Team
Jeremy Gardner
Venture Partner
Jeremy Gardner founded BEN in 2014 while at the University of Michigan.
He has co-founded Augur, SAAVHA, Disrupt, and more. He has invested in over 100 startups as an angel and VC.
Jeremy is currently the Managing Partner at Ausum Ventures and Mystic Ventures.
Erick Pinos
Managing Partner
Erick Pinos is the President of the BEN. He is a metaverse investor specializing in virtual land.
Erick has a BS in Management from MIT, where he was the President of the MIT Bitcoin Club, as well as a researcher at the MIT Digital Currency Initiative.
Antonio Gomes
Managing Partner
Antonio is the Director of Operations at BEN, past president of Gator Blockchain Club, and a 2020 graduate of B.A at the Warrington College of Business.
Antonio worked for over a year at Oracle Inc headquarters with a proven talent for aligning business strategy, then interning at multiple VC firms and a Crypto OTC brokerage.