Ben Hemani, Bison Ventures Fund 1

Ben Hemani is a founding partner and managing director of the general partner of Bison Ventures Fund 1. See contact routes.

About Ben Hemani

Ben Hemani is a founding partner and managing director of the general partner of Bison Ventures Fund 1, a Seattle-based firm he co-founded in 2022 after working at Cascade Asset Management, the investment office associated with the Gates family. Bison says it is a generalist frontier-technology investor, with Hemani especially focused on AI-enabled innovation in the physical world. Public sources indicate the firm backs science- and engineering-heavy startups, often at seed and Series A, and has led multiple recent rounds. Typical check size and lead/follow preference are not clearly disclosed in the available sources. Named portfolio companies associated with Bison include Cobot, Juvena Therapeutics, Cadstrom, Allonnia, Bonsai Robotics, Grid Aero, Passkey, Sleuth, Vivodyne, Frontera Health, Semaphor Surgical, and Inner Logic. Hemani’s public writing appears limited in the sources found; the clearest published view is Bison’s emphasis on frontier tech and AI for physical-world applications.

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Role
Director
Organization
Bison Ventures Fund 1
Location
Seattle
Investor type
Venture Capital

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