# Ben Gorlick

> Ben Gorlick is a funding round investor in San Francisco backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-gorlick-6782865/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/bengorlick

Ben Gorlick is a funding round investor in San Francisco focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Ben became involved in exploring bitcoin mining he could be found in his home state of Alaska mining for gold. He studied Computer Science at the University of Alaska Anchorage with an emphasis on distributed systems and databases. From gold miner to bitcoin miner, Ben co-founded the Bitcoin company Cloudhashing in early 2013 serving as ChiefOperations Officer, which ultimately brought him to Silicon Valley. His fascination with Bitcoin’s decentralization paired well with his interests in applied data science, graph theory, automation, complex computation, and cryptography. Most recently, Ben was the VP, Business Development for PeerNova.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 1 | 100% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bella Protocol | Bella Defi suite allows users to simply deposit and enjoy high yield from sophisticated arbitrage strategies, either on-chain or via custodian service. | $4M |  | Aug 25, 2020 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alphabit Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alphabit-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AlphaCoin Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alphacoin-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amedeo Capital Limited](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amedeo-capital-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arrington XRP Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arrington-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arrington XRP Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arrington-xrp-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BitBlock Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitblock-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Gorlick invest in?

Ben Gorlick invests primarily in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Funding Round stage. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ben Gorlick last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Gorlick closed in Aug 2020. 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?

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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