# Ben Davenport

> Ben Davenport is a seed investor in Palo Alto backing Software, FinTech and Bitcoin. See 38 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 38
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bpdavenport
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/bendavenport
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bendavenport

Ben Davenport is a seed investor in Palo Alto focused on Software and FinTech. Ben Davenport is The Venture Partner at Blockchain Capital.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$3.3M |
| Series A | $3M–$27M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 12 | 32% |
| FinTech | 11 | 29% |
| Bitcoin | 9 | 24% |
| Financial Services | 9 | 24% |
| Cryptocurrency | 6 | 16% |

79 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 26 | 68% |
| Series A | 8 | 21% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 5% |
| Angel | 1 | 3% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 35 | 92% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Israel | 1 | 3% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MagicLabs | Get peace of mind with secure, extensible passwordless authentication that’s built to scale. All with a few lines of code. | $27M | Series A | Jul 22, 2021 |  |
| Strattic | Strattic converts CMS-based websites into serverless versions, making them faster, scalable, and virtually unhackable.It disconnects the dynamic WordPress site from the web and puts it on a different URL behind authentication so only site owners can access that site. Site owners can continue using their WordPress like they always have – marketingpeople can still add content, owners can still add plugins, and so on.Then, site owners can deploy their site with one click of a button and changes get deployed as a static site with HTML, CSS, and Javascript, essentially the front-end of the site without the underlying vulnerabilities. | $6.5M | Seed | Feb 26, 2020 |  |
| Culture Biosciences | Culture Biosciences provides a platform of cloud-connected bioreactors, software tools, and process development services that support upstream bioprocess development for biotech and biopharma applications. The company’s offerings include remote experiment design, monitoring, and data analysis through an integrated cloud software interface pairedwith single-use bioreactors for microbial fermentation and cell culture experimentation. Its services encompass clone and strain screening, process optimization, characterization, and bioprocess modeling to help scientific teams refine and scale their workflows. Clients access real-time data and analytics to inform decisions and collaborate across teams using the platform’s tools. Culture Biosciences’s technology is used to advance development of therapeutics, synthetic biology products, and related bioprocesses. Culture Biosciences was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $5.5M |  | Feb 12, 2019 |  |
| Nomics | Nomics will be the internet's home page for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies. | $3M | Series A | Dec 18, 2018 |  |
| Momentus | Momentus is a U.S. commercial space company that plans to offer in-space infrastructure services, including in-space transportation, hosted payloads and in-orbit services. Momentus believes it can make new ways of operating in space possible with its planned in-space transfer and service vehicles that will be powered by an innovative waterplasma-based propulsion system that is under development. | $8.3M | Seed | Nov 14, 2018 |  |
| RADAR | We build products for our next financial system | $10.3M | Series A | Aug 01, 2018 |  |
| Lightning Labs | Lightning Labs is building the next generation of decentralized, resilient financial infrastructure. We believe systems based on cryptography, blockchains, and smart contracts will enhance financial cooperation around the world in unprecedented ways at scales both large and small. We have developed Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) the most advancedand most developer-friendly implementation of the Lightning Network protocol. Along with Neutrino, an open platform that enables users with mobile devices to conduct blockchain and Lightning Network transactions quickly and easily. We’re hiring. See our open positions: http://lightning.engineering/careers.html Get involved: http://dev.lightning.community/ | $2.5M | Seed | Mar 15, 2018 |  |
| DeepSig | DeepSig is an early-stage startup that develops deep learning software to reinvent wireless communications. By replacing core wireless technology with deep learning, DeepSig makes communication systems faster, more cost-efficient, more secure, and able to excel in complex environments. It uses machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI)to learn optimized models directly from data rather than manually designing specialized algorithms, transforming wireless for 5G, IoT, and security. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 13, 2018 |  |
| Mystery Science | Mystery Science features ready-to-teach multimedia science and STEM lessons for K-5 students. | $2M | Seed | Oct 28, 2017 |  |
| TextRecruit | TextRecruit is a candidate and employee engagement platform that leverages text, chat and AI to optimize the recruiting funnel. With customized, integrated solutions for large teams, TextRecruit consolidates consumer messaging applications and turns them into enterprise communication platforms. TextRecruit is a profitable organization that has beengrowing at 5x year over year for the last 2 years. | $3M | Series A | Mar 21, 2017 |  |

10 of 38 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Blockchain Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crypto-currency-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Slow Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/slow-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Liberty City Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liberty-city-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Marc Bell Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marc-bell-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Davenport invest in?

Ben Davenport invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Bitcoin startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 38 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Ben Davenport typically joins rounds of $500k–$3.3M at Seed and $3M–$27M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ben Davenport participates in.

### When did Ben Davenport last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Davenport closed in Jul 2021. Shizune tracks 38 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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