# Ben Lilienthal

> Ben Lilienthal is a seed investor at ScreenMeet (San Francisco) backing SMS and iOS. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ScreenMeet](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/screenmeet)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Nov 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/benlilienthal
- X (Twitter): http://www.twitter.com/screenmeet
- Website: https://projector.is

Ben Lilienthal is a seed investor at ScreenMeet in San Francisco focused on SMS and iOS. Ben has successfully started and sold two Internet communications infrastructure companies. The first one, Nascent, to CMGI in 1999 and then Vapps, in 2008, to Citrix. He earned his MBA from NYU and his BA from Amherst College. He is a member of the Henry Crown Fellows Class of 2010 at the Aspen Institute.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SMS | 1 | 33% |
| iOS | 1 | 33% |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Audio | 1 | 33% |
| Email | 1 | 33% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wristcam | Founded by an ex-Apple Engineer, and Silicon Valley and Start-Up Nation serial entrepreneurs, Wristcam Inc. (San Mateo, California) and its parent company (Endless Technologies Ltd.) are focused on making camera-powered software experiences faster and more accessible than ever before, opening a new world of possibilities to users and developers.Our first product, Wristcam, is an ultra-compact Camera System made for Apple Watch, that adds the key functionality it lacked: vision. Powered by the company's multi-patented Computer Vision Engine, Wristcam employs multi-layer networking and resource optimization to enable realtime visual processing for constrained mobile applications. | $6.5M | Series A | Nov 01, 2013 |  |
| AwayFind | AwayFind is a web application that lets you stop checking your inbox every 5 minutes but still allows urgent emails to find you quickly by pushing them right to you with alerts. When there's an urgent email, AwayFind will call, SMS, IM, DM (Twitter), or notify you through iPhone and Android apps.The application lets both individuals andorganizations get away from their inboxes without having to worry about missing urgent messages. Whether to get some "real" work done, go to a meeting, or even on vacation, AwayFind makes sure that the urgent messages the user specifies still finds them.AwayFind does not require any installation or learning curve, and it supports all major email platforms including Google Apps/Gmail, Microsoft Exchange, Yahoo Mail, and IMAP.The company has been featured by The New York Times, NPR, TechCrunch, MSNBC, The NY Post, CNET, Gartner, The Guardian, Forbes and many others.AwayFind offers a free basic service in addition to its Pro Plan packages. | $800K | Seed | Oct 12, 2011 |  |
| AwayFind | AwayFind is a web application that lets you stop checking your inbox every 5 minutes but still allows urgent emails to find you quickly by pushing them right to you with alerts. When there's an urgent email, AwayFind will call, SMS, IM, DM (Twitter), or notify you through iPhone and Android apps.The application lets both individuals andorganizations get away from their inboxes without having to worry about missing urgent messages. Whether to get some "real" work done, go to a meeting, or even on vacation, AwayFind makes sure that the urgent messages the user specifies still finds them.AwayFind does not require any installation or learning curve, and it supports all major email platforms including Google Apps/Gmail, Microsoft Exchange, Yahoo Mail, and IMAP.The company has been featured by The New York Times, NPR, TechCrunch, MSNBC, The NY Post, CNET, Gartner, The Guardian, Forbes and many others.AwayFind offers a free basic service in addition to its Pro Plan packages. |  | Angel | Aug 01, 2010 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Baltimore Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baltimore-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CAP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cap-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Digital Garage](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-ga) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [K5 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k5launch) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [New Ground Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-ground-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About ScreenMeet

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

ScreenMeet, Enterprise Remote Support in the cloud. The cloud-native remote support solution that is fully integrated with your existing CRM/CSM/ITSM system (Salesforce, ServiceNow, Microsoft Dynamics and Zendesk). From a ticket, case or incident see, takeover and fix any PC, MAC or mobile device. All data gets written back to your CRMfor auditing, analytics and reporting.

4 contacts available at ScreenMeet.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Howard Lilienthal | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-howard-lilienthal |
| Ben Lilienthal | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-lilienthal |
| Eugene Abovsky | Co-Founder / CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eugene-abovsky |
| Nick Surin | VP of Streaming Technology | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-surin |

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Lilienthal invest in?

Ben Lilienthal invests primarily in SMS, iOS and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 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 Lilienthal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Lilienthal closed in Nov 2013. 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.

### 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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