Number of Founded Organizations 3
CB Rank (Person) 183,805
  • Primary Job Title Co-Founder & CMO
  • Primary Organization 
    DOKKA

Serial Tech Entrepreneur & Angel Investor. South African Israeli. DOKKA.com co-founder

Eric is currently working on his new startup, DOKKA.com, helping Bookkeeping & accounting companies automate part of their process to save time & money. (DOKKA has developed AI powered technology for bookkeepers / accounting firms to instantly

collect, categorize, extract data, and process client documentation into the accounting system)

Previously, Eric co-founded global search marketing agency Click2Customers (& other companies in the holding group incuBeta) in 2003. Since stepping down from operations in the group in 2007, he has held positions in a variety of positions ranging from operational to strategic to advisory.

He is an early stage angel investor in the startup space, & his portfolio includes Yola.com, Majestic, & Civic. Exits include Quirk & BrandsEye. He has invested in a few ICO's.

Eric has had considerable experience building startup's. From brainstorming concepts, validation, creating MVP's (minimum viable products), product design, raising funding, building out the teams, scaling the business, and subsequently finding the right partner for the exit. He has vast strategic & operational experience in all facets of online marketing, PR, business development & sales.

He is a regular speaker, judge & mentor at events such as Founders Institute, SW7, Startup Weekend, & Lean Startup Machine & he MC'd the prestigious 2015 eCommerceAfrica conference.

Eric was included in Mail & Guardian's "Top 200 young people to have lunch with", and Old Mutual's "Top 36 South African young entrepreneurs".

Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 2
Eric Edelstein has 2 current jobs as Co-Founder & CMO at DOKKA and Partner at Global Sunset Investments. Additionally, Eric Edelstein has had 2 past jobs including Co-Founder at evly.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
evly
Co-FounderJan 2010Sep 2012
Clicks2Customers
Co-FounderJun 1, 2003Jun 30, 2006
Eric Edelstein studied at University of KwaZulu-Natal and University of South Africa.