Ben (@benaratame) — Twitter Score 123 out of 1000

Ben is an angel investor and startup operator who co-founded instinct© and founded Aratame Fund, a microgrant program he personally funds. Ben's Twitter Score is 123 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #5,289 (top 5%) among 498,071 tracked accounts.

Ben co-founded instinct© and also co-founded CHOPPED VC. He founded Aratame Fund, which provides grants ranging from $100 to $1,000 with no repayment required, funded solely by him, with any community contributions going directly toward grants. He also founded RankExchange and created Methods, a UGC marketplace app he built as a fully bootstrapped project with no outside capital.

Ben previously worked at Ideogram, Cluely, Arcade, Airchat, Cal AI, Turbo, Retro, and Coconote, taking on growth, strategy, and marketing roles across those teams. He describes himself as a creator with more than 350,000 followers across social platforms. Ben has noted publicly that he purchased bitcoin at $12,000 and again at $32,000. His account has published 2,297 posts and has been mentioned by 23 accounts a total of 26 times.

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The accounts that follow Ben include 410 founders, 106 angel investors, 254 influencers and 2 VCs, among them Marc Andreessen, Threadguy, Luca Netz, Vance Spencer, Frank and Foobar.