Benjamin Wald

About Benjamin Wald

Ben is currently an Operating Partner at Galaxy Interactive. As the Founder of Very and having been involved in hundreds of product launches in the last 14 years, Ben led a team of over 100 full-time engineers, designers, and data scientists working with clients on their most complex engineering and GTM challenges.Under Ben\'s leadership, Very made the Inc. list of fastest growing US companies for 7 consecutive years and won numerous workplace and innovation awards, such as Inc. Magazine Best Workplaces, Business Intelligence Group Best Places to Work, Best Companies for Women to Advance, Best Place to Work for Dads, Times Best Invention of the Year, BIG Innovation awards and others. During his time at Very, Ben has spearheaded the development of several ventures spun out from the company, such as Peridio, an OTA Firmware orchestration SaaS platform launched in 2021, and Foresight, a platform focused on predicting and mitigating employee burnout, launched in 2018. His entrepreneurial achievements also include co-founding ReadyCart, which was featured on stage at the Forbes Under 30 Summit in 2014, and then acquired by Grapevine Inc in 2017. Before founding Very in 2011, Ben served as the Chief Executive Partner at Ashoka Changemakers, where he developed products connecting social entrepreneurs with global resources. He remains committed to social impact by advising non-profits and serving as a judge for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Annual Innovation Showcase (ISHOW), a global competition for hardware-led social innovation in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022. Ben’s early career includes co-founding two successful startups. He dropped out of Babson College to pursue his first venture, a textbook rental platform called Knetbooks that raised over $5M in venture before being acquired in 2009. He also co-founded LookSharp, a platform that secured over $10M in venture and was later acquired by WayUp in 2017. His efforts earned him a spot on the list of BusinessWeek’s American’s Best Young Entrepreneurs under 25 in 2008.

Experience

1. Operating Partner

   Galaxy Interactive

   Jul 2024 — Present · New York, NY, US

   A global VC backing builders at the intersection of interactive content, technology, & social commerce.Gaming is more than play—it’s a testing ground for solutions that shape real-world industries from healthcare to finance. NVIDIA’s evolution from GPU technology for gaming to powering critical AI and HPC infrastructure shows how innovations born in play can transform entire sectors. At Galaxy Interactive, we back founders building immersive worlds and the cutting-edge technology stack behind them, unlocking transformational consumer and enterprise experiences. Ben supports the team and portfolio as a full-time consultant in the role of Operating Partner.

Education

• Babson College

  Entrepreneurship & Strategic Management

  2005 — 2007

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• Mobile Devices
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Product Management
• Software Development
• Leadership
• Venture Capital
• Market Research
• Social Media
• Social Entrepreneurship
• New Business Development
• Strategic Partnerships
• Mobile Applications
• Sales
• Negotiation
• Online Marketing
• Lead Generation
• Strategic Consulting
• Management Consulting
• Mergers
• Competitive Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Business Development
• Facebook
• Marketing
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Finance
• Social Media Marketing
• SEO
• Consulting
• Fundraising
• Marketing Strategy
• Email Marketing
• Saas
• Social Enterprise
• Crm
• Management
• Team Building