Benjamin Malka

Investor @ First Connect Insurance Services

About

Experienced Partner with a proven track record in Venture Capital and Growth Equity investing. Skilled in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Start-ups, Leadership, Business Development, Fintech and Financial Services. Investment professional with an MBA from University of Chicago and a BA focused in Economics and Political Science from Stanford University.

Country

United States

City

San Francisco Bay Area

Industry

Financial Services

Skill

Venture Capital, Investments, Start-ups, Mergers, Financial Services Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Development, Financial Services, Private Equity, FinTech, Leadership, Portfolio Management, Strategy, Executive Management, Strategic Partnerships, Business Strategy

Experience

Investor

First Connect Insurance Services

2024-10 - Present · 2 yrs

Palo Alto, California, United States

Director

Glow

2021-5 - Present · 5 yrs 5 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Director

Farther

2020-1 - Present · 6 yrs 9 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Member of Farther's Board of Directors on behalf of Cota Capital's investment in Farther's Seed Round

Board Observer

Radius

2020-1 - Present · 6 yrs 9 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Partner

Cota Capital

2019-11 - Present · 6 yrs 11 mos

San Francisco, California, United States

Partner at Cota Capital focused on early stage, financial technology Venture Capital investments. Co-founding partner of Cota Fintech Ventures, Current board roles at Cota Capital include: Qu, Farther, Radius, Citcon, Glow and First Connect

Investor

AvantStay

2017-2 - Present · 9 yrs 8 mos

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Sponsored investment in seed round in AvantStay with Jay Farber at Fprime

Investor

Vestwell

2016-9 - Present · 10 yrs 1 mo

New York

Led investment on behalf of Fprime Capital in Vestwell's Seed round along with Primary VC and Fintech Collective. Lead investor in Vestwell's series A round. Member of Vestwell's Board of Directors through Vestwell's Series B capital raise led by Goldman Sachs

Investor

Snapsheet Inc

2016-10 - Present · 10 yrs

Chicago

Led investment on behalf of Fprime Capital in Snapsheet's Series C round. Member of the Board of Directors from October 2016 - April 2019 through Snapsheet's Series E capital raise.

Board Observer

2014-7 - Present · 12 yrs 3 mos

Provo, Utah Area

Co-Led Pre-A investment round on behalf of North Hill Ventures with TTV Capital and Commerce VC

Partner

North Hill Ventures

1999-9 - Present · 27 yrs 1 mo

Boston and San Francisco

General Partner at a financial technology focused VC fund. Current and Past investments in which Ben served as the lead partner for NHV include: MX, Compete Inc, Placemark Investments, Paychoice, Simple Tuition/Valore Books, CashStar, and FSV Payment Systems. Ben also particpated as a member of NHV/Capital One's Early Warning Services, Forefield and Higher One investment teams.