Ben Scheidt

Partner

What brought you to Redstone and when did you start?

My career has been a bit of a happy incident. I started out in strategy consulting at a boutique firm connected to Stanford University. My way into VC and Redstone wasn’t planned at all. I literally bumped into Samuli on the streets of Berlin. We started chatting, I got curious about what Redstone was building, and two months later I joined the investment team.

What are your main responsibilities in the team?

I’m mainly responsible for sourcing and assessing new investment opportunities, running due diligence and deal processes end-to-end, and supporting fundraising and LP relations. I also work closely with our portfolio companies and help shape Redstone’s broader strategy and partnerships.

What innovation will change the future in a positive way?

We’re at the start of a compounding shift: intelligence is becoming scalable, biology is becoming programmable, and climate solutions are moving from “promising” to deployable. A lot of what used to feel like science fiction is closer than we think: longevity breakthroughs, multi-planetary life, maybe even concepts like immortality or digital existence. But power cuts both ways. These capabilities can be used to heal or to harm, to expand opportunity or to concentrate it. That’s why responsibility isn’t optional, it’s the job. My goal is to help push the frontier in the right direction: ambitious, optimistic, and grounded in real-world impact.

How do you relax/clear your mind?

I mainly enjoy a mixture of sports (including golf, tennis and running), cultural activities and just being around many friends in Berlin or different cities in Europe. On top, my biggest pelasure next to VC is writing books and reading Haruki Murakami.

Whats your favorite lifehack to share? 

“Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.” ― Dalai Lama XIV