Ben Metcalfe - Founder and Managing Partner @ Monochrome Capital

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Primary Job Title Founder and Managing Partner
Primary Organization
Monochrome Capital

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

Investor Type
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Website benmetcalfe.com
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Ben Metcalfe is the co-founder of WP Engine, a managed hosting platform. Ben is also the Founder and Managing Partner at Monochrome Capital.

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Ando	Monochrome Capital	—	Seed Round - Ando	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Sanity	Monochrome Capital	—	Series C - Sanity	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Rafay Systems	Ridge Ventures	—	Series B - Rafay Systems	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Allocate	Monochrome Capital	—	Seed Round - Allocate	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Sanity	Monochrome Capital	No	Series A - Sanity	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Alembic	Ridge Ventures	—	Seed Round - Alembic	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Sama	Ridge Ventures	Yes	Series A - Sama	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Rafay Systems	Ridge Ventures	Yes	Series A - Rafay Systems	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

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Ben Metcalfe

has

current jobs including

Founder and Managing Partner

Monochrome Capital

Cohort Member

Oper8r

, and

Kauffman Fellow - Class 23

Kauffman Fellows

. Additionally,

Ben Metcalfe

has had

past jobs including

Investment team, Gigster Fund

Gigster

Monochrome Capital Founder and Managing PartnerJun 2020
Oper8r Cohort MemberJun 2020
Kauffman Fellows Kauffman Fellow - Class 23Jun 2018

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Gigster	Investment team, Gigster Fund	Nov 2016	Sep 2017
Uber	Head of Public Policy's Product & Technology team	Jul 2014	Feb 2016
The Thiel Foundation	Mentor	Mar 2014	Dec 2015
WP Engine	Co-Founder	Mar 2010	Feb 2014
Neustar	Management Consultant	Jun 2011	Dec 2011
Myspace	Director of Engineering, MySpace Developer Platform	Nov 2007	Nov 2008
BBC	Project Lead, backstage.bbc.co.uk	—	—
NewsBasis	Team Member	—	—
BBC	Software Engineer, BBC News Website	—	—
DataPortability	Co-Founder	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Ben Metcalfe

holds

board and advisor roles including

Investor & Board Member

Rafay Systems

Investor & Board Member

Sama

, and

Board Member

Sama

Rafay Systems Investor & Board MemberMay 2019
Sama Investor & Board MemberMay 2019
Sama Board Member

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Ridge Ventures	Board Advisor	Jun 2020	Jun 2021
Seesmic	Advisor	—	—
NutshellMail	Advisor	—	—
Apture	Advisor	—	—

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