Draft:Ben Luntz

Ben Luntz is an American Venture capitalist and investor. He is widely known as the co-founder and partner at Indicator Ventures, an early-stage investment fund, and as the co-founder of Apex Exposure.

Early life and education
Ben grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended The Fessenden School in Newton, Massachusetts for a short time and later went to The Holderness School, in Plymouth, New Hampshire. He completed high school in 1998 and then attended the University of Vermont, where he pursued bachelors degree in Political Science and Communications.

Career
Ben started his career by working as an account manager at FuseMarketing, an independent marketing agency. He moved to New York in 2002 when he took a job with Clear Channel Entertainment (now Live Nation). There he helped to create and manage custom branded live music events for Fortune 500 clients including Miller Brewing Co., SONY, and T-Mobile, among others.

2005 – 2011: Apex Exposure and Start of Venture Capital
In 2005, Ben joined Tenth Street Entertainment as Vice President of Integrated marketing where he was responsible for monetizing artist rights via sponsorships, endorsements and other corporate partnerships for artists like Mötley Crüe to Blondie. In 2007, Ben left Tenth Street to launch the digital marketing agency, Apex Exposure. He was CEO and co-founder at Apex Exposure for 4 years before the agency was acquired by Big Fuel, a pure play social media agency. After the acquisition of Apex Exposure ben acquired the position of Vice President emerging media at Big Fuel. Big Fuel was subsequently acquired by Publicis Group in 2011.

In 2009, while concurrently building Apex Exposure Ben became CEO and Co-founder at MadTravelers – a lifestyle logistics company providing luggage logistic services via the brands Lug Less, Ship2School and BoxMyDorm. Lug Less was featured on 25th episode of Shark Tank Season 4 in 2013 and was acquired by Luggage Forward in 2014.

2011 – 2014: Venture Capital early days (angel investor)
In 2011, Ben became the first investor and advisor to Buzz Table (Cake),a mobile CRM platform. Buzz Table was later acquired by Sysco (SYY) in 2015. In 2013 Ben joined Bombas as advisor and angel investor. Bombas was featured on first episode of Shark Tank Season 6 in 2014 and subsequently became one of the most successful brands in Shark Tank history with over $1b in lifetime sales. In addition to this, Ben also helped support start-ups as a mentor at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator(ERA).

2014 – Present: Institutional Venture Capital; Indicator Ventures
In 2014, Ben made the transition from an angel investor to an institutional investor when he founded Indicator Ventures, an early-stage Venture Capital fund.

Ben is on the board of directors for a number of companies, including BOND, which was acquired by Newell Brands (NWL) in April 2016, and Inkshares, which produced the Apple TV series, Palm Royale. In 2022, he transitioned to Partner Emeritus.

Philanthropy
In 2014, Ben joined the Board of Directors for Experience Camps, which is a 501.3c nonprofit founded in 2009. It provides nationwide no-cost programing for grieving children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or primary caregiver.