# Benjamin Pouladian

> Benjamin Pouladian is a seed investor backing Information Technology. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Feb 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benpouladian/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/benitoz
- Website: https://x.com/benitoz

Benjamin Pouladian is a seed investor in Los Angeles focused on Information Technology and Internet. Ben Pouladian is an investor and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. Through many startups and investments, Ben has established a proven reputation for growth and empowering bold ideas. As a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, he is passionate about leadership and innovation.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $250k–$2.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 3 | 25% |
| Internet | 2 | 17% |
| Software | 2 | 17% |
| Trading Platform | 2 | 17% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 17% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 75% |
| China | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VistaPath Biosystems | VistaPath Biosystems develops a tissue grossing platform that automates the process of inspecting, describing, inking, and measuring tissues that are to be processed for diagnosis.The company's platform automatically locates, measure and image tissue as it's placed into the cassette, eliminate mix-ups and errors, visualize specimens andeasily see and react to changes in workload, enabling pathologists to prepare samples for diagnosis automatically and reduce errors involved with the process. |  | Seed | Feb 07, 2021 | https://www.vistapathbio.com |
| WorkerSense | WorkerSense is a provider of custom-built analytics technology intended to offer improved construction site safety and performance for the construction industry. The company's technology provides an intelligent, hard hat-mounted sensory band that monitors heat stress and worker exhaustion and then automatically schedules work breaks onhigh-temperature construction sites, enabling industries to receive information on the working conditions of their sites and improve safety of their workers. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2020 | http://www.workersense.com/ |
| JINGdigital | JINGdigital is China's Leading Marketing Automation Platform. Since our founding in 2014, JINGdigital has been providing brands with digital marketing optimization solutions through our JINGsocial platform. The platform enables brands to better understand customers and empowers brands to create valuable personal connections at scale. |  | Seed | Aug 01, 2018 | https://www.jingsocial.com |
| IMGN Media | IMGN is a tech-media company specialized in producing and programming social content for Gen Z audiences. IMGN owns & operates a portfolio of 14 distinct media brands with an overall reach of +40 million followers. Featured brands: Daquan, TryHard, So Satisfying & more.IMGN is the creator of Viral Lab, a proprietary in-house technologythat enables the company's editorial team to scale content creation, channel management and audience growth.IMGN is headquartered in New York and Tel Aviv (R&D) and backed by VCs and angel investors. | $1.5M | Seed | Apr 05, 2016 | http://www.imgn.media |
| UpCounsel | UpCounsel operates an online marketplace for businesses to find and hire legal help based on their preferences in the United States. Its marketplace allows the users to access lawyers for legal need. UpCounsel provides services in the areas of agreements, business formation, patents, trademarks, immigration, general counsel, labor and employment,and securities and finance. It serves legal departments, executives, HR departments, and startups. Mason Blake and Matthew Faustman founded UpCounsel in 2011. It has its headquarters in San Francisco in California. | $2.4M | Seed | Dec 09, 2014 | http://www.upcounsel.com/ |
| Mapkin | Mapkin offers a range of voice-activated GPS services powered by tips from local drivers. Users can submit tips about landmarks, tricky turns, and more. Mapkin was Jake Wasserman, Marc Regan, and Alex Kinney in March 2012 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. | $250K | Seed | Aug 19, 2014 | http://mapkin.co |
| Onfleet | Onfleet is a B2B software company that specializes in last-mile delivery logistics. Onfleet powers millions of deliveries every month for thousands of businesses around the world. Onfleet's customers range from food and beverage delivery services to laundry and dry cleaning, pharmaceutical, retail and e-commerce delivery businesses. Thecompany's product includes a web-based dispatch dashboard for routing, tracking, dispatching, and analytics, intuitive iOS and Android apps for drivers, automated customer notifications and real-time driver tracking, and a robust RESTful API.Onfleet was founded in 2012 by a team of engineers at Stanford University. |  | Seed | Jul 01, 2014 | https://onfleet.com |
| Option Alpha | Education, Option Alpha is a education,coaching, and technology to help options traders make smarter, more profitable trades. |  | Seed | Jun 01, 2014 | https://optionalpha.com |
| Option Alpha, LLC | Education, Option Alpha is a education,coaching, and technology to help options traders make smarter, more profitable trades. |  | Seed | Jun 01, 2014 | https://optionalpha.com |
| Prompt.ly | Prompt.ly is the only mobile-first, scheduling, promotion and payment platform for soloprenuers, who in the US alone account for over 1 trillion dollars of economic activity each year.Solopreneurs (including chiropractors, tutors, psychologists, wedding photographers, personal trainers, and babysitters to name a few) use the platform to improvescheduling, promotion & payments. Prompt.ly allows soloprenuers to instantly market available time to existing clients & their friends via social promotion — while clients reduce the pain of scheduling and gain access to discounts for recommending their soloprenuers.The platform is mobile-first like the soloprenuers themselves, integrating the key features they need to run their business entirely on-the-go. Prompt.ly finally brings modern technology to the Invisible Economy. | $1.5M | Seed | Nov 25, 2013 | http://www.prompt.ly |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [2B Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2b-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ethos Family Office](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/almanack-family-office) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AngelPad](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelpad) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crosslink Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crosslink-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FG Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fg-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FundersClub](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fundersclub) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Benjamin Pouladian invest in?

Benjamin Pouladian invests primarily in Information Technology, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 12 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 Benjamin Pouladian's check size?

Benjamin Pouladian typically joins rounds of $250k–$2.4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Benjamin Pouladian participates in.

### How do I contact Benjamin Pouladian?

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### When did Benjamin Pouladian last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Benjamin Pouladian closed in Feb 2021. Shizune tracks 12 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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