# Ben Chelf

> Ben Chelf is a pre-seed investor at Elementum Ventures backing Software and E-Commerce. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Elementum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elementumventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-chelf-726b7/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/bchelf
- Website: https://x.com/bchelf

Ben Chelf is a pre-seed investor at Elementum Ventures in San Francisco focused on Software and E-Commerce. Ben Chelf - Founding Partner @ Elementum Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 100% |
| Advertising Platforms | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ampd | Ampd's enterprise Adtech platform is transforming how brand and commerce teams optimize media for the modern shopper journey. With agentic routing, closed-loop attribution, and commerce optimization, Ampd empowers fragmented teams to align and drive share growth at retail. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2016 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alliance of Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alliance-of-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Geekdom Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geekdom-fund-l-p) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Wisemont Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wisemont-capital-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Elementum Ventures

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Elementum Ventures approach to venture is a bit bespoke. They are guided by close study of your company, your market, your needs, and your opportunity. They not only invest capital at the earliest of stages, they also invest theirselves, getting their hands dirty alongside yours, playing roles you wouldn’t expect us to play — COO, CFO, sales rep,headhunter, janitor. they work with founders they like — people with passion, humility, and grit who are building something urgent, necessary, and often unexpected.

3 contacts available at Elementum Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Chelf | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-chelf |
| Ben Patterson | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-patterson-2 |
| Kurt Keilhacker | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kurt-keilhacker |

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Chelf invest in?

Ben Chelf invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Advertising Platforms startups, most often at Pre-Seed 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 Ben Chelf last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Chelf closed in Jan 2016. 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?

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