Ben is an Operating Partner with Galaxy Interactive and a seasoned entrepreneur and angel investor Over his career, Ben has built and led ventures across IoT, Infrastructure, and AI, bringing over a decade of hands-on experience to the table. Recently, as the Founder of Very, Ben led a team of over 150 engineers, designers, and data scientists, contributing to hundreds of product launches over 14 years. Under his leadership, Very made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing U.S. companies for seven consecutive years and garnered numerous workplace and innovation awards, including Inc. Magazine Best Workplaces, Times Best Invention of the Year, and BIG Innovation Awards.

During his time at Very, Ben has spearheaded the development of several ventures spun out from the company, such as Peridio, an OTA Firmware orchestration SaaS platform launched in 2021, and Foresight, a platform focused on predicting and mitigating employee burnout, launched in 2018. His entrepreneurial achievements also include co-founding ReadyCart, which was acquired by Grapevine Inc in 2017.

Before founding Very in 2011, Ben served as the Executive Director at Ashoka Changemakers, where he developed products connecting social entrepreneurs with global resources. He remains committed to social impact by advising non-profits and served as a judge for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Annual Innovation Showcase (ISHOW), a global competition for hardware-led social innovation for over 5 years.

Ben’s early career includes co-founding two successful startups. He dropped out of Babson College to pursue his first venture, a textbook rental platform called Knetbooks that raised over $5M in capital before being acquired in 2009. He also co-founded LookSharp, a platform that secured over $10M and was later acquired by WayUp in 2017.