Ben Drury
Co-Founder and CEO @ Yoto
London, United Kingdom
Ben Drury is a seed investor at Yoto in London focused on Toys and Music. Ben began his career in 1996 as a founder of dotmusic.com, an internal venture at United News and Media which attracted over 1.8m unique users per month (in 1999). In 2000 Ben was recruited by BT Group to head up the broadband music efforts at their ISP BT Openworld where he successfully launched a major music channel. Following the partnershipbetween BT and Yahoo! to form BT Yahoo! in 2003, Ben engineered the sale of dotmusic to Yahoo! for approx. £3.3m. Ben then founded 7digital with James Kane in 2004 with the vision of creating a digital media marketplace. 7digital operates services that bring together suppliers and consumers of digital media. In September 2008 7digital.com was the first company in Europe to launch DRM-free MP3 downloads with all four major record labels. In September 2009 HMV Group acquired a 50% equity stake in 7digital with an investment of £7.7m. Ben was named by Growing Business magazine as a Young Gun 2006 – the award for leading entrepreneurs under 35. In 2007, 7digital was awarded the prestigious Red Herring Top 100 Europe Award as one of the most promising technology companies in Europe.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Ben Drury invests in
Stages Ben Drury invests in
Countries Ben Drury invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$3.8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Toys 1 (33%)
- Music 1 (33%)
- EdTech 1 (33%)
- Children 1 (33%)
- E-Learning 1 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (67%)
- Funding Round 1 (33%)
Country
- Germany 1 (33%)
- United States 1 (33%)
Investments
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Edurino
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Edurino is an e-learning platform that introduces digital learning responsibly and playfully for children aged 4-8. The platform gets kids started with digital learning and gets them ready for school. Children are invited to explore the world of learning through play by the company, which combines physical toys and a digital learning app. Whilekids learn through play, parents can monitor each child's progress in learning and set limits on how much time they spend on screens. When the allotted screen time has passed, the app independently signals the end of play and turns off the device. As a result, the learning journey can be tailored to each child's developmental stage. | $3.7M / Feb 16, 2022 | |
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Edurino
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Edurino is an e-learning platform that introduces digital learning responsibly and playfully for children aged 4-8. The platform gets kids started with digital learning and gets them ready for school. Children are invited to explore the world of learning through play by the company, which combines physical toys and a digital learning app. Whilekids learn through play, parents can monitor each child's progress in learning and set limits on how much time they spend on screens. When the allotted screen time has passed, the app independently signals the end of play and turns off the device. As a result, the learning journey can be tailored to each child's developmental stage. | $3.8M / Seed / Feb 16, 2022 | |
8tracks Radio
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8tracks is an internet radio and social network that streams user-curated song playlists that contain at least 8 tracks. 8tracks is a handcrafted internet radio network -- the social alternative to Pandora. Listeners tune into online mixtapes of 8 or more tracks, curated by people who know and love music, streamed in a legal, radio-style manner. | $1.5M / Seed / Oct 26, 2012 |
Co-Investors
About Yoto
The screen-free audio platform. Play music, stories and more with our audio player that children control with physical cards. Welcome to Audiotime®
Yoto Contacts
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Ben Callicott
Product Director
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Ben Drury
Co-Founder and CEO
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Dominic Hodge
Head Of Music
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Filip Denker
CTO
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Jessica Tarrant
Content Director
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FAQ
What does Ben Drury invest in?
Ben Drury invests primarily in Toys, Music and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Ben Drury's check size?
Ben Drury typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$3.8M 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 Drury participates in.
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When did Ben Drury last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Ben Drury closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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