Angela’s Bio

Angela Benton is a seasoned founder, CEO, and investor whose career spans nearly two decades building companies at the intersection of technology, data, and culture. She is recognized as a visionary leader who not only anticipates emerging trends but also creates the systems, platforms, and businesses that define them.

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 fundraising from top-tier investors.

She also launched the first accelerator focused on underrepresented founders in Silicon Valley, which helped entrepreneurs raise over $47 million in venture capital and influenced a new generation of investors and operators. Through this work, she became widely regarded as a builder of ecosystems, someone who can identify talent and opportunities early and scale them into lasting impact.

Today, Angela leads Fruit Ventures, her family office and venture studio, where she incubates and invests in companies across technology, media, consumer products, and private credit.

Across her career, Angela has:

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

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

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

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

• Balanced strategic vision with operational and financial execution.

Across her career, Angela has raised over $50 million and helped others raise more than $250 million—placing her among the rare founders shaping capital not just as a resource, but as a tool for systemic redesign.

Angela’s insights and work have been featured by CNN, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and USA Today. She continues to be a sought-after advisor and executive for companies at the forefront of innovation.

In her spare time she contributes her time to the Heirloom Foundation, a non-profit platform for ethical technology and regenerative economics.