Ben Wiener
Author / Venture Capitalist
Most founders think the pitch is about the deck. Ben Wiener has spent years seeing what most founders miss: the real pitch begins long before the first slide and often breaks down in the places founders least expect.
Ben is the Managing Partner of Jumpspeed Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on Jerusalem-founded startups. Since 2014, he has invested in dozens of startups, often providing their very first capital, and has become a thoughtful voice on startup strategy, founder storytelling, and what makes investors lean in or quietly walk away.
He is also the author of Fever Pitch: A Novel About Selling Your Vision, Raising Venture Capital, and Launching Your Startup, a business fable wrapped inside a startup thriller. The book follows a founder whose pitch almost works, but almost is not enough when the money is running out and survival depends on hearing one word: yes.
What makes Ben’s work so compelling is how deeply he understands the founder’s invisible battle. The pressure to sound certain when the future is uncertain. The need to sell a vision before the proof has fully arrived. The painful gap between having a strong idea and making someone else believe in it enough to write a check.
This is a conversation about persuasion, rejection, belief, timing, and the quiet moments where founders either sharpen their story or lose the room.
