# Blake Van Leer

> Blake Van Leer is a seed investor at SG Benefit Providers backing FinTech and Real Estate. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SG Benefit Providers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sg-benefit-providers)
- Location: Charlotte, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vanleer
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/blakevanleer
- Website: https://myblvd.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/blakevanleer

Blake Van Leer is a seed investor at SG Benefit Providers in Charlotte focused on FinTech and Real Estate. Experienced executive and entrepreneur with the proven ability to drive company growth with a North Star metric. Demonstrated ability to lead a team and process to meet revenue benchmarks. Extensive experience in growth strategies, revenue lift, team building, strategic acquisitions, business development, sales processes, customer retention, branddevelopment, product-market fit, data analytics, ROI, ecommerce and AI tool management.Blake’s love for technology and business began as a teenager with developing online video games, involving complex ecosystems, community building, fictional currency, economics and guerilla marketing. After college, he started his career with data analytics and project management for land development companies where he assisted with the siting, permitting, marketing and technology of numerous residential, commercial, heavy construction, solid waste and gas to energy projects. Blake also oversaw data analytics for population growth and trash production calculations.Today, Blake serves as EVP and GM at Proto AI, a AI company for practical real world applications He serves as Special Advisor to Kathy Ireland® ($3.1B annual revenue) providing strategic planning on high level topics, partnerships, acquisitions and technology endeavors. Blake is also the Co-Founder & Advisor of Padlist, Inc., a national real estate platform, and Padfinders, an apartment locator service in Washington, DC.Specialties: Growth & Revenue Strategies, Product or Vertical Launch, Product-Market Fit, Sales Processes, North Star Metrics, Brand Voice, Team Leadership, Brand Development, Blockchain, AI, Data Analytics and Virality.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $200k–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 25% |
| Real Estate | 2 | 25% |
| Events | 1 | 13% |
| Rental | 1 | 13% |
| Sports | 1 | 13% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Equity Crowdfunding | 2 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 13% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SG Benefit Providers | SG Benefit Providers is an insurance company that offers health insurance brokerage and Medicare plans | $3M | Seed | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| Jet.AI | Jet Token is a private aviation booking and membership platform. They offer their own HondaJets for member service in the Southwestern US, or book any one of 4,000 jets on their marketplace - including the largest open fleet of private aircraft in the country. |  | Equity Crowdfunding | Feb 25, 2020 |  |
| Hearo.Live - Multiplayer TV | Hearo is the first virtual venue with a live audience. Our MultiplayerTV platform turns passive media into a buzzing, live event, and empowers a new class of creator-connector, the media leader. Hearo is Multiplayer TV. Bring your TV/streaming audience into your own venue, and turn your passive broadcast into a buzzing live social event.From epic live parties to intimate hangouts Hearo is your virtual couch, classroom, theater or stadium.Super Watch Partes. Laugh, talk, and cheer with friends while watching YouTube, Netflix, ESPN, and more in full-screen HD, like you're on a big cozy couch together.#TVisObsolete #MultiplayerTV #WeAreLive | $1.8M |  | Feb 07, 2020 |  |
| Hearo.Live - Multiplayer TV | Hearo is the first virtual venue with a live audience. Our MultiplayerTV platform turns passive media into a buzzing, live event, and empowers a new class of creator-connector, the media leader. Hearo is Multiplayer TV. Bring your TV/streaming audience into your own venue, and turn your passive broadcast into a buzzing live social event.From epic live parties to intimate hangouts Hearo is your virtual couch, classroom, theater or stadium.Super Watch Partes. Laugh, talk, and cheer with friends while watching YouTube, Netflix, ESPN, and more in full-screen HD, like you're on a big cozy couch together.#TVisObsolete #MultiplayerTV #WeAreLive | $1.8M | Seed | Feb 07, 2020 |  |
| Fundrise | Fundrise helps locals claim ownership in the development of their city. Its first project and the first-ever crowdfunded real estate deal, was the development of acclaimed D.C. restaurant and retail store, Maketto, in 2013. It has grown since then, but its mission of providing people with a simpler, smarter, and more reliable way to invest hasremained the same.Today, Fundrise continues to shape the investment industry, creating a new alternative to investing in stocks and bonds. By combining technology with new federal regulations, they have opened up the once-unattainable world of direct private investments to everyone in the US, regardless of net worth.Fundrise was launched in Washington, D.C. in 2012. |  | Equity Crowdfunding | Feb 08, 2017 |  |
| Padlist | Padlist is currently in a $1M angel round and accepting investments for a limited time. The smarter way to find and list pads!Padlist is powered by AI, local experts and localization. Using data and technology, Padlist moves away from the static vibe of existing ILSs to connect landlords and renters faster and easier. The co-founders haveproven product-market-fit through a current, local and profitable pilot in DC. Padlist is currently in the middle of an angel fundraising round. Kathy Ireland serves as advisor, Chief Editor and ambassador. Investors can request a deck or info at hello@padlist.com | $200K | Seed |  |  |
| SRAX | SRAX is a financial technology company that unlocks data and insights for publicly traded companies. Through its premier investor intelligence and communications platform, Sequire, companies can track their investors’ behaviors and trends and use those insights to engage current and potential investors across marketing channels. | $470K | Post-IPO Equity |  |  |
| Plethy | 'Digital Health', 'Health Tech', Virtual Care', 'Digital Rehab', Remote Patient Monitoring' | $5M | Convertible Note |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bay Wharf Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bay-wharf-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Meyer Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meyer-global) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Silvertech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silvertech-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SG Benefit Providers

VC Fund · Baltimore, United States

SG Benefit Providers is an insurance company that offers health insurance brokerage and Medicare plans

3 contacts available at SG Benefit Providers.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anthony Miller | CMO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-miller-130d |
| Blake Van Leer | Chief Strategy Officer and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blake-van-leer |
| Steven Reech | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-reech |

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## FAQ

### What does Blake Van Leer invest in?

Blake Van Leer invests primarily in FinTech, Real Estate and Events startups, most often at Seed and Equity Crowdfunding stage. Most of the 8 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 Blake Van Leer's check size?

Blake Van Leer typically joins rounds of $200k–$3M 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 Blake Van Leer participates in.

### When did Blake Van Leer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Blake Van Leer closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 8 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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