# Ben Kepes > Ben Kepes is a seed investor at Diversity Limited backing Software, SaaS and Enterprise Software. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Diversity Limited](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diversity-limited) - Total investments: 10 - Last investment: Jul 2014 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/benkepes - X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/benkepes - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/benkepes Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergence of technology,mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to aviation technology, enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $50k–$3M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Software | 5 | 50% | | SaaS | 3 | 30% | | Enterprise Software | 3 | 30% | | Mobile | 2 | 20% | | Mobile Apps | 2 | 20% | 15 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 6 | 60% | | Angel | 1 | 10% | | Funding Round | 1 | 10% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United States | 4 | 40% | | New Zealand | 1 | 10% | | United Kingdom | 1 | 10% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Common Ledger | Common Ledger was born in April 2013 when Drew saw an opportunity arise for a 'common ledger' after developing a solution to translate Point of Sale data into one format. Drew discovered the same data needed to be sent to accounting systems that varied as much as the diverse Point of Sale software. For years Vince was a client responsiblefor campaigns created by the digital media agency where Drew was the technical lead. In this chaotic environment of media agencies and campaigns Drew and Vince managed to build a solid relationship which flourished beyond employment. Thus began the founding Common Ledger team.Later, Brendan a chartered accountant joined Drew and Vince to bring his industry knowledge, number crunching and strategy.Finaly, Carlos Chambers then came aboard wearing the Operations, Legals and Commercials hats and completing the team's fundamental skill-set.The team have since created something many businesses and accountants desperately need, solving a problem they are unable to find a solution to. | | Seed | Jul 22, 2014 | | | Raygun | We help developers be the best developers they can be. Raygun was founded in 2007 by a couple of developers who thought someone should do a better job of delivering great tools and components. Tools that are simpler and more convenient to use. After years of selling .NET tools to developers globally, the company built the hugely successfulerror and crash reporting product - Raygun, used by thousands of companies every day. Raygun has evolved into the complete solution for monitoring the health and qaulity of you r web and mobile applications. | $1.4M | | Apr 29, 2014 | | | Cloud 66 | Cloud 66 is a venture-funded technology company based in San Francisco and London. For micro-services, Rails or Node.js. applications, Cloud 66 specializes in Ops tools for Devs, enabling them to build, deliver, deploy, and manage any application on any cloud or server.Cloud 66 automates much of the heavy-lifting required for the applicationlifecycle through easy-to-use but feature-rich integrated management tools. Cloud 66's developer toolchain includes Skycap, a complete Container Delivery Pipeline: production-minded, opinionated, secure, and enables true automation, whether hosted or on-prem. | $350K | Seed | Jan 01, 2014 | | | Tylr Mobile | There's massive opportunity to improve how we work on the go. Think about when the plane landed on your last business trip: you turned on your phone and opened your inbox. If you’re a salesperson, what did you see? Emails about cookies in the kitchen, birthday messages, and messages from facilities, all mixed in with critical emails from yourmost important prospects. What don’t you see? The fact that one of these prospects now has 5 open support tickets. And what can you do? Not much, expect apologize for not being able to respond until you’re back at your desk.There’s got to be a better way. That’s what we’re building at Tylr Mobile-- a role-specific mobile work app that connects your familiar tools for managing your mobile work with your business data and processes to make you more productive on the go. | $1.5M | Seed | Nov 04, 2013 | | | Cloud 66 | Cloud 66 is a venture-funded technology company based in San Francisco and London. For micro-services, Rails or Node.js. applications, Cloud 66 specializes in Ops tools for Devs, enabling them to build, deliver, deploy, and manage any application on any cloud or server.Cloud 66 automates much of the heavy-lifting required for the applicationlifecycle through easy-to-use but feature-rich integrated management tools. Cloud 66's developer toolchain includes Skycap, a complete Container Delivery Pipeline: production-minded, opinionated, secure, and enables true automation, whether hosted or on-prem. | $150K | Seed | Oct 16, 2013 | | | Wipster | Wipster is a beautiful, intuitive digital media review and approval platform designed for content creators, media teams, and anyone creating short-form video projects. Wipster helps bring together teams from wherever they may be to collaborate on digital media projects; simply, elegantly and quickly. | $367K | Angel | Sep 01, 2013 | | | Publons | Publons enables researchers to get recognition for their review work, resulting in a platform of highly engaged users. Editors use the platform to find expert reviewers. | | Seed | Jul 01, 2013 | | | ClusterHQ | Cluster HQ is a Saas service to make container virtualisation (eg Docker) useful for database driven services. The company is based in Bristol, UK but is global in its ambitions. | $3M | Seed | May 06, 2013 | | | Credii | Credii automates the time and data-intensive process of shortlisting and selection that a business buyer goes through while sourcing software and IT services.Credii's tools record the context behind a user's requirement through a dynamic question flow, and many slice-and-dice features help visualize the most relevant options as alist, 2D graph or a comparison table, helping a user quickly and accurately create a customized shortlist.Credii currently offers selection widgets covering Cloud Computing (PaaS and IaaS), Social Media Monitoring, Marketing Analytics, Project Management, Web Conferencing and Internal Collaboration Software, and plans to extend coverage to over 100 domains. | $50K | Seed | May 01, 2013 | | | ClusterHQ | Cluster HQ is a Saas service to make container virtualisation (eg Docker) useful for database driven services. The company is based in Bristol, UK but is global in its ambitions. | $1.3M | Seed | Dec 01, 2012 | | 10 of 10 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Alchemist Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemist-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [AngelHQ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelhq) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Charlotte Street Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charlotte-street-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [DN Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dn-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [EC1 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ec1-capital-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Episode 1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/episode) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Diversity Limited VC Fund 1 contacts available at Diversity Limited. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Ben Kepes | Technology Evangelist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-kepes | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [1745 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bertelsmann-digital-media-investments) — VC Fund - [Knight Enterprise Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/knight-enterprise-fund) — VC Fund - [Advancit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advancit-capital) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Icehouse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icehouse-ventures) — VC Fund - [Enterprise Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-angels) — VC Fund - [K1W1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k1w1) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [All Angel Investors in New Zealand](https://shizune.co/investors/angel-investors-new-zealand) - [Enterprise Angel Investors in New Zealand](https://shizune.co/investors/enterprise-angel-investors-new-zealand) - [SaaS Angel Investors in New Zealand](https://shizune.co/investors/saas-angel-investors-new-zealand) - [Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/artificial-intelligence-angel-investors-united-kingdom) - [Hardware Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/hardware-angel-investors-united-kingdom) - [Enterprise Software Angel Investors in Europe](https://shizune.co/investors/enterprise-software-angel-investors-europe) ## FAQ ### What does Ben Kepes invest in? Ben Kepes invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 10 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 Kepes's check size? Ben Kepes typically joins rounds of $50k–$3M 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 Kepes participates in. ### When did Ben Kepes last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Ben Kepes closed in Jul 2014. Shizune tracks 10 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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