Ben Dahl

Ben Dahl

General Partner atRun VenturesUtah

Ben Dahl co-founded Run Ventures and serves as General Partner. Previously a partner at Pelion Venture Partners, he backed companies including Cloudflare, Integral Ad Sciences, and Soasta. He holds degrees from Princeton, UC Berkeley, and Columbia.

What Ben can write

Writes checks of$3M to $10M
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
Ownership target> 12%At first check
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Run Ventures writes $3M to $10M checks, larger than 93% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Pelion Venture Partners · partner
  2. Run Ventures · General Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Run Ventures

Investments named in public bios

CloudflareIntegral Ad SciencesSoastaEve SecurityAlgorizedTheo AiFilevineAuthenticxInhouse AiVectorAlta Smiles

Focus

cyber securityfrontier infrastructuredeep tech

Education

Princeton, ABUC Berkeley, JD and MBAColumbia, MBA

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Run Ventures does not invest inBiotech

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Who is Ben Dahl?

Ben Dahl co-founded Run Ventures and serves as General Partner. Previously a partner at Pelion Venture Partners, he backed companies including Cloudflare, Integral Ad Sciences, and Soasta. He holds degrees from Princeton, UC Berkeley, and Columbia.

How much does Ben Dahl invest?

Ben Dahl invests through Run Ventures, which writes checks of $3M to $10M at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Ben Dahl?

A warm intro from a founder Run Ventures backed works best.

What did Ben Dahl do before Run Ventures?

partner at Pelion Venture Partners.

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