Number of Portfolio Companies 4
Number of Exits 
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  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
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Private investor at the crossroads of finance & technology: seed, private & public, hedge and other alternatives. Over 30 IPOs and M&A exits in excess of $13 billion in aggregate value...

Professional investor in software start-ups for over 25 years, first as a VC, then as a professional angel investor. Specialties include technology

innovation in financial services, AI and mobile services. Most recent primary focus: disruptive financial technologies with massive impact. Original investor in Lending Club - the world's largest P2P lending marketplace -, Clairmail, now Monitise - the world's leader in mobile banking and mobile money -, Signio, now PayPal - the world's leader in online and mobile payments -, Sentient Technologies - a company seeking to solve the world’s most complex problems through massively scaled artificial intelligence -, etc.

Currently, investor in such companies as: Alpaca, Aromyx, Coursekey, Fuzzy, GoShare, GraphWear, Jyve, LeadCrunch, PeerIQ, QMerit, Sentient, Siftery...

Please have your project referred and strongly supported by one of my LinkedIn network connections for consideration.

Number of Investments 7
Eric Di Benedetto has made 7 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - GoShare on Oct 27, 2021, when GoShare raised
$3.8M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Oct 27, 2021
GoShare
Seed Round - GoShare
$3.8M
Nov 8, 2019
Alpaca
Series A - Alpaca
$6M
Oct 24, 2018
Alpaca
Seed Round - Alpaca
$3M
Sep 21, 2018
AlpacaJapan
Series A - AlpacaJapan
¥647M
Jan 25, 2017
AlpacaJapan
Venture Round - AlpacaJapan
¥214M
Jan 24, 2017
Alpaca
Seed Round - Alpaca
$1.8M
Feb 2, 2016
Siftery
Seed Round - Siftery
$4M
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Eric Di Benedetto has exits. Their most notable exits are Siftery and AlpacaJapan.
  • Siftery Siftery helps the user to discover products that are a great fit for a company and explore what other top companies are using.
  • AlpacaJapan Building cutting-edge capital markets AI technology working with number of financial institutions
Number of News Articles 9
Funding RoundOct 27, 2021
GoShare raised $3,800,000 / Seed from Adasel Global Partners LLC and 8 other investors
Funding RoundNov 8, 2019
Alpaca raised $6,000,000 / Series A from Brian Norgard and 10 other investors
Funding RoundOct 24, 2018
Alpaca raised $3,000,000 / Seed from Archetype Ventures and 5 other investors
Funding RoundSep 21, 2018
AlpacaJapan raised ¥647,000,000 / Series A from Archetype Ventures and 6 other investors
Funding RoundJan 25, 2017
AlpacaJapan raised ¥214,000,000 / Series Unknown from D4V and 5 other investors
Funding RoundJan 24, 2017
Alpaca raised $1,800,000 / Seed from D4V and 8 other investors
NewsAug 31, 2016
Funding RoundFeb 2, 2016
Siftery raised $4,000,000 / Seed from 8VC and 57 other investors