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Ben Portney

Investment Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

New York, New York

Investor
VC

Invests in

Stages:

Series A
Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $15,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $7,000,000.00

Skills

Teaching
Entrepreneurship
Nonprofits
Fundraising
Coaching
Curriculum Development
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Biochemistry
Presentation Skills
Refereeing
Doodling
Research
Experimental Design
Western Blotting
Gel Electrophoresis
Immunohistochemistry
Immunofluorescence
Fluorescence in situ hybridization
Cell Culture
Nucleic Acid Extraction

Education

Work Experience

Andreessen Horowitz

2022

  • Investment Partner

    2022

Flagship Pioneering

2018 - 2022

  • Senior Associate

    2020 - 2022

  • Associate

    2018 - 2020

  • VentureLabs Fellow

    2018 - 2018

T. Rowe Price

2018 - 2018

  • Equity Research Extern

    2018 - 2018

    Conducted equity research, created financial models, and analyzed science and market landscapes to value small to mid-sized biotechnology companies

Actinium Capital

2016 - 2018

  • Research Analyst

    2016 - 2018

    Developed valuation frameworks, including analysis of clinical trial data, scientific differentiators, and market landscape to identify biotechnology companies with advantageous risk/reward and growth opportunities