Ben Naftzger
Angel Investor
Ben Naftzger is a seed investor focused on Information Technology and SaaS. WAS: First Atlassian biz hire, scaling ops, sales & marketing from $1M > $1B NOW: Investor. Advisor. Marketer. Scaler. Mentor. Dad. Husband STILL: Student. Country-kid. Environmentalist. NerdI love investing in and advising high potential, high growth startups, helping with category design, product market fit, marketing, scaling, tractionand growth, sharing my lessons learned from 1.5 decades at Atlassian.Previously spent 15 years at Atlassian, coming in as first Atlassian business hire and one of two ‘lieutenants’ to founders where I was focused on all GTM (website, inside sales, product marketing, promotion, channel program) & scaling operations (customer support, ecommerce, process automation, knowledge base, scaling technical support, NYC office expansion, EULA & pricing) to $10m. Lead sales & marketing (commerce, sales operations, customer service, renewals/success, pre-sales, acquisition integration, SF office expansion, exec team member) to $50m in Sydney. Headed Demand Generation in San Francisco to $100m. Moved to Amsterdam to run EMEA Sales & Marketing through to $300m. Returned to San Francisco to run International Marketing through to $1b.Previous experience in Management Consulting (Cambridge Technology Partners & Novell), Investment Banking (Malaysian/Chinese Family Office), Digital Production & Management (ninemsn & Village Roadshow), Web Development & Entrepreneurship (multiple projects during DotCom).
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Ben Naftzger invests in
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Countries Ben Naftzger invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $717k–$1.3M
- Pre-Seed
- $1M–$1.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 2 (50%)
- SaaS 1 (25%)
- Software 1 (25%)
- Messaging 1 (25%)
- Construction 1 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (50%)
Country
- United States 2 (50%)
- United Kingdom 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodbye traditional org charts and Hello, intelligent organizations. Build lasting operational resilience through any economic climate with Functionly's intelligent org design tools. Visit www.functionly.com for a 22 day free trial. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Dec 22, 2020 | ||
| Weaver is a platform that matches main contractors to vetted residential projects. We check that homeowners are tender-ready, have full design information and are serious about their project reducing time wasted with prospects that lead to nothing. Contractors input their business preferences and we’ll match them to an abundance of work that suittheir ambitions so they don’t need to run the sales & marketing department alone. | $1.3M / Seed / Sep 24, 2020 | ||
| Weaver is a platform that matches main contractors to vetted residential projects. We check that homeowners are tender-ready, have full design information and are serious about their project reducing time wasted with prospects that lead to nothing. Contractors input their business preferences and we’ll match them to an abundance of work that suittheir ambitions so they don’t need to run the sales & marketing department alone. | $1.3M / Pre-Seed / Sep 24, 2020 | ||
| At Obie.ai we use AI to surface knowledge from silos and deliver it where questions are asked, speeding up internal support and accelerating growth for mid-sized companies. | $717K / Seed / Jan 15, 2020 |
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FAQ
What does Ben Naftzger invest in?
Ben Naftzger invests primarily in Information Technology, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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.
What is Ben Naftzger's check size?
Ben Naftzger typically joins rounds of $717k–$1.3M at Seed and $1M–$1.3M at Pre-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 Naftzger participates in.
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When did Ben Naftzger last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Ben Naftzger closed in Dec 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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