Ben Johnston

Learning Advocate, Communications Director, Board Member

📍 Highland Park, Illinois, United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 2 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2018
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Board Observer
May 2018
Founded in 2015, Cartogram supports a mission to “navigate anyone from anywhere to anywhere”, combining the mapping and routing customization and integrations that healthcare needs with the Google Maps user experience that patients already know and love. Cartogram offers indoor and outdoor wayfinding software exclusively to healthcare clients, including mapping and content creation, hardware deployment, and end-to-end implementation. Cartogram’s proprietary indoor and outdoor positioning algorithms use hybrid GPS and BLE embedded within a Cartogram-enabled app that tells patients where to park, which entrance to use, and where their appointment is specifically inside of the building using real-time turn-by-turn blue dot navigation. Plus, seamless integration with Epic’s MyChart, Cerner, and every EHR provider comes standard with Cartogram software to deliver a pre-built wayfinding experience. Enhance the experience of every person that walks through your hospital’s front door on iOS, Android, web, chatbot, kiosk, digital signage, SMS, and QR code with Cartogram. Visit us at www.cartogram.com
Partner and Board Member
Mar 2017
Ergo Impact is dedicated to improving worker health, comfort and productivity through innovative product design. The LeanRite, our first product, is an award winning standing desk companion, ergonomic perch stool, standing support system, anti-fatigue mat, and office chair all-in-one. The LeanRite was selected as a finalist in the 2017 International Design Excellence Awards and won a prestigious Spark Design Award, also in 2017.
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2018
Board Observer
May 2018
Founded in 2015, Cartogram supports a mission to “navigate anyone from anywhere to anywhere”, combining the mapping and routing customization and integrations that healthcare needs with the Google Maps user experience that patients already know and love. Cartogram offers indoor and outdoor wayfinding software exclusively to healthcare clients, including mapping and content creation, hardware deployment, and end-to-end implementation. Cartogram’s proprietary indoor and outdoor positioning algorithms use hybrid GPS and BLE embedded within a Cartogram-enabled app that tells patients where to park, which entrance to use, and where their appointment is specifically inside of the building using real-time turn-by-turn blue dot navigation. Plus, seamless integration with Epic’s MyChart, Cerner, and every EHR provider comes standard with Cartogram software to deliver a pre-built wayfinding experience. Enhance the experience of every person that walks through your hospital’s front door on iOS, Android, web, chatbot, kiosk, digital signage, SMS, and QR code with Cartogram. Visit us at www.cartogram.com
2017
Partner and Board Member
Mar 2017
Ergo Impact is dedicated to improving worker health, comfort and productivity through innovative product design. The LeanRite, our first product, is an award winning standing desk companion, ergonomic perch stool, standing support system, anti-fatigue mat, and office chair all-in-one. The LeanRite was selected as a finalist in the 2017 International Design Excellence Awards and won a prestigious Spark Design Award, also in 2017.
2001
Co-Owner and VP of Marketing
Jan 2001
Don Johnston works with educators and organizations to support students who struggle to read and write because we believe that all students can learn! We empower educators with assistive technology solutions to help the widest range of students build core literacy and writing skills. Our award-winning products build in physical accessibility, integrate validated research, capitalize on new discoveries in brain science, align to current standards, and are presented in multiple medias through engaging instructional models. Children and adults with special needs and learning disabilities can count on us for support and technology accommodations.