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Investor profile

Ben Sontheimer

Co-Founder & General Partner, Elizabeth Street Ventures

About

Ben Sontheimer is a venture capital investor at Elizabeth Street Ventures who has co-founded three consumer-focused investment firms and brings over 20 years of experience investing across both public and private consumer markets. He combines a literary and arts background—including studying Literature at Boston University and serving as an active art collector—with consumer investing expertise, having previously built and scaled Vault Partners to around $250M in assets under management and co-founded Javelin Partners, which grew from $800K to over $300M. Ben Sontheimer is a venture capital investor at Elizabeth Street Ventures who has co-founded three consumer-focused investment firms and brings over 20 years of experience investing across both public and private consumer markets. He combines a literary and arts background—including studying Literature at Boston University and serving as an active art collector—with consumer investing expertise, having previously built and scaled Vault Partners to around $250M in assets under management and co-founded Javelin Partners, which grew from $800K to over $300M.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Sectors
Consumer
CPG / D2C
Retail Tech
FinTech
Food
Ag

Investment details

Avg check size$500K
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA