Alfred Y. Bentley III, PhD

Founder | Investor | Advisor | Board Member | Venture Fellow @ HustleFund | Professor

๐Ÿ“ United States๐Ÿ”„ Updated September 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 1 investments๐Ÿ“… 1 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Jul 2025
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Founder + Board Member + Investor + Strategic Advisor
Jul 2025
vipHomeLink is a U.S. tech company that provides the leading Engagement and Prevention platform to insurance partners and their homeowner customers. vipHomeLink enables partner companies to better engage and retain homeowner customers, prevent insurance claims, and leverage platform analytics to improve the profitability of their business. Our fully branded platform provides: 1. A personalized home management app that simplifies homeownership and empowers members to easily maintain, organize and improve their home. 2. Expert, multi-channel content that provides tailored home recommendations โ€” including preventative maintenance reminders, actionable weather alerts, and other home care, home value and energy efficiency tips. 3. An ecosystem of top IoT and home services partners to help homeowners create their smart-home future. 4. A proven, turnkey GTM playbook, and 5. Unique data & analytics โ€” including aggregated homeowner behavior data and property insights. Launched for iOS and Android in 2019, and backed by a group of sophisticated private investors, the Company is growing with partners across the home ecosystem and scaling its membership. Come join us!
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Founder + Board Member + Investor + Strategic Advisor
Jul 2025
vipHomeLink is a U.S. tech company that provides the leading Engagement and Prevention platform to insurance partners and their homeowner customers. vipHomeLink enables partner companies to better engage and retain homeowner customers, prevent insurance claims, and leverage platform analytics to improve the profitability of their business. Our fully branded platform provides: 1. A personalized home management app that simplifies homeownership and empowers members to easily maintain, organize and improve their home. 2. Expert, multi-channel content that provides tailored home recommendations โ€” including preventative maintenance reminders, actionable weather alerts, and other home care, home value and energy efficiency tips. 3. An ecosystem of top IoT and home services partners to help homeowners create their smart-home future. 4. A proven, turnkey GTM playbook, and 5. Unique data & analytics โ€” including aggregated homeowner behavior data and property insights. Launched for iOS and Android in 2019, and backed by a group of sophisticated private investors, the Company is growing with partners across the home ecosystem and scaling its membership. Come join us!
Venture Fellow
Jun 2025
Hustle Fund is a venture capital firm investing in hilariously-early pre-seed founders. Learn more about Hustle Fund and pitch us here: hustlefund.vc If you are here to learn about ANGEL SQUAD, youve come to the right place. We help teach professionals how to invest in startups alongside Hustle Fund. Learn how we do this here: https://hustlefund.vc/squad
2011
InnovateAWay, LLC
Founder + Principal
Dec 2011
early stage
2005
Program Manager & Founder, ThinkPlace
Mar 2005
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