Ben Gilbert

Ben Gilbert

Venture Partner at Pioneer Square Labs
Seattle, Washington, United States

Ben Gilbert is the co-founder and co-host of Acquired.FM and the Acquired podcast, and serves as a Venture Partner at Pioneer Square Labs. He has founded Acquired and Acquired.FM, both media companies that are still running, and PSL Ventures, a fund that is also still running. His expertise includes podcasting, venture capital, and software engineering.

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    Pioneer Square Labs Venture Partner 2024–present, General Partner + Managing Director, PSL Ventures 2021–2023, Co-Founder 2015–2021 · current
  • Acquired Co-Founder / Co-Host 2015–present · current
  • Acquired podcast Podcast Host · current
  • Acquired.FM Co-Founder / Co-Host · current
  • Madrona logo
    Madrona Co-Founder, Madrona Venture Labs 2014–2015 · past
  • Microsoft Head of The Garage 2013–2014, Program Manager, Office for iPad 2012–2013, Program Manager Intern - Office Web Apps 2011 · past
  • Red Ride Co-Founder 2013 · past
  • ExactTarget Solutions Designer – CoTweet 2010–2011 · past
  • Cisco Telepresence Exchange Test Engineer 2009 · past
  • Functional Delights Co-Founder 2009–2011 · past
  • Cisco Systems Web Development Engineer 2008 · past
  • Codonics, Inc. Product Test Engineer 2003–2007 · past

Education

  • The Ohio State University BSCSE, Computer Science and Engineering, Entrepreneurship

Organizations

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  • Pioneer Square Labs logo
    Pioneer Square Labs Venture Partner 2024–present, General Partner + Managing Director, PSL Ventures 2021–2023, Co-Founder 2015–2021 · current
  • Acquired Co-Founder / Co-Host 2015–present · current
  • Acquired podcast Podcast Host · current

Education

  • The Ohio State University BSCSE, Computer Science and Engineering, Entrepreneurship

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