Ben Lee
Investment Committee, CircleUp Funds @ CircleUp
San Francisco, United States
Ben Lee is a Series A investor at CircleUp in San Francisco focused on Consumer Goods and Health Care. Ben Lee - Managing Director, CircleUp Funds @ CircleUp
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 75%
Last updated:
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Industries Ben Lee invests in
Stages Ben Lee invests in
Countries Ben Lee invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Consumer Goods 3 (75%)
- Health Care 2 (50%)
- Beauty 1 (25%)
- Wellness 1 (25%)
- Nutrition 1 (25%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (50%)
- Series B 1 (25%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (25%)
Investments
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| Art of Sport is a direct-to-consumer body care company that makes body and skin care products engineered to power all athletes.Formulated from the ground up by the world's leading athletes and skincare scientists, Art of Sport sells its lineup of deodorant, bodywash, soap, sunscreen and pain cream products to customers in the United Statesdirectly through www.artofsport.com.Art of Sport was founded in 2018 by Matthias Metternich, Brian Lee and Founding Partner Kobe Bryant. The team partnered with other world-class athletes from across sports to help inform the Art of Sport product family, including NBA MVP James Harden, MLB World Champion Javier Baez, NFL Wide Receiver Juju Smith-Schuster, Surf Champion Sage Erickson, Supercross World Champion Ken Roczen and Skating Legend Ryan Sheckler. | $6M / Series A / Sep 21, 2020 | ||
| HUM is an LA based start-up with one mission: to make you look great and feel even greater. Hum's online platform connects consumers with Nutrition experts and cutting edge products. The company’s profiling methodology and line of vitamins have been developed with leading researchers in nutrition and are widely popular within the nutritionistcommunity. | $15M / Series B / Apr 29, 2019 | ||
| HUM is an LA based start-up with one mission: to make you look great and feel even greater. Hum's online platform connects consumers with Nutrition experts and cutting edge products. The company’s profiling methodology and line of vitamins have been developed with leading researchers in nutrition and are widely popular within the nutritionistcommunity. | $5M / Series A / Nov 13, 2017 | ||
| Aunt Fannie’s manufactures whole ingredient, food-based cleaning, and pest solutions for use in indoor environments. The company's non-toxic and food-grade cleaning products are based on natural fruits that get rid of the bad microbes and nurture the good ones, enabling customers to keep their houses clean and free of pests without risk ofchemical exposure and contamination in a healthy, environment-friendly and easy manner.It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon. | $2.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 13, 2017 |
Co-Investors
About CircleUp
CircleUp is an investment platform that provides capital and resources to innovative, early-stage consumer brands with a modern, scalable approach to private markets. CircleUp is comprised of internally-managed equity funds, a credit program, and an Insights and Connections team - all powered by Helio, CircleUp's proprietary machine learning platform. Helio collects and analyzes billions of data points to evaluates 1.3 million consumer businesses and predict future business success.
CircleUp Contacts
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Aditi Dashputre
Partner
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Ben Lee
Investment Committee, CircleUp Funds
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Karen Howland
Managing Director
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Patrick Robinson
Managing Director
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Rory Eakin
Co-Founder, Board of Directors
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What does Ben Lee invest in?
Ben Lee invests primarily in Consumer Goods, Health Care and Beauty startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Ben Lee closed in Sep 2020. Shizune tracks 4 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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