Angela’s Bio

Angela Benton is a founder, CEO, investor, and strategic advisor whose career spans nearly two decades building companies at the intersection of technology, data, intelligence, and culture. She is recognized for identifying emerging shifts early and building the systems, platforms, and businesses that help bring them into existence.

Angela is best known for founding Streamlytics, a data-as-a-service company that processed more than 10 billion data points from consumers in over 125 countries. By championing ethical data use and licensing, she created one of the earliest consumer-powered data businesses; leading large-scale operations, managing multi-million-dollar infrastructure costs, and raising capital from top-tier investors.

Earlier in her career, Angela founded NewME Accelerator, the first accelerator focused on underrepresented founders in Silicon Valley. Through NewME, she helped entrepreneurs raise more than $47 million in venture capital and influenced a new generation of founders, investors, and operators. Her work established her reputation as an ecosystem builder with a unique ability to identify talent, uncover opportunity, and transform emerging ideas into lasting impact.

Today, Angela leads Fruit Ventures, where she works as a strategic advisor to founders, executives, and emerging companies navigating periods of growth, reinvention, and technological change. Her work combines intelligence design, company positioning, and capital strategy—helping organizations identify the true value of what they are building and translate it into products, narratives, and opportunities that resonate with customers, investors, partners, and the public.

Drawing on her experience as a founder, CEO, investor, and operator, Angela is known for helping leaders uncover the deeper architecture of their businesses. She works at the intersection of expertise, data, technology, and storytelling—transforming institutional knowledge into scalable systems, compelling narratives, and durable competitive advantages. Her advisory work frequently spans product strategy, intelligence architecture, fundraising readiness, executive positioning, and long-term business design.

Across her career, Angela has:

• Scaled companies from pre-launch to growth stage as CEO.

• Raised millions in venture funding and built extensive investor networks.

• Operated at the intersection of SaaS, data infrastructure, intellectual property, and emerging technologies.

• Built and led cross-functional teams in high-growth environments.

• Advised founders and executives on strategy, positioning, fundraising, and organizational development.

• Helped companies translate complex expertise into scalable products, platforms, and market opportunities.

Across her career, Angela has raised more than $50 million and helped other founders raise over $250 million; placing her among a rare group of leaders who understand capital not simply as a resource, but as a tool for building systems, creating opportunity, and driving long-term change.

Angela's insights and work have been featured by CNN, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today, and numerous other media outlets. She continues to advise and support founders, executives, and organizations operating at the forefront of technology, data, intelligence, and innovation.