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    # Hey, I'm Ben

    ### Democratising software development with Makerpad

    ### [@bentossell on twitter](https://twitter.com/bentossell) · [Makerpad](https://www.makerpad.co/) · [Investment Fund](https://www.notion.so/makerpad/Ben-Tossell-s-Rolling-Fund-f2f0d1fbe668463591392ac482ed924e)
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<Entry date="Jan, 2019 - present" version="founder" >
  

  #### [Makerpad](https://www.makerpad.co/) - acq by Zapier

[**Makerpad**](https://www.makerpad.co/) is the leading community teaching thousands of people how to build software, without writing code.

> In the future, no one is going to want to write more lines of code or have more specialist tech knowledge to build tools and operate businesses.

In 2021, [Zapier acquired Makerpad](https://zapier.com/blog/makerpad-joins-zapier/) and I continue to run the company from within Zapier.

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<Entry date="Oct, 2020" version="investor" >
  #### [Ben Tossell's Rolling fund](https://www.notion.so/makerpad/Ben-Tossell-s-Rolling-Fund-f2f0d1fbe668463591392ac482ed924e)
  
  I have a $1M+ a year fund that I invest into companies that are broadly around
  - no-code/low-code
  - internal tooling
  - automation
  - creator tools

  [View the portfolio](https://www.notion.so/makerpad/Ben-Tossell-s-Rolling-Fund-f2f0d1fbe668463591392ac482ed924e)
 ·  [Invest in the fund](https://angel.co/v/back/ben-tossell)
  
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<Entry date="Pre, 2018" version="other" >
  #### Past
  
  Community Lead at Product Hunt (acquired by Angel List)
  
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