Ben T Smith
Venture Partner @ Accelerator Ventures
San Francisco, United States
Ben T Smith is a seed investor at Accelerator Ventures in San Francisco focused on Mobile and Social Media. Ben Smith is a Venture Partner at Accelerator Ventures and a Board Member, Senior Partner, and Practice Leader for Communications, Media, and Technology at Kearney. Ben was a Co-Founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board at MerchantCircle. He attended Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business and the University of California, Davis.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Ben T Smith invests in
Stages Ben T Smith invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile 3 (50%)
- Social Media 2 (33%)
- Apps 1 (17%)
- News 1 (17%)
- Video 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (33%)
- Series A 2 (33%)
- Series B 1 (17%)
- Funding Round 1 (17%)
Investments
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| Nuzzel is a professional news discovery service used by many of the top influencers in media, technology, and finance.Nuzzel was named one of the best apps of the year by Google Play, the New York Times, Fast Company, and Time Magazine.Nuzzel is backed by top Silicon Valley investors including Andreessen Horowitz, CRV, Homebrew, LowercaseCapital, Uncork Capital, Marc Benniof, and Max Levchin. | $1.7M / Seed / Nov 19, 2015 | ||
| MyTime is a fully integrated appointment scheduling, point-of-sale and customer engagement platform for multi-location chains and franchises. It’s built to be modular, but it really shines when the various components work together to maximize revenue by reaching customers wherever they are at the moment they are ready to transact.Ouraward-winning online booking experience can be integrated into your website and mobile apps, as well as Google Search and Google Maps, Bing, Facebook, and Instagram, thereby enabling your customers to find, book, and transact with you from anyplace they engage with your brand. Our automated marketing system increases client retention and visit frequency. And we automate the many tedious, manual operational tasks so you can focus on your service and your customers.Find out what it means to integrate scheduling, marketing and payments into a single, easy-to-use platform and why MyTime won Best Local Commerce Service of 2017 from the Local Search Association and has been featured by both Apple and Google as “Best New App” in their respective App Stores.Our cloud-based platform is scalable, secure, and ready for any size deployment. | $10.8M / Series B / Apr 21, 2015 | ||
| Tubular is the leading global video measurement and analytics platform that powers broadcasters, publishers, and brands to create successful content and scale audiences faster. We provide the most complete picture of what video consumers watch and enable companies to grow digital audiences and sell brand integrations to win in the ever evolvingworld of video.Tubular’s software tracks over 4 Billion videos, 1 Trillion Views, 10 Million influencers, 90K brands, 40K media, and 48 Billion sponsored video views. In total, that’s over 350 Million more videos analyzed per month than our closest competitor. We know it’s not just about data, it’s about insights, and that’s why we’re trusted by 7 of the top 10 global media companies, who make strategic decisions every day based on Tubular software. | $650K / Seed / Oct 03, 2012 | ||
| Well helps you collect and share the things you want to do. Experience a new kind of list: beautiful, social, and fun._Get Suggestions From Friends_ — On Well your friends suggest ideas to your lists. Planning your next road trip, picking the perfect movie or finding the best sushi in town all just got a little easier._Get inspired &motivated_ — Explore popular lists to discover what others are doing. New places to visit, books to read, wines to try and more await you._Relist interesting items_ — Just because you didn't think of it first, doesn't mean you don't want to do it. Relist any item to quickly copy it to one of your lists. | Mar 01, 2012 | ||
| Coveroo believes that customization helps people create products that inspire them. Our customization platform let’s people build a closer affinity with the brands they love and to create their own “brands” using the images and ideas that are meaningful to them. The company’s patented technologies are used to customize a wide array of licensed andindependent designs on a range of products, with a focus on mobile lifestyle products. Coveroo has been awarded licenses for some of the world’s biggest brands, from the NCAA to Major League Baseball to DC Comics. The company was founded in San Francisco in 2008 and is backed by blue chip investor Rembrandt Venture Partners.Bulk and Corporate purchasing is also available. | Series A / Aug 01, 2009 | ||
| RateItAll is a distributed consumer rating network powered by widgets, apps, and APIs. It's best described as a distributed Participating members can earn revenue share via the channels (E.G. "Best | Series A / Jun 25, 2008 |
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About Accelerator Ventures
Accelerator Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests early in talented founders building the next generation of market-leading enterprises. We accelerate portfolio company growth by leveraging our network and expertise to provide strategic insights and facilitate key introductions and support fundraising, recruitment, and pipelinedevelopment.
Accelerator Ventures Contacts
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What does Ben T Smith invest in?
Ben T Smith invests primarily in Mobile, Social Media and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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