Ben Braverman

Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Saga Ventures. Operator-turned-investor with deep B2B-scaling chops.

Snapshot

• Email: ben@sagavc.com (EA: Amy Abaday amy@sagavc.com)
• Firm: Saga Ventures ($125M Fund I)
• Role: Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Background

• Flexport (~2015–2024, ~9 years):
  • Started as Chief Revenue Officer
  • Promoted to Chief Customer Officer
  • Finally led Flexport Ventures + Corporate Development
• Saga Ventures (Mar 2024 → present) — co-founded with Max Altman + Thomson Nguyen.

Investing thesis

Saga targets seed-stage in AI, logistics, climate impact, financial services. Check size $2-2.5M. Operator-empathy a signature — Ben’s lived through scaling a B2B unicorn from CRO seat.

Fundraise Relationship (init.inc)

• 🏁 LEAD SIGNED — 2026-06-05: Saga (Max Altman led; Ben co-founder/GTM partner) leads init.inc’s seed (signed; post-money YC SAFE + standard YC pro-rata side letter). Round oversubscribed (competing term sheets); Saga chosen to lead. Ben is the GTM hand — Max: “I really think Ben can help you with GTM.” The 5/29 opening offer (smaller Saga-plus-angels structure, Ben on angel intros — “Sam blond would be great”). A strategic-angel allocation remains open (init actively filling it — no angel closed yet). (Exact terms in the private CRM + log.md; full arc on Saga Ventures.)
• 2026-05-28 2pm — first meeting (coffee). Amy (EA) sent invite Wed 5/27.
• Approach: lead with operator credibility + customer-pain signal; Ben respects scaling-execution > narrative.

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