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.