Benjamin Solenthaler is a Managing Partner at Lightbird who co-founded Marcau Partners, a firm that operates as an outsourced VC manager for corporates like Ringier Digital Ventures, putting him in the rare position of both building funds and managing them professionally. A former computer scientist who entered venture capital through corporate finance, he brings a competitive ice hockey player's team mentality to investing and focuses on technically deep, machine-learning products that can deliver measurable results quickly.