben Armstrong typically joins rounds of $653k–$3.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ben Armstrong participates in.

### When did Ben Armstrong last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Armstrong closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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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