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Founder score
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)Past founder of GitPrime and Studiofluid.
- 88%Probability of being accurate (88%)Y Combinator Winter 2016 batch alum via GitPrime.
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)GitPrime was acquired by Pluralsight for $170 million in cash.
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)GitHub account @thompsonben is linked from the LinkedIn profile.
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)GitHub account @thompsonben has been active for approximately 7 years (created February 2019).
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)GitHub account @thompsonben is dormant with no public repository push activity detected.
- 80%Probability of being accurate (80%)GitPrime was co-founded with at least one other co-founder.
- 75%Probability of being accurate (75%)GitPrime raised $12.5M in total funding across 4 rounds.
Investor score
- 45%Probability of being accurate (45%)Publicly identified as an angel investor with recorded investments including Kindling.
- 40%Probability of being accurate (40%)Made 3 recorded investments per CB Insights, including a Pre-Seed round in Kindling in April 2024.
What you likely need
You have a strong founder track record with a successful $170M exit (GitPrime to Pluralsight) and Y Combinator pedigree, but your public technical presence has gone quiet since the acquisition. Your current investor-advisor role at King Energy and early angel activity suggest you may be exploring what comes next — whether that's a new venture or a more deliberate investing path.
Are these your current priorities?
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- introsRe-engage your YC W16 network to source co-founders or early customers for any new venture you're considering.
- fundraisingWith 3 angel investments already made post-exit, consider formalizing a small syndicate or SPV to deploy capital more systematically and build an investor brand.
- positioningPush at least one public project to GitHub to signal that you're still actively building — your account has been dormant since creation and undermines your 'Founder, Designer' headline.
- positioningPublish a detailed post-mortem or case study on building and selling GitPrime — the dev-productivity space is hot again and your firsthand experience would attract significant attention.
- positioningYour rare combination of design leadership (Sony, Lattice) and technical founding experience is a differentiated angle — lean into 'design-led founder' positioning when pitching or advising.
- fundraisingIt has been ~5 years since the GitPrime acquisition; if you're planning a new company, now is a strong time to move — your exit credibility and YC alumni status make fundraising significantly easier.
- hiringWhen building your next team, lean into remote-first hiring — your Durango, Colorado base and GitPrime's distributed origins are proof points that great engineering teams don't need to be in SF.