# Ben Gilbert

> Ben Gilbert is a seed investor at Pioneer Square Labs backing Travel. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Pioneer Square Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-square-labs)
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamingilbert
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/gilbert
- Website: https://x.com/gilbert
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gilbertbj

Ben Gilbert is a seed investor at Pioneer Square Labs in Seattle focused on Travel and Tourism. Ben Gilbert is the Co-Founder and Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs, Co-Host at Acquired.FM, and a Board of Directors at TrovaTrip. He previously worked as the Co-Founder and Madrona Venture Labs at Madrona Venture Group, Head of The Garage at Microsoft, and the Co-Founder of Red Ride and Functional Delights. Ben attended the Ohio StateUniversity.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 1 | 20% |
| Tourism | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Wellness | 1 | 20% |
| Biometrics | 1 | 20% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TrovaTrip | TrovaTrip is an audience monetization platform for creators, entrepreneurs, and businesses. Hosts use their platform to easily plan and sell group trips, offer paid or donation-based livestreams, and sell digital products like ebooks and recorded workshops. | $15M | Series A | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Tin Can | Far Homes makes to find, buy and manage homes abroad. | $2.3M | Seed | Sep 13, 2022 |  |
| Tin Can | Far Homes makes to find, buy and manage homes abroad. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Sep 13, 2022 |  |
| Levels | Levels develops a health and wellness platform designed to monitor metabolic fitness. The platform tracks blood glucose in real-time, enabling users to optimize their diet and exercise. The company was founded in 2019 and is a remote-first company. | $38M | Series A | Apr 20, 2022 |  |
| TrovaTrip | TrovaTrip is an audience monetization platform for creators, entrepreneurs, and businesses. Hosts use their platform to easily plan and sell group trips, offer paid or donation-based livestreams, and sell digital products like ebooks and recorded workshops. | $5M | Seed | Aug 17, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Elevate Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevate-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Oregon Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oregon-angel-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AirAngels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airangels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Basement Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basement-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Diverse Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diverse-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Pioneer Square Labs

VC Fund · Seattle, United States

Pioneer Square Labs is a studio that creates and launches technology startups. They provide market research, concept validation, engineering, data science, visual, UX design, and product management services. They also provide recruiting, fundraising, marketing, company formation, finance, operations, legal, and HR services.

5 contacts available at Pioneer Square Labs.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ansel Santosa | Senior Software Engineer | — |
| Ben Gilbert | Co-Founder and Managing Director | — |
| David Zager | Partner and CDO | — |
| Greg Gottesman | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greg-gottesman |
| Julie Sandler | Co-Founder, General Partner, and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julie-sandler |

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Gilbert invest in?

Ben Gilbert invests primarily in Travel, Tourism and Software 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.

### How do I contact Ben Gilbert?

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### When did Ben Gilbert last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Gilbert closed in Sep 2022. 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.

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