Eric Di Benedetto

Eric Di Benedetto

Professional angel investor in software start-ups

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Angel Investor at Active Starts
Past
  • General Partner at Convergence Partners
  • Managing Director at BANEXI
  • Vice President at PARGESA/Lambert Brussels

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Education
  • Essec Business School Paris
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Industry
Venture Capital & Private Equity
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Eric Di Benedetto’s Summary

Professional investor in software start-ups since 1991.

Eric Di Benedetto’s Specialties:

Selecting and coaching promising entrepreneurs and managers developing innovative solutions in the software industry.

Eric Di Benedetto’s Experience

  • Angel Investor

    Active Starts

    (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

    March 2000 — Present (9 years 5 months)

    Professional angel investor in software start-ups such as BuzzLogic, Chegg, ClairMail, Collaxa (ORCL), Genetic Finance, Lending Club, NeonYoyo (IWOV), goFish (GOFH), Plastyc, RapLeaf, RateItAll, RealTravel, Xactly Corporation...

  • General Partner

    Convergence Partners

    (Partnership; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

    April 1997 — September 2003 (6 years 6 months)

    Early stage venture capitalist helping entrepreneurs build leading information and communication technology companies. Current portfolio companies include Amphire, Clickability, IdeaBlade and Penguin Computing. AdForce (acquired for $1 billion by CMGI), iVillage (acquired for $600 million by NBC) and Signio (acquired by VeriSign for $1.5 billion) are past successes.

  • Managing Director

    BANEXI

    (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

    1991 — 1997 (6 years)

    Managed US venture capital funds. Successes included CBT Group (now SkillSoft), Insignia and SportsLine (acquired by CBS) amongst others.

  • Vice President

    PARGESA/Lambert Brussels

    (Public Company; Investment Banking industry)

    1989 — 1991 (2 years)

  • Associate

    Bankers Trust

    (Public Company; Investment Banking industry)

    1988 — 1989 (1 year)

Eric Di Benedetto’s Education

  • Essec Business School Paris

    MBA , Economics & Finance , 1986 — 1989

Additional Information

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Eric Di Benedetto’s Interests:

new technology, globalization, geopolitics, equestrian, classical music, French antique furniture, wine

Eric Di Benedetto’s Groups:

Singularity University, United States Equestrian Federation, Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, ESSEC Alumni Association

  •    L'Executive Club
  •    InterFrench
  •    VLAB
  •    Supernova
  •    RSA Conference
  •    Global Private Equity & Venture Capital
  •    Semantic Web
  •    Cloud Computing
  •    Payments Executive Group
  •    Bankers Trust Alumni
  •    Payment and Fraud Professionals
  •    FACE - French American Conference of Entrepreneurs
  •    French Executives
  •    Dealmaker Media
  •    ERA = Cloud-PaaS-SaaS-Web 2.0
  •    ClairMail
  •    Churchill Club
  •    Plastic Logic
  •    Social Media in Financial Services Group
  •    Interfrench San Francisco
  •    Cloudbook

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