Ben Stanley is Principal of gener8tor 1889, a Fargo-based venture capital fund dedicated to backing high-growth, seed-stage startups in North Dakota. He has spent more than eight years at various roles at gener8tor, which is a Midwest-based venture capital firm that also runs startup accelerators designed to help seed-stage startups gain initial customer traction and raise investment. Before entering venture capital, Ben was a journalist, covering business, startups and industry trends for publications in Wisconsin and Illinois.