# Benjamin Ball

> Benjamin Ball is a seed investor at Francisco Partners (San Francisco) backing Software and SaaS. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Francisco Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francisco-partners)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Mar 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ben-ball/30/903/1a6

Benjamin Ball is a Founding Partner of Francisco Partners Management, LLC, which is a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on investing in the information technology market. Benjamin focuses primarily on investments in the communications and hardware systems sectors. Benjamin was appointed to our board of directors on October 23,2007. He also serves on the board of directors of Data Connection, Electrical Components International, WatchGuard and WebTrends.Prior to founding Francisco Partners, Benjamin was a Vice President with TA Associates where he led private equity investments in the software, semiconductor and communications segments. Earlier in his career, Benjamin worked for AEA Investors, a New York-based private equity firm, and also for the consulting firm of Bain & Company.Benjamin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $560k–$600k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Events | 1 | 14% |
| Travel | 1 | 14% |
| Finance | 1 | 14% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 29% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 43% |
| Singapore | 2 | 29% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bevy | Bevy is an enterprise-grade virtual conference and community events SaaS platform. It incorporates a variety of tools to plan, promote, and execute virtual conferences and community events. The platform is a flexible software solution that can be used to manage and host thousands of different types of virtual events. Built with enterprise-levelanalytics, integrations, and data security, the Bevy platform is used by a range of enterprise, consumer and education teams who want to host virtual events and turn them into thriving global communities. Featuring a deep permissions system and webcasting capabilities, community and field marketing teams can empower local brand advocates all over the world to build small local communities that collectively provide reach and scale.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | $40M | Series C | Mar 24, 2021 |  |
| OurHealthMate | Enterprise Healthcare Management platform which focuses on increasing engagement and providing ease in healthcare reimbursements and benefits to the corporates in India. The company was founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It has offices in Singapore and Bangalore (India) | $600K | Pre-Seed | Jan 27, 2014 |  |
| TribeHired | TribeHired is an online social recruitment platform that connects job seekers and employers. Hiring managers use its system to schedule interviews and make offers to shortlisted candidates, with interviews and offers being made within 2 weeks of talent getting featured. The future versions of TribeHired will allow talent to select engagements thattake up to 3 hours, 3 months or 3 years tenure, with the ability to prioritize work for a higher salary, social impact or up-skilling opportunities.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur. | $560K | Seed | Mar 25, 2013 |  |
| Flocations | Flocations.com is a popular online travel discovery tool that helps users discover travel packages that suit their wish.Flocations.com pushes the boundaries for online travel planning with new and innovative approaches to the travel sector. For example, travellers may compare travel options based on price rather than the traditional date anddestination. Aggregating packages from local agencies, Flocations gives travellers access to products usually not available online. | $600K | Seed | Dec 14, 2012 |  |
| JFDI.Asia | Joyful Frog Digital Incubator (JFDI.Asia) is a Singapore-based seed accelerator modelled on Techstars that has 60% success taking start-up businesses from idea to $600k seed investment in 100 days.JFDI.Asia's focus is on mobile and digital products and services made in Asia, for Asia. Its customers are business start-up teams, early stagebusiness investor/acquirers, and organizations that seek to inspire innovation and entrepreneurship in their workforce. | $950K |  | Sep 26, 2011 |  |
| Metaswitch Networks | Metaswitch Networks is a leading provider of the technologies and solutions that are powering the migration of communications networks to open, next-generation architectures. Hundreds of network operators worldwide depend on its reliable, scalable carrier systems solutions, while its high performance, fault-tolerant software technologies arelicensed by all the world's leading communications equipment manufacturers. |  |  | Jan 01, 2008 |  |
| WebSideStory | WebSideStory is a provider of on-demand digital marketing applications. Its Active Marketing Suite includes web analytics, site search, web content management and keyword bid management. Enterprises worldwide use these services to monitor, measure and improve their online marketing performance. | $30M | Private Equity | Jul 01, 1999 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Singtel Innov8](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/singtel-innov8) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Media Development Authority](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/media-development-authority) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NUS Enterprise](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nus-enterprise) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Spring Singapore](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spring-singapore) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Francisco Partners

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Francisco Partners is a global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology and technology-enabled businesses. With $7 billion of capital under management, Francisco Partners is one of the world's largest technology-focused private equity funds. The firm was founded to pursue structured investments in technology companiesundergoing strategic, technological, and operational inflection points. Francisco Partners targets control investments in private companies, with transaction values ranging from $30 million to $2 billion. The principals of Francisco Partners have invested in excess of $3 billion of equity capital in over 50 technology companies.

5 contacts available at Francisco Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alan Ni | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-ni |
| Andrew Kowal | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-kowal |
| Ashley Evans | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashley-evans-71dc |
| Chris Adams | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-adams-2 |
| Ezra Perlman | Co-President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ezra-perlman |

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## FAQ

### What does Benjamin Ball invest in?

Benjamin Ball invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Events startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 7 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 Ball's check size?

Benjamin Ball typically joins rounds of $560k–$600k 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 Ball participates in.

### When did Benjamin Ball last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Benjamin Ball closed in Mar 2021. Shizune tracks 7 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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