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Ben Stokes is listed as Founding Partner + Board Co-Chair + 40 under 40 Rising Star Venture Capital 2023 at Chasing Rainbows, based in San Francisco Bay Area, United States, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at salesforce.com, phone signal with area code 415, 029, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Ben Stokes.
Ben Stokes previously worked as Founding Partner at Chasing Rainbows and Board Member at Lgbtq+ Victory Institute. Ben Stokes holds Venture Capital from University Of California, Berkeley.
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Ben Stokes is the Founding Partner of Chasing Rainbows, an early-stage investment fund which invests in LGBTQ+ founded companies ensures greater access to capital for underrepresented founders. He is an emerging fund manager with both startup and corporate experience, Ben has been a driving force in creating opportunities for LGBTQ+ founders to receive early funding. In 2023, Ben was named 40 under 40 Rising Stars of Venture by the Venture Capital Journal, and named 40 under 40 LGBTQ+ Pride Leaders by Business Equality Magazine. In 2022, he was named in the Top 100 Investors by Alumni Spotlight and was recognized by the NVCA, as one of the Top LGBTQ+ Investors Making an Impact. In addition to this, in 2021, Ben spoke at the UN General Assembly on Living with Purpose, has been a guest speaker for the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Centre, British Government and gave the Graduation Address for his Alma Alter after being awarded Young Alumni of the Year 2021 for the University of Tasmania. On top of this, Ben sits on a number of NFP boards, including co-chairing StartOut’s Investor Board. Prior to founding Chasing Rainbows, Ben previously founded SocialTable, a social platform used on every continent. Using his own experience as an LGBTQ+ founder of color, he has been an active angel investor in companies led by underrepresented founders and has fostered a number through to their exit or next investment phase, which laid the foundation for Chasing Rainbows’ thesis. Ben mentors through a number of organizations, including Australian Landing Pad in San Francisco, Techstars in Washington DC, Out in Tech in New York, River City Labs in Brisbane, Sunramp at the Sunshine Coast University (to name a few), assisting founders to navigate the road to entrepreneurial success - with a particular interest in those who want to take their start-ups and scale-ups global. Ben is a Material Change Institute Fellow, and has his Executive MBA. He also attended UC Berkeley’s Venture Capital Program, and was selected to be part of both the StartOut Growth Lab, a start-up incubator located in San Francisco, and RBL1, based in Austin. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur he worked at Oracle and Salesforce. Ben grew up on a farm on the North-West Coast of Tasmania after being adopted from an orphanage in Sri Lanka by a loving Tasmanian family. His mission is to help create a world that's built on radical inclusivity where diversity of knowledge and experience is celebrated, a cornerstone for the vision of his fund Chasing Rainbows.
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San Francisco, US
Chasing Rainbows: Empowering LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurship 🌈🚀 Unicorn-Builders | 🤝 Acquisition Experts | 💥 Driving SuccessOur game-changing fund ignites LGBTQ+ entrepreneurship. We've achieved unicorn status with an early investment and facilitated successful acquisitions.With LGBTQ+ founders receiving less than 0.5% of VC funding, we lead the change. Our.
San Francisco, CA, US
Programming Board and Active volunteer mentoring and coaching entrepreneurs within the StartOut organization.
Sydney, New South Wales, AU
Mentor at the Australian Landing Pad in San Francisco, assisting Australian founders in San Francisco take their startups and scaleups global, with particular focus on the US.Austrade's San Francisco Landing Pad helps advise on market entry and go to market strategies, business development, growth, scaling operations, customer acquisition and customer.
Angel Investor - with a focus on helping underrepresented founders get early access to capital.
Designed and implemented sales operations plans, metrics, processes, systems, and policies strategies quickly to deliver growth, restructure segments, create additional channels, regional expansion, and Transition sales deliver new sales leadership strategies and approaches. Develop sales coverage and enablement plans and programs based on data, analytics.
Potts Point, NSW, AU
Deliver brand-aligned local events and pride activations to raise funds and awareness and which engage local stakeholdersPromote the availability of scholarships and assist with scholar and mentor selectionSupport the management team to develop and maintain relationships with existing and prospective donors and partners to raise fundsFoster productive.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, HK
Gay Games 11 Hong Kong 2022’s (GGHK) unique combination of sport, arts, culture, fun and community brings together diverse groups of people to experience moments of joy. It will create unity and positive attitudes that will last a lifetime in Hong Kong, Asia and beyond under our tagline “Unity In Diversity”.GGHK will take place on 11-19 November 2022.
Sydney, 2010, AU
SocialTable is a social networking platform originally founded in Australia which has scaled globally, with events on every continent. Originally designed as a social dining platform, it now includes a virtual networking platform used by both organisations and individuals. Built on the premise of radical inclusivity, the platform removes unconscious bias.
Denver, Colorado, US
Competent Sales Director responsible for building out the Enterprise Sales Strategy and Team. Consulting with large enterprises and engaging them in a solution-based sales cycle. Presenting the value of the Lever Talent Acquisition Suite to senior C-level executives, Recruitment Teams, and Heads of Talent. Closed Lever’s largest 3 customers. Creating and.
San Francisco, California, US
Managed a fast sales cycle and presented the value of the Salesforce Platform to senior c-level executives across businesses with 400–1400 seats. Built strong relationships with customers, who were both the end user, and the executives buying into the vision of what Salesforce can do for their business goals. Presented options for using the Salesforce.
Austin, Texas, US
Managed an 8-person sales and presales team within the Oracle Health Sciences Global Business Unit. Responsible for the sale of business applications software solutions and related services to prospective and existing customers. Developed solution proposals encompassing all aspects of the application tailored to customer’s strategic goals. Negotiated.
London, GB
Lead a team of six Product Specialists responsible for the Mentor and Ethicon Product ranges in Central Sydney. Attended surgical cases, giving intra-operative education and support when needed by doctors, nurses, and other clinical professionals. Responsible for training staff and for the continual growth of the Ethicon and Mentor divisions of business..
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, US
Responsible for all Applied Medical sales in the northern NSW region, including laparoscopic surgery education. Attended surgical cases, giving intra-operative information and support when needed to doctors, nurses and other clinical professionals. Responsible for training staff and the continual growth of the Applied Medical range across the region..
Watford, Hertfordshire, GB
Responsible for sales in hips, knees, trauma, capital equipment and endoscopy. Attended surgical cases, giving intra-operative information and support. Training staff, including in-servicing doctors, nurses and other clinical professionals. Supplied key marketing information crucial for the continual growth of Smith and Nephew’s business. Managed to secure.
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Ben Stokes is listed as Founding Partner + Board Co-Chair + 40 under 40 Rising Star Venture Capital 2023 at Chasing Rainbows.
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Ben Stokes has worked for Chasing Rainbows, Lgbtq+ Victory Institute, Startout, Australian Trade And Investment Commission (Austrade), and Various.
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Ben Stokes holds Venture Capital from University Of California, Berkeley.
Ben Stokes is listed with skills including Strategy, Medical Devices, Sales Process, Management, Sales Operations, Healthcare, Leadership, and New Business Development.
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