Ben Lin
Analyst @ Great Oaks Venture Capital
San Francisco, United States
Ben Lin is a seed investor at Great Oaks Venture Capital in San Francisco focused on Mobile and SaaS. Ben Lin is the Co-Founder of Coral.
- Total investments:
- 21
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 10%
Last updated:
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Industries Ben Lin invests in
Stages Ben Lin invests in
Countries Ben Lin invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $650k–$3.2M
- Angel
- $750k–$2.5M
- Series A
- $1.5M–$10M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile 7 (33%)
- SaaS 4 (19%)
- E-Commerce 4 (19%)
- Software 3 (14%)
- Apps 2 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (33%)
- Series A 4 (19%)
- Angel 3 (14%)
- Series B 3 (14%)
- Funding Round 2 (10%)
Country
- United States 14 (67%)
- Spain 1 (5%)
- Germany 1 (5%)
- United Kingdom 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Choozle – Digital Advertising Made Easy® – provides a digital advertising software platform that leverages detailed consumer data to power programmatic advertising campaigns across display, video, mobile, audio, connected tv, digital out-of-home, and other mediums – all from a single, intuitive interface. Choozle combines the sophistication ofmultiple digital advertising tools, a demand-side platform, data management platform, and smart tag management into a single platform. Designed for advertising agencies and marketing departments, Choozle has democratized the ad tech ecosystem with its intuitive, elegant, and affordable solution. | $2.4M / Series A / Jan 10, 2017 | ||
| Splash provides event marketers and field marketing teams with the tools they need to design, create, and execute virtual, in-person, and hybrid event programs that create memorable experiences, engage attendees, and drive business value. | $7M / Series B / Dec 14, 2016 | ||
| Cleanify is the first, and only, cleaning service marketplace.Cleanify gives customers access to real-time pricing & availability for cleaning providers servicing your neighborhood. Customers book a cleaning in seconds and fully manage their service online, anytime. Cleanify takes this further by offering recommended, cheapest and highestreviewed cleaner options for your service, ensuring a perfect match.Cleaners are given a platform to sell their services and choose where, when and how much they charge. Additionally, they are given business tools to manage their service and optimize their crews routes and schedules. | $1.8M / Seed / May 01, 2016 | ||
| Hullabalu is a company based in NYC, creating stories for the new generation. They are inspired by their love for fantastical worlds, the timeless classics they grew up with, and the kids who visit their office. | $2.5M / Seed / Nov 09, 2015 | ||
| Kinnek is a single platform for small businesses that makes discovering and transacting with suppliers easier than ever before. Kinnek was started in 2012 in New York City when co-founders Rui Ma and Karthik Sridharan noticed that small business owners were stuck in a rut when it came to how they bought things for their businesses. Theycouldn't just walk into a typical store or shop on the usual consumer-focused websites, because their requirements were more customized. They needed customized equipment, customized machinery, supplies in customized quantities- and they didn't have the massive resources necessary to have a dedicated team of purchasing managers to handle all that complexity. | $20M / Series B / Oct 15, 2015 | ||
| WedPics is a mobile and web-based photosharing app created specifically to capture the entire wedding experience. Available on both iPhones and Androids, guests can share their photos to one single album for the Bride and Groom, solving the universal problem for Wedding Couples everywhere.WedPics is fully interactive with the ability to comment,"Love" and share with existing social networks. They’ve included 5 custom filters to make every guest a personal wedding photographer on these special occasions. For those who choose to capture these special moments on traditional digital cameras, they can upload their photos via the web directly to the Wedding Couple’s WedPics album.WedPics replaces the need for the archaic, low-quality use of disposable cameras and brings Weddings into the era of smartphone/mobile technology.WedPics is developed by Deja mi Inc., a Raleigh, North Carolina based mobile/web photo app development company. Their initial app, also named "Deja mi," allowed users to explore and discover venues around them-through crowdsourced content-in real-time. The team's focus shifted in early 2012 to a more niche market: weddings. Shortly after they launched WedPics. | $5M / Series B / Feb 18, 2015 | ||
| Locket is an Android lock screen company. Its product portfolio includes Locket App, an application that enables users to see trending content on the lock screen, and Locket Engage SDK, a re-engagement Android platform that allows app publishers to re-engage users with their content via the lock screen. | $3.2M / Seed / Feb 10, 2015 | ||
| Cleanify is the first, and only, cleaning service marketplace.Cleanify gives customers access to real-time pricing & availability for cleaning providers servicing your neighborhood. Customers book a cleaning in seconds and fully manage their service online, anytime. Cleanify takes this further by offering recommended, cheapest and highestreviewed cleaner options for your service, ensuring a perfect match.Cleaners are given a platform to sell their services and choose where, when and how much they charge. Additionally, they are given business tools to manage their service and optimize their crews routes and schedules. | Seed / Nov 01, 2014 | ||
| Lever is a talent acquisition suite that makes it easy for talent teams to reach their hiring goals and to connect companies with top talent.It is the only platform that provides all talent acquisition leaders with complete ATS and robust CRM capabilities in one product, LeverTRM. The Lever Hire and Lever Nurture features allow leaders to scaleand grow their people pipeline, build authentic and long-lasting relationships, and source the right people to hire. Lever Analytics provides customized reports with data visualization, see offers completed and interview feedback, and more, to inform strategic decisions between hiring managers and executives alike. The platform also enables companies to hire with inclusivity in mind, helping eliminate any hiring bias. Lever supports the hiring needs of over 3,800 companies around the globe including the teams at Netflix, Atlassian, KPMG, and McGraw-Hill Education. | $10M / Series A / Oct 02, 2014 | ||
| Planted is a mobile and online recruitment platform that matches recent graduates with non-technical roles at high-growth companies. Planted is a talent community. A place where young professionals can grow their careers at high-impact, meaningful jobs and where top companies can find the best fits to grow their teams. Whether you’re a recentgraduate looking for what’s next or a hiring manager looking to build an unstoppable team, Planted finds you the perfect fit when you’re ready to grow.They know that the members of their talent community are on their ways to amazing places, which is why at Planted, they are not just focused on creating the future of job seeking, but of career-building. They are hyper focused on helping recent graduates make choices that positively impact their lives 5, 10, even 20 years down the road, providing curated opportunities that help them grow their careers for the long-term. | Debt Financing / Oct 02, 2014 | ||
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Co-Investors
Great Oaks is an early-stage venture investment firm that invests in seed and series a investments in tech-based startups. It was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York.
Great Oaks Venture Capital Contacts
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Andrew Boszhardt Jr.
Founder and Managing Partner
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Andrew Boszhardt Jr.
Founder and Managing Partner
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Celine Kwok
CFO and Principal
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Ian Mukherjee
Technology Analyst, Entrepreneur-In-Residence
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James Hottensen
Associate
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FAQ
What does Ben Lin invest in?
Ben Lin invests primarily in Mobile, SaaS and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 21 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 Lin's check size?
Ben Lin typically joins rounds of $650k–$3.2M at Seed, $750k–$2.5M at Angel and $1.5M–$10M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ben Lin participates in.
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When did Ben Lin last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Ben Lin closed in Jan 2017. Shizune tracks 21 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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