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Ben Borton

Ben Borton

Co-Founder & CRO, PodPlay Technologies

Mr. Borton is a Co-Founder and CRO of PodPlay Technologies responsible for go-to-market strategy and managing our Sales and Marketing teams. He is also the Chief Strategy Officer and was the first outside investor in PodPlay’s parent company PingPod Inc. Mr. Borton was previously Head of Digital Fund Services at Figure Technologies from February 2020 to July 2022, a Partner at Mountaineer Partners from January 2012 to December 2019, and a Partner at MM Capital from 2009 to 2011. He has been a Founder/Partner in multiple investment management firms during his career and an active technology angel investor. Mr. Borton received a Masters’ degree from the University of Chicago and a BA in Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Recent Posts

Pickleball 365: A PodPlay Case Study

Will anyone go to an unstaffed pickleball club? Pickleball 365 in Fair Haven, Michigan booked 13.7 court-hours per day — more than many staffed clubs are even open.

Build the surfaces. Find the voices. Let them compound.

Introducing the PodPlay Creator Collective — a small, selective program for pickleball creator ambassadors, in development with Kaitlyn Kerr, PodPlay Head of Content and Partnerships. Creators keep their own channels. We add the surfaces.

Content is Infrastructure

The first instinct most software companies have about content is to treat it as marketing. That's the wrong frame. Content isn't how PodPlay tells the world about the product. Content is part of the product.

Other Team Members

Maximilian Kogler

Maximilian Kogler

Co-Founder & CEO

Ilya Rivkin

Ilya Rivkin

Co-Founder & CTO

Kyle Nielson

Kyle Nielson

Global Head of Customer Success