Ben Heng

General Partner at 99VC

Speaker

Ben is known for bridging deep technical expertise and operational rigor, a seasoned technologist and serial innovator with a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Nanobiotechnology.

He brings his experience in scaling frontier tech ventures, guiding R&D to high-volume production, and investing with scientific insight to back founders.

Over his career, he has held senior leadership roles at market leaders from Tesla, where his engineering innovations and leadership lead to the success of both the Tesla solar roof and GigaFactory, to Intel, SolarCity, ESS and multiple startups across AI, cleantech, robotics, and energy.

EXPERIENCE

-Ex-Tesla, Solar City, Silevo

-Ex-Intel

-EVP of Engineering & Pilot Operations at ESS Inc

-Board of Director, RemBrain.ai

-Partner at ALPHA10X

-COO at Cealux Solar

-EVP of Operations at CherryLabs.ai

PUBLICATIONS & PATENTS

-86 patents in battery, solar, AI, semiconductor

-16 publications and 11 abstracts