# Ben Silbermann

> Ben Silbermann is a seed investor at Cold Brew Labs backing Health Care. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Cold Brew Labs
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/silbermann
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/8en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BenSilbermann/

Ben Silbermann is a seed investor at Cold Brew Labs in San Francisco focused on Health Care and Wellness. Ben Silbermann is the Co-Founder and Executive Chair of Pinterest. He previously worked at Google as a Product Specialist. Ben Silbermann attended Yale University.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.9M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 4 | 31% |
| Wellness | 2 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 15% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 15% |
| SaaS | 1 | 8% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 85% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 92% |
| Sweden | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Drafted | Drafted.ai is an AI-powered platform that creates personalized home floor plans and layouts based on user inputs, including room count, style, and preferences. | $16M | Seed | May 29, 2026 |  |
| BuildForever | BuildForever build products that feel personal, magical and deeply human. | $9.5M | Seed | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| Eigen | Eigen is an AI-driven platform designed to enrich real-world social connectivity. | $15M | Seed | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| Dex | Dex offers purpose-built devices, software and content to help young children reach their full potentials. | $4.8M | Seed | Aug 20, 2025 |  |
| Dr. Treat | Dr. Treat is a pet health and wellness company that provides personalized pet care and is reimagining the approach to the health and wellbeing of companion animals. They offer preventive care, primary care, surgical and dental care, and diagnostic care services for pets. | $2M | Seed | Dec 15, 2023 |  |
| Cambly | Cambly gives English learners on-demand access to native English speaking tutors over video chat. | $60M |  | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| Chroma | Chroma is the future sound of entertainment. | $5.4M | Seed | May 06, 2022 |  |
| Synapticure | Synapticure provides neurodegenerative disease patients with disease specialist and wrap around care, no matter where you live in the US. Founded by patients, we support Dementia, Parkinson's, ALS and more with everyone from on-demand disease-specific neurologists to SLT to 24/7 care coordination and support. | $6M | Seed | Feb 01, 2022 |  |
| Atlys | Atlys is a digital platform that facilitates visa application processing for international travelers. The company offers tools that guide users through requirements, documentation, and submission steps for different countries. Its services include application tracking, document management, and status updates within a single interface. Atlys alsointegrates support features that address common visa-related queries and clarify visa processes. The platform simplifies administrative procedures for travel documentation. | $4.3M | Seed | Oct 28, 2021 |  |
| OpenSea | OpenSea is a peer-to-peer marketplace for crypto collectibles and non-fungible tokens. It includes collectibles, gaming items, and other virtual goods backed by a blockchain. On OpenSea, anyone can buy or sell these items through a smart contract. | $23M | Series A | Mar 18, 2021 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Benchmark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benchmark) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Coelius Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coelius-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [f7 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/f7-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Cold Brew Labs

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Cold Brew Labs, Inc. builds social commerce applications. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in San Francisco, California. Their first product is the social networking site Pinterest.

2 contacts available at Cold Brew Labs.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Silbermann | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-silbermann |
| Paul Sciarra | Co-Founder | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Silbermann invest in?

Ben Silbermann invests primarily in Health Care, Wellness and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 13 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 Silbermann's check size?

Ben Silbermann typically joins rounds of $1.9M–$15M 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 Ben Silbermann participates in.

### How do I contact Ben Silbermann?

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### When did Ben Silbermann last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Silbermann closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 13 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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