Ben Rifkin

Ben Rifkin has a diverse work experience in various roles and companies. Ben currently serves as the CEO and President of Ten Eighty Capital since July 2018. In addition, they are a Member of the Board of Directors for both Northern Revival Acquisition Corp. since May 2023 and ChatLingual since September 2015.

Furthermore, Ben has worked as a Board Observer for Lynq Technologies since October 2018 and as an Advisor for both Momentous since February 2019 and Clear2 since March 2019 until December 2022. Ben is also a Co-Founder of AcceleratUM since July 2018 until December 2022.

Moreover, Ben has served on the Board of Directors for Bend Labs from January 2016 until January 2020. Ben has experience as a Mentor at BoomStartup from November 2014 until November 2019, where they provided guidance to cohort companies in sales, marketing, and venture capital fundraising. Additionally, they worked as a Venture Partner at Royal Street Ventures from February 2016 until December 2018, where the focus was on seed stage investments across the Midwest to the Pacific U.S. region.

Ben Rifkin attended Dartmouth College from 1996 to 2000, where they obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in English/Creative Writing. In 1998, they participated in a Language Study Abroad program at UPAEP, focusing on Spanish Language/Literature.