Diligence memo · auto-generated · as of July 2, 2026
Ben, Inc.
Ben, Inc. looks fair against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.
Businessfiled
Ben, Inc. operates in Crypto / Web3, based in SAN DIEGO, CA, USA. The easiest way to learn about, buy, and store cryptocurrency.
Sub-sector tags: Crypto / Web3, crypto/web3.
Capital & rounds (filed)filed
Ben, Inc. has raised $580K in disclosed capital across 2 recorded rounds, aggregated from public filings. Its latest round is modeled as Pre-Seed (a round under $1.0M).
Largest single filing: $400K on 2017-10-31.
Most recent recorded round closed around 2017-10-31.
Valuation (modeled)modeled
Provath models Ben, Inc. at approximately $20M (range $219K–$232M). This is an algorithmic estimate from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
Read: Fair. Modeled value is 1.47× the median modeled value of Pre-Seed Crypto / Web3 companies in 2016–2018 (10 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era. Within the normal band (147% of peer median) for its niche.
Financing rhythm & timingmixed
Last raise 8.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 7 months.
Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
The last round was 1.3× smaller than the prior — a bridge or down round.
Comparablesmixed
Capital scale ranks ahead of 52% of Crypto / Web3 peers (196 compared).
Modeled value ranks above 59% of those peers.
Closest niche peers: Digital Asset Capital, Inc., Dmg Blockchain Solutions Inc., Arctic Blockchain Ltd., Blockchain Holdings Capital Ventures, Inc., 360 Blockchain Inc..
Peoplefiled
2 named people on file across officers, directors and signatories.
Risks & flagsmixed
Financing has been silent well beyond sector cadence — possibly defunct, acquired, or paused.
No clearly named CEO/founder/principal in the surfaced records — key-person evidence is thin.