Ben Smith

Executive Director, Vobile Group (HKEX: 3738) | Public Company Board Director | AI in Media & Entertainment | Ex-YouTube/Google

📍 Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2019𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member
Jun 2019
47 Samurai is a digital ADOPSaaS consultancy for programmatic OTT content companies in linear and VOD. Our clients engage with us to help them build their ad product from the ground up, handle business development to get the best demand partners in the industry, and manage their day-to-day account and yield management. We're an entire Ad Operations team-in-a-box.
Board/Investor
Apr 2018
Bonsai’s mission is to transform the world’s most trusted content into its most trusted stores. We began in 2016 as a streetwear style and news app. Now, we’re leading the market shift toward content-driven commerce–having partnered with 30 of the world’s largest publishers and integrated more than 1,200 brands. Our technology allows users to transact natively within the content that’s inspiring them to buy. For publishers, we provide a better revenue alternative to intrusive ads and the chance to own the customer from inspiration to gratification. For merchants, we put their natively shoppable products in front of an audience at the moment purchasing intent is being formed, achieving more sales with less friction. Bonsai’s vision is to make this possible everywhere you discover products.
early stageRetail
Board Member
Aug 2016
LeaseAbuse is a new monitoring system for the short-term rental properties in the Unites States. This new tool makes it easy for landlords and property management firms to find-out if one of their renters is listing an apartment in third party rental websites
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2019
Board Member
Jun 2019
47 Samurai is a digital ADOPSaaS consultancy for programmatic OTT content companies in linear and VOD. Our clients engage with us to help them build their ad product from the ground up, handle business development to get the best demand partners in the industry, and manage their day-to-day account and yield management. We're an entire Ad Operations team-in-a-box.
2018
Board/Investor
Apr 2018
Bonsai’s mission is to transform the world’s most trusted content into its most trusted stores. We began in 2016 as a streetwear style and news app. Now, we’re leading the market shift toward content-driven commerce–having partnered with 30 of the world’s largest publishers and integrated more than 1,200 brands. Our technology allows users to transact natively within the content that’s inspiring them to buy. For publishers, we provide a better revenue alternative to intrusive ads and the chance to own the customer from inspiration to gratification. For merchants, we put their natively shoppable products in front of an audience at the moment purchasing intent is being formed, achieving more sales with less friction. Bonsai’s vision is to make this possible everywhere you discover products.
early stageRetail
2016
Board Member
Aug 2016
LeaseAbuse is a new monitoring system for the short-term rental properties in the Unites States. This new tool makes it easy for landlords and property management firms to find-out if one of their renters is listing an apartment in third party rental websites
2014
Venture Advisor
May 2014
Not in Silicon Valley? Not a problem. Mucker Capital invests in Seed and Series A stage companies outside Silicon Valley.
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