| Website | benkeighran.com |
| @benkeighran | |
| Birthplace | Sydney, Australia |
| Birthdate | 3/8/82 |
Ben Keighran is an Australian born internet entrepreneur based in San Francisco.
He is currently the Co-Founder of a Stealth Mobile Startup and is Lead advisor for mobile products at Aardvark and an advisor to Clixtr.
Background: Ben taught himself programming at the age of 10 and started an electronic bulletin board called The Zone at the age of 12. The Zone had more than 1000 people dialing into his parents home phone line each week and was one of Sydney, Australia’s most popular BBSs.
In 2006, Ben launched Bluepulse, a mobile social messaging application that users could download directly to any internet enabled mobile phone. The service allowed users to share pictures, videos, status updates and have group conversations with friends. It was downloaded more than 2mm times in the first month it launched and was known as the most downloaded java application ever.
Coming from Australia, Ben raised $6.5mm from Vantage Point Venture Partners to build Bluepulse and was then later nominated by Business Week as one of America’s top Entrepreneur’s under the age of 25. Ben grew Bluepulse to be a point where users were exchanging 300mm messages per month and then exited the business in 2008. He has had no involvement since then.
