# Ben Rubin

> Ben Rubin is a seed investor at Towns (San Francisco) backing Software and Video. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Towns](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/towns)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ben-rubin/24/b/423
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/benrbn
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ben.rbn

Ben Rubin is a seed investor at Towns in San Francisco focused on Software and Video. Ben Rubin is based out of New York, New York and is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Here Not There Labs. Ben previously worked at Sequoia Capital as a Scout. Ben Rubin attended Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Video | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Finance | 1 | 20% |
| InsurTech | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Infinite Machine | Infinite Machine is to create the world's most captivating non-auto vehicles. Infinite Machine initial product, the P1, is a revolutionary new personal electric vehicle that combines innovative performance and usefulness with an industrial-style look. In Infinite Machine's ideal post-car future, environment and people coexist together. | $9.3M | Seed | Oct 29, 2024 |  |
| Ascend | Ascend is a modern, all-in-one payments solution purpose-built for insurance. We automate insurance payments end-to-end — from online customer payments including premium financing to the distribution of commissions and carrier payables. We help digital distributors sell more insurance by simplifying operations, reducing payment friction anddelivering the modern checkout experience customers expect. | $5.5M | Seed | Sep 15, 2021 |  |
| Endaoment | Endaoment is a tax-exempt Community Foundation built for the crypto industry and focused on social impact. | $2.5M | Seed | Jun 03, 2021 |  |
| Mirage | The all-in-one AI powered creator studio | $4M | Seed | Feb 01, 2021 |  |
| Livepeer | Livepeer develops and operates a platform for decentralized live video broadcast on the Internet. It provides an open platform that gives broadcasters, developers, and users the ability to get content and message out.Livepeer combines a blockchain based crypto-token protocol with economic incentives and an open media server. It provides adecentralized video live streaming platform with the peer-to-peer networks and the blockchain. Eric Tang and Douglas Petkanics founded it in 2017, with its head in New York City. |  | Series A | Jun 17, 2019 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MGV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maschmeyer-group-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [6th Man Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/6th-man-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Adjacent](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adjacent-9b5a) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chapter One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chapter-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Circle Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circle-ventures-5201) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Towns

VC Fund

Towns is an on-chain messaging platform co-founded by the creator of Houseparty and Meerkat.

1 contacts available at Towns.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Rubin | CEO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-rubin |

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Rubin invest in?

Ben Rubin invests primarily in Software, Video and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 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 Rubin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Rubin closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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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