Benjamin Malka Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Austin, Texas, US

San Francisco, CA, US

Arlington, Virginia, US

New York, NY, US

Member of Farther's Board of Directors on behalf of Cota Capital's investment in Farther's Seed Round

San Francisco, California, US

San Francisco, California, US

Partner at Cota Capital focused on early stage, financial technology Venture Capital investments. Co-founding partner of Cota Fintech Ventures, Current board roles at Cota Capital include: Qu, Farther, Radius, Citcon, Glow and First Connect

Austin, Texas, US

Sponsored investment in seed round in AvantStay with Jay Farber at Fprime

New York, NY, US

Led investment on behalf of Fprime Capital in Vestwell's Seed round along with Primary VC and Fintech Collective. Lead investor in Vestwell's series A round. Member of Vestwell's Board of Directors through Vestwell's Series B capital raise led by Goldman Sachs

Chicago, Illinois, US

Led investment on behalf of Fprime Capital in Snapsheet's Series C round. Member of the Board of Directors from October 2016 - April 2019 through Snapsheet's Series E capital raise.

Lehi, Utah, US

Co-Led Pre-A investment round on behalf of North Hill Ventures with TTV Capital and Commerce VC

General Partner at a financial technology focused VC fund. Current and Past investments in which Ben served as the lead partner for NHV include: MX, Compete Inc, Placemark Investments, Paychoice, Simple Tuition/Valore Books, CashStar, and FSV Payment Systems. Ben also particpated as a member of NHV/Capital One's Early Warning Services, Forefield and Higher.

San Francisco, California, US

Led investment on behalf of Fprime Capital in Stride's Series B round. Member of Stride's Board of Directors until May2019

Boston, MA, US

Led investment on behalf of Fprime Capital in Toast's Series B round. (TOST)

Silver Spring, Maryland, US

Member of Truebill's Board of Directors on behalf of Cota Capital starting with Truebill's Series C fund raising round. Acquired by Rocket Mortgage (2022)

Cambridge, MA, US

Partner with a Financial Technology and Enterprise IT focused venture capital fund. Current and Past investments in which Ben served as the lead partner for Fprime include: Toast Inc, Snapsheet, Vestwell Stride and Blispay.

Portland, Maine, US

Acquired by Blackhawk (2017)

Boston, MA, US

Acquired by Follet (2017)

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

Acquired by Sage Software (2014)

Addison, TX, US

Acquired by Envestnet (2014)

Mclean, VA, US

Helped to found an internal investment fund focused on financial technology investments. Member of investment team for thirteen years including an unlevered SBIC fund with Capital One as the sole limited partner. Sourced and contributed to Capital One business development projects including investments in Early Warning Services (EWS/Zelle), Dealer Trak.

Jacksonville, Florida, US

Acquired by US Bank (2012)

Boston, MA, US

Acquired by TNS/WPP (2006)

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Responsibilities included: managing projects, business development and speaking at Financial Services conferences. Managed up to ten consultants at a time through eight strategy and operations improvement engagements.
• Merger and acquisition: Evaluated acquisition options for an internet brokerage firm interested in buying a competitor or an Electronic Communication Network (ECN).
• Strategy development and business transformation: Led $250+ million private equity fund’s effort to transform its business from a generalist to a focused investment model..
• Strategy development: Conducted strategy diagnostic for leading software supplier to the banking industry.
• Entry options evaluation: Developed credit card entry strategy for an automobile manufacturer.
• Operations improvement: Reviewed collections operations of a leading credit card portfolio in order to identify efficiency improvements and tactical opportunities.

Charlotte, NC, US

• Hired as a summer intern and asked to continue working part-time while in university (15 hours/week).
• Designed statistical model to forecast post charge-off recoveries on credit card portfolio.
• Analyzed behavioral data to determine early warning “triggers” used in credit card fraud prevention strategies.

Ba, Econometrics And Quantitative Economics, Political Science

Mba, Finance And Marketing