Number of Portfolio Companies 1
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Early Stage Venture, Seed

Angela Benton is a pioneer of diversity in the technology industry and raising awareness around the inequalities that exist in the industry. In 2011 she founded NewME (acquired), the first accelerator globally for minorities. Through her leadership NewME has accelerated hundreds of entrepreneurs helping the nascent companies to raise over $47

million in venture capital funding.

To date, Benton has received numerous accolades some of which include Goldman Sachs’ 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs, Fast Company’s Most Influential Women In Technology, Business Insiders’ 25 Most Influential African-Americans in Technology, Marie Claire’s 50 Women Who Rule, Ebony Magazine's’ Power 150 and many more.

In addition, Benton has been featured in numerous national and international media outlets including CNN’s award winning documentary series Black in America: The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley, MSNBC, Bloomberg, Inc, Forbes, Good Morning America, and the Wall Street Journal where she was a featured essayist alongside Mark Zuckerberg for the paper’s 125th Anniversary edition on The Future of Entrepreneurship.

At the helm of her latest venture, Angela continues to uncover untapped spaces in technology and innovation.

Number of Investments 1
Angela Benton invested in Bevy on Mar 24, 2021. This investment - Series C - Bevy - was valued at
$40M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Mar 24, 2021
Bevy
Series C - Bevy
$40M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 5
Angela Benton is the Founder & CEO at Streamlytics. Additionally, Angela Benton has had 5 past jobs including Founder & CEO at NewMe Accelerator.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
NewMe Accelerator
Founder & CEOMar 2011Dec 2018
Black Web Media
Founder & CEOAug 2007May 2012
Cued
Founder & CEOApr 2011Aug 2011
BlackWeb20
Founder & Publisher20072011
IAC (RealEstate.com, LendingTree.com, RushmoreDrive.com)
Team MemberSep 2006Apr 2009
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Angela Benton is the Advisor at Stack.
Number of Events 4
Angela Benton has participated in 4 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, Startup Grind on Nov 15, 2018.