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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

Introducing PodPlay Insights: From System of Record to System of Action

Most club-management software is a system of record — it stores what happened. PodPlay Insights is built to be a system of action: KPIs at a glance, deeper dives by theme, and an AI Assistant that reasons over your data right in the dashboard. No exporting to a chatbot. Just the read you need, where you work.

Courts are Table Stakes. Experiences Win.

For years, having courts was enough. But when supply expands, availability stops being the reason players pick you. The new basis of competition is the experience — and whether it follows them home.

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.

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