Ben Patterson

General Partner (Elementum Ventures); Managing Partner (Ten VC), Elementum Ventures, Ten VC
Ben Patterson evaluates very early technical teams from an active pre-seed/seed and deep‑tech investing perspective, advises other investors, and maintains an unusually open-door policy for founders.
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$250K - $1.5M
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USA, Europe, Canada, Israel
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About Ben Patterson

Ben Patterson serves as both Managing Partner at Ten VC and General Partner at Elementum Ventures, giving him an active perspective across pre-seed/seed investing and deep-tech funding that shapes how he evaluates very early technical teams. He advises other investors including 1517 Fund and serves as a partner at 10k Investments (the Coors family venture arm), while maintaining an unusually open-door approach where founders can contact him directly rather than requiring introductions.

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Elementum Ventures

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Deeptech / Hardware, AI, Biotech, Climate, Enterprise
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$250K - $1.5M

Elementum Ventures is a bespoke seed investor whose three general partners are all multi-exit founder-operators willing to step into unexpected operating roles like "COO, CFO, sales rep, headhunter, janitor" for their portfolio companies. The fund focuses on pre-seed deep technology startups building around differentiated IP, backing frontier deep tech companies that are both mission-heavy and technically ambitious across categories like defense, carbon conversion, space, fusion, and advanced biotech.

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