# Ben Lee

> Ben Lee is a Series A investor at CircleUp (San Francisco) backing Consumer Goods and Health Care. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [CircleUp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circleup-growth-partners)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2020
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benlee-08043
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/benslee
- Website: https://x.com/benslee

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

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Consumer Goods | 3 | 75% |
| Health Care | 2 | 50% |
| Beauty | 1 | 25% |
| Wellness | 1 | 25% |
| Nutrition | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Art of Sport | 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 Nutrition | 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 Nutrition | 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 | 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 |  | Sep 13, 2017 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Imaginary Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imaginary-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Strand Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/strand-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BAM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bam-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Darco Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darco-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Reynolds & Company Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reynolds-company-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About CircleUp

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

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 learningplatform. Helio collects and analyzes billions of data points to evaluates 1.3 million consumer businesses and predict future business success.

5 contacts available at CircleUp.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aditi Dashputre | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aditi-dashputre |
| Ben Lee | Investment Committee, CircleUp Funds | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-lee-3 |
| Karen Howland | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karen-howland |
| Patrick Robinson | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-robinson |
| Rory Eakin | Co-Founder, Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rory-eakin |

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## FAQ

### 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.

### When did Ben Lee last invest?

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.

### 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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