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$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
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Lists including Ben
Work Experience
2024
Investor
2024
Investing in and building important technology companies. We have 3 practices: (1) Seed: $250-1M non-lead checks (2) Growth: $5-25M checks (3) Build: incubating companies from scratch and buying out existing companies and taking majority ownership Some of my work includes: – Figma Secondary (design SaaS) – Abridge Series E (Medical scribing AI) – Cursor Secondary (AI code editor) – Placer.ai Series C (location analytics) – Airfold Seed (AI data enrichment + ClickHouse managed service) – SPIRL Seed (workload identity management) – Booksy Series D (European hair salon booking SaaS) – Take-private LBO of [unannounced] SaaS platform Please feel free to reach out at ben [at] wndrco.com if you want to connect.
2022 - 2022
Growth (Intern)
2022 - 2022
Growth (Product Marketing Manager) @ Modern Treasury
2020 - 2021
Growth Equity Investor
2020 - 2021
Sorenson Capital is a multi-stage private equity firm, with over $1B AUM, focused on technology and healthcare investments. We invest in businesses anywhere from Seed/Series A to growth rounds to buyouts. I was an associate focusing on application software, cybersecurity, and Internet businesses. Transactions completed: + Harness, a CD/CI and DevOps tool, Series C + Uniphore, a call-center automation firm, Series D + Socure, a fraud detection tool, Series D + BotKeeper, vertical SaaS in Financial Services, Series C + Neo4j, analytical graph database, Series F
2019 - 2020
Product
2019 - 2020
Nuro is a robotics startup valued at ~$9B (as of Nov 2021). I helped build and commercialize self-driving vehicles. I was among the first 10 business hires and wore multiple hats in this role. Highlights: + Software PM: Worked with operators, designers, and developers to write product requirement documents (PRDs) and launch and test multiple software features including smarter dropoff locations, contactless door opening, and new partner launch (API integration) + Hardware PM: Sole product manager on human-machine interface on vehicle (touchscreen, speakers, microphone, camera, RFID). Defined product requirements, ran user experiments, and worked with hardware engineers and supply chain to select components + Launch manager: Lead PM in charge of launching all 3 of Nuro’s COVID deployments; worked across functions (operations, safety, policy, strategy, etc.) to define scope of launch, negotiate partnerships, and manage deployments, resulting in ~1K deliveries. Lead PM in charge of launching Nuro’s partnership with CVS (first retail pharmacy partner) and alcohol delivery (first in AV industry) + Strategy: Defined strategy for multiple aspects of business, including First 100 ft., Last 100 ft., and quarterly delivery volume plan + Inventor: Filed 7 provisional patents in areas ranging from unattended delivery, contactless bot interactions, and UV light sanitization
2017 - 2019
Business Analyst (Consultant)
2017 - 2019
Strategy and management consulting for clients ranging from startups to F10 companies. Focus in TMT/High-Tech, Private Equity, and Healthcare. Led Firm's work on blockchain/crypto. Select work includes: + Diligence: Supported commercial due diligence for buyside investors bidding for $50M+ growth equity round for cybersecurity software startup, sizing market scenarios and performing voice-of-customer analysis through expert calls + Diligence: Completed commercial due diligence for PE investors (club deal) in healthcare analytics space, looking to merge existing portfolio company with a ~$1B+ leading competitor, owning synergy analysis for revenues and back-office costs + Product management / operations: Served as a technical product manager for top 4 telecommunications client for digital transformation, coordinating teams across engineering, business, and design, launching 11 new features for website leading to ~$7M in annual cost savings from decrease service calls; redesigned and launched website and mobile application in 10 weeks + Strategy: Developed end-to-end business case for PE-portfolio client to launch a new venture in the healthcare blockchain space, including authoring whitepaper, market sizing healthcare and research industry segments, creating fundraising materials for $40M+ round for venture investors, and developing targeted go-to-market strategy based on user research + Rated very strong (top 15%); projects focused on private equity and technology clients, and strategy and diligence projects + Taught "McKinsey bootcamp" course to 400 Venture For America students; organized startup pitch competition
2015 - 2015
Software Engineer
2015 - 2015
Part of Johnson & Johnson's Health and Wellness Solutions group, a wellness software service with 10M+ users across the US. Designed and developed a mobile application for C-suite executives, and preliminary machine learning analysis on patient behavior.