# Ben Porterfield

> Ben Porterfield is a seed investor at K5 Global backing Software. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [K5 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k5-global)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/benporterfield

Ben Porterfield is a seed investor at K5 Global in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Software and Information Technology. Ben Porterfield is the co-founder and VP of engineering at Looker. He held positions for various companies including Readyforce, Rally Up Inc., BlackArrow, and Sticky Inc. Ben holds a BS in computer science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.8M–$6M |
| Pre-Seed | $430k–$1.7M |
| Series A | $15M–$35M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 16 | 80% |
| Information Technology | 9 | 45% |
| SaaS | 7 | 35% |
| Developer Tools | 6 | 30% |
| Cyber Security | 3 | 15% |

38 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 45% |
| Series A | 6 | 30% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 15% |
| Angel | 2 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 85% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Luminal | Luminal provides a machine learning compiler and serverless cloud platform that automates PyTorch model optimization and deployment. | $5.3M | Seed | Nov 17, 2025 | https://x.com/luminal_ai |
| Digger | AWS made simple for startups. Just connect your code repositories, digger does the rest. Digger transparently and seamlessly manages your AWS account through infrastructure-as-code: You don’t need to worry about DevOps — or hire specialists — but you still retain full control. | $3.6M | Seed | Jun 17, 2025 | https://digger.dev/ |
| Knapsack | Fast, on-device AI. Carve your own path with a secure, on-premise, open-source GPT. Semantic search and chat with ultimate privacy and security. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Aug 07, 2024 | https://x.com/getknap |
| Depot | Depot is a cloud-based Docker image development service that provides managed persistent cache and native multi-architecture compatibility. | $1.8M | Seed | Jul 24, 2023 | https://depot.dev |
| Kubecost | Kubecost is a developer of a cost monitoring platform to help companies manage their Kubernetes resources and costs. Its platform also provides direct integrations with the Kubernetes API and cloud billing APIs, cost allocations for all key Kubernetes concepts, dynamic recommendations for optimizing cloud spend, and infrastructure assessmentservices helping clients to reduce spending and prevent resource-based outages. | $25M | Series A | Feb 17, 2022 | https://kubecost.com/ |
| Waldo | Waldo.io is your mobile QA process in one tool. We create software to help iOS and Android mobile application teams deliver mobile UX perfection.The Waldo cloud service removes UX doubt, disconnects, and delays from the software delivery process so you can ensure users get the UX you intended…every release, every device, every time. WithWaldo.io, you can create, test, and visualize all your user flows in one place.We’re headquartered in Brooklyn, NY with a second development office in Paris, France. | $15M | Series A | Feb 02, 2022 | https://www.waldo.com/ |
| 1Fort AI | The only cyber insurance and security solution designed to give businesses digital peace of mind – all in a few clicks, no tech expertise needed. | $430K | Angel | Jan 01, 2022 | https://www.1fort.com/ |
| 1Fort AI | The only cyber insurance and security solution designed to give businesses digital peace of mind – all in a few clicks, no tech expertise needed. | $430K | Pre-Seed | Dec 31, 2021 | https://www.1fort.com/ |
| MagicLabs | Get peace of mind with secure, extensible passwordless authentication that’s built to scale. All with a few lines of code. | $27M | Series A | Jul 22, 2021 | https://magic.link |
| Cape.ai | Cape Privacy offers an enterprise SaaS platform for encrypted learning combining advanced machine learning and cryptography. With Cape’s technology, privacy is protected by default as companies collaborate with external parties to improve data models and increase business value—confident their own sensitive data is never exposed. CapePrivacy's platform is flexible, adaptable, and open source. The company is based in New York City and is backed by boldstart ventures and Version One with participation from Haystack, Radical, and Faktory Ventures. | $20M | Series A | Apr 20, 2021 | https://capeprivacy.com/ |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Data Tech Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/data-tech-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Afore Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afore-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [boldstart ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boldstart-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [codecentric Assets](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/codecentric-assets) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About K5 Global

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

K5 Global Advisor LLC (“K5”) is a venture capital firm and incubation studio that supports founders across the business lifecycle. The firm was founded in 2018 by Michael Kives and Bryan Baum and has deployed capital of around $1B as of March 31, 2024. K5 invests across multiple stages, from seed through growth stage companies, with a focus onEnterprise SaaS, Vertical SaaS, and FinTech. In 2023, Keenan Rice and Daniel Marcotte, investors from Tokyo Black Capital Advisors, LLC, and both on the founding team of Looker (acquired by Google in 2020 for $2.6B), joined with K5’s early-stage SaaS investing team.K5 seeks to help innovative companies expand their networks and best position them to achieve growth targets.

5 contacts available at K5 Global.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bryan Baum | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-baum |
| Dana Pollick | General Counsel & CCO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dana-pollick-a170 |
| Daniel Marcotte | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-marcotte-3171 |
| Jessica Bixby | Associate Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jessica-bixby-44a0 |
| Keenan Rice | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keenan-rice |

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Porterfield invest in?

Ben Porterfield invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 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 Porterfield's check size?

Ben Porterfield typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$6M at Seed, $430k–$1.7M at Pre-Seed and $15M–$35M 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 Porterfield participates in.

### How do I contact Ben Porterfield?

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### When did Ben Porterfield last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Porterfield closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 20 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?

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