12 Facts About Angela Benton

Angela Benton was born on May 22,1981 and is an American businesswoman.

Angela Benton is a pioneer of diversity and one of the most important African-Americans in the technology industry.

Angela Benton has helped minority-led tech companies raise over $47 million in venture capital funding.

Angela Benton has received numerous accolades for her work, including recognition as one of Goldman Sachs' 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs, Fast Company's Most Influential Women In Technology, and Business Insiders' 25 Most Influential African-Americans in Technology.

Angela Benton has been featured in numerous national and international media outlets including CNN's award-winning documentary series by Soledad O'Brien Black in America: The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley, MSNBC, Bloomberg Television, Inc, Forbes, Good Morning America, and the Wall Street Journal where she was a featured essayist for the paper's 125th Anniversary edition on "The Future of Entrepreneurship".

In June 2011 Angela Benton launched the first NewME accelerator cohort in Silicon Valley.

Angela Benton was featured as one of the primary subjects in the documentary.

Angela Benton founded Streamlytics, a next generation data ecosystem that provides ethical, human powered data, in 2018 to democratize data collection.

Angela Benton is the market leader for an emerging data category, coined community driven data, which places data ownership into the hands of the consumers that create it.

Angela Benton is a breast cancer survivor and advocate for health and wellness as it relates to entrepreneurship.

Angela Benton authored REVIVAL in 2017 after her cancer diagnosis.

Angela Benton produced a documentary series titled, Venture, on her time there.