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Benjamin Ling

Angel · Miami Beach, United States

53 portfolio companies Angel · $446M invested · 58 investments · Investor rank #5,739 · Last investment 5/2024
Portfolio companies 53 ↑ 6% 5y
Decacorns 2
Thoroughbreds 13
01 · Biggest holdings

Benjamin Ling’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Benjamin Ling still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 RipplingDecacorn · Fintech · USA $16.8B
  2. 2 HoneyBookUnicorn · Fintech · USA $2.4B
  3. 3 QuoraUnicorn · Media · USA $2.0B
  4. 4 VehoUnicorn · Transportation · USA $1.5B
  5. 5 HermeusUnicorn · Transportation · USA $1.0B
  6. 6 VTSUnicorn · Real Estate · USA $1.0B
  7. 7 LucidUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $1.0B
  8. 8 ViseUnicorn · Fintech · USA $1.0B
  9. 9 ThirdLoveFashion · USA $750M
  10. 10 GustoFintech · USA $9K

Estimated value = Benjamin Ling’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

Benjamin Ling’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Benjamin Ling’s transaction record.

Palantir
$22B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $404BSecurity
$24B IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $6.1BTransportation
$3.7B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $327MEducation
$1.8B IPO · 2019
Entered SeedNow $870MMarketing
$1.3B acquisition · 2026
Entered SeedEnterprise Software
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Benjamin Ling’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 53 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA78
  2. Canada1
  3. Israel1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software22
  2. Fintech11
  3. Education10
  4. Marketing8
  5. Health6
  6. Home Living6
  7. Media6
  8. Transportation6
  9. Event Tech4
  10. Jobs Recruitment4
  11. Wellness Beauty4
  12. Fashion3
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed42
  2. Series A6
  3. Series B+5
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth34
  2. Breakout Stage24
  3. Late Growth22
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Benjamin Ling’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 53 tracked.

Lyft
Transportation · Unicorn
$6.1B
Palantir
Security · Centicorn
$404B
Rippling
Fintech · Decacorn
$17B
Airtable
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.3B
Gusto
Fintech
$9K
Zenefits
Jobs Recruitment
$200M
HoneyBook
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.4B
Hermeus
Transportation · Unicorn
$1.0B
Fab
Home Living
$15M
Merlin Labs
Transportation
$800M
Quora
Media · Unicorn
$2.0B
Tempo
Sports
$880M
VTS
Real Estate · Unicorn
$1.0B
Veho
Transportation · Unicorn
$1.5B
Pindrop
Security
$450M
Udemy
Education
$327M
PagerDuty
Marketing
$870M
Lucid
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
Breakthrough.com
Health
$20M
Vise
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.0B
ThirdLove
Fashion
$750M
Lever
Jobs Recruitment
$200M
CompStak
Real Estate
$200M
Everlane
Fashion
$100M
15Five
Enterprise Software
$208M
Ostro
Health
$100M
Remind
Education
$160M
Indiegogo
Fintech
$160M
Printify
Marketing
$200M
ChickRx
Health
$2.2M
Quartzy
Marketing
$68M
BranchOut
Jobs Recruitment
$100M
Dog Vacay
Home Living
$100M
Lumiata
Health
$56M
Periscope Data
Enterprise Software
$100M
Chewse
Food
$76M
Gobble
Food
$60M
Beautylish
Wellness Beauty
$19M
Tubular Labs
Media
$40M
FutureAdvisor
Fintech
$62M
Oyster
Media
$56M
inFeedo
Enterprise Software
$13M
Bottlenose
Enterprise Software
$54M
Odyssey
Education
$40M
Citus Data
Enterprise Software
$38M
Sosh
Event Tech
$40M
inDinero
Fintech
$28M
500friends, a Merkle Company
Marketing
$20M
DramaFever
Education
$24M
Striiv
Sports
$24M
Boatbound
Travel
$2.9M
ReadyForZero
Fintech
$18M
LearnSprout
Education
$17M
Space Monkey
Enterprise Software
$9.2M
Lovely
Real Estate
$10M
Hedge Labs
Fintech
$15M
Paybygroup
Fintech
$14M
GAIN Fitness
Health
$8.4M
CrowdMed
Health
$4.8M
Artillery
Kids
05 · Portfolio founders

Where Benjamin Ling’s portfolio founders come from.

102 founders across the 80 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States89
  2. Argentina2
  3. United Kingdom2
  4. Germany1
  5. Hungary1
  6. India1
  7. Latvia1
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University13
  2. Duke University4
  3. Carnegie Mellon University3
  4. Columbia University3
  5. Cornell University3
  6. Georgia Institute of Technology3
  7. University of California, Berkeley3
  8. University of Pennsylvania3
  9. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania3
  10. Harvard Business School2
Previous companyCount
  1. Alphabet | Google9
  2. Generation Orbit4
  3. IBM4
  4. Mixbook3
  5. Scrapblog3
  6. Stanford University3
  7. 500 Global2
  8. Accenture2
  9. Amazon2
  10. Apple2