# Ben Braverman

> Ben Braverman is a seed investor at Saga Ventures backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Saga Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saga-ventures-management)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 15%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-braverman-a1120314
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/braveben
- Website: https://www.sagavc.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blbraverman

Ben Braverman is a seed investor at Saga Ventures in San Francisco focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Ben is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Saga Ventures, an early stage Venture Capital firm. He was previously the CRO at Flexport, and previously led revenue teams at startups to successful acquisitions: URX (acquired by Pinterest) and Heyzap (acquired by Fyber).

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 35% |
| Software | 6 | 30% |
| Supply Chain Management | 5 | 25% |
| SaaS | 3 | 15% |
| Shipping | 2 | 10% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 30% |
| Series A | 6 | 30% |
| Series B | 3 | 15% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 10% |
| Series C | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profound | FatherSonMatchingShirts store offers a wide variety of apparel such as t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, tank tops, and mugs. We're trying our best to bring customers. You are welcome to FatherSonMatchingShirts. We're trying our best to bring customers the shirts are made of high quality materials for maximum comfort in whatever you do. | $96M | Series C | Feb 24, 2026 |  |
| Dedalus Labs | Dedalus Labs is building the MCP gateway for the next generation of AI applications by unifying the fragmented AI agents ecosystem with a single drop-in API endpoint. We host and manage your MCP servers, allowing users to go from idea to production in a single click. Users can pick any model from any vendor, mix-and-match whatever tools they wantfrom our MCP marketplace, and ship within minutes. YC S25. | $11M | Seed | Oct 15, 2025 |  |
| Profound | FatherSonMatchingShirts store offers a wide variety of apparel such as t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, tank tops, and mugs. We're trying our best to bring customers. You are welcome to FatherSonMatchingShirts. We're trying our best to bring customers the shirts are made of high quality materials for maximum comfort in whatever you do. | $35M | Series B | Aug 12, 2025 |  |
| Promise | Promise is a film, series, and innovative format studio powered by the world’s best Gen AI artists and storytellers. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 20, 2025 |  |
| Campus | Campuswire is a real-time messaging app for college classes that streamlines class discussions, Q&A, and announcements. The company on a mission to optimize the world’s teaching and learning. They are assembling a world-class team of engineers, designers, pedagogists, and more to solve problems in teaching and learning. | $46M | Series B | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| Icon | Icon helps brands partner with creators, turn 1 video into 20 videos with AI, and A/B test messaging to find winning ads. We’re backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, as well as founders & executives of OpenAI, Ramp, Flexport, Pika, & Cognition (Devin). |  |  | Feb 04, 2025 |  |
| Stand | Stand simulates real-world risk using physics and AI. | $30M | Series A | Dec 16, 2024 |  |
| Icon | Icon helps brands partner with creators, turn 1 video into 20 videos with AI, and A/B test messaging to find winning ads. We’re backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, as well as founders & executives of OpenAI, Ramp, Flexport, Pika, & Cognition (Devin). |  | Seed | Sep 04, 2024 |  |
| Profound | FatherSonMatchingShirts store offers a wide variety of apparel such as t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, tank tops, and mugs. We're trying our best to bring customers. You are welcome to FatherSonMatchingShirts. We're trying our best to bring customers the shirts are made of high quality materials for maximum comfort in whatever you do. | $3.5M | Seed | Aug 13, 2024 |  |
| Profound | FatherSonMatchingShirts store offers a wide variety of apparel such as t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, tank tops, and mugs. We're trying our best to bring customers. You are welcome to FatherSonMatchingShirts. We're trying our best to bring customers the shirts are made of high quality materials for maximum comfort in whatever you do. | $3.5M | Seed | Aug 13, 2024 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Saga Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saga-ventures-management) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [South Park Commons](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/south-park-commons) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Saga Ventures

VC Fund · Cheyenne, United States

Saga VC is a venture capital firm.

3 contacts available at Saga Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Braverman | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-braverman |
| Max Altman | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/max-altman |
| Thomson Nguyen | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomson-nguyen |

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Braverman invest in?

Ben Braverman invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Supply Chain Management startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 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 Ben Braverman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Braverman closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 20 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?

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