# Ken Chenault Jr

> Ken Chenault Jr is a seed investor at Benchstrength backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Benchstrength](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benchstrength-fa17)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-chenault-jr-697325b6

Ken Chenault Jr is a seed investor at Benchstrength in New York focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Ken Chenault Jr

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Medical | 1 | 33% |
| Hospital | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rentana | Rentana offers a comprehensive, AI-powered platform that transforms the complexities of revenue management into transparent and actionable insights. The platform is designed for multifamily property owners and operators, providing tools to optimize rental pricing and enhance revenue intelligence. Rentana's solutions are user-friendly andleverage artificial intelligence to deliver clear and effective revenue strategies. | $5M | Seed | May 06, 2025 |  |
| DevAI | DevAI builds Network Intelligence Agents to help enterprise IT teams accelerate productivity and improve their source of truth. | $6M | Seed | Feb 06, 2025 |  |
| Systole Health | Systole Health enables women to take immediate action to improve their health, prevent heart disease, and regain their well-being. Systole Health's mission is to transform women's heart health care by offering prompt, transformative assistance. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jan 27, 2025 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Base10 Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base10-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pear VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pejman-mar-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Emergence Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emergence-capital-095d) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Emergence Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emergence-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [January Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jane-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [January Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/january-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Benchstrength

VC Fund · Nyack, United States

Benchstrength is an early venture capital firm investing in a technology companies.

1 contacts available at Benchstrength.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ken Chenault Jr | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ken-chenault-jr |

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## FAQ

### What does Ken Chenault Jr invest in?

Ken Chenault Jr invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ken Chenault Jr last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ken Chenault Jr closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 3 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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