Bennett Carroccio
Founder of Canal
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-founder & CEO
2021 - Current
Canal is transforming the way products are sold online with our exclusive network and AI channel automation platform. We’re backed by the top AI and Commerce investors and are building a best-in-class team to solve a complex e-commerce challenge. We are a team of network- and AI-obsessed commerce crusaders on a mission to help retailers sell anything their shoppers want. If you’re interested in joining a dynamic team with amazing growth opportunities, please reach out or check out ShopCanal.com.
Canal is a distributed commerce platform that facilitates the retail or purchase of any product online.
Raised $27,000,000.00 from Coatue, Andreessen Horowitz, K5 Global, Gaingels, Sound Ventures and Forerunner.
Consumer Investment Partner
2017 - 2021
- Founded the a16z Marketplace 100 - Highest founder-rated Investment Partner at a16z (2020) - Notable deals include Navan (fka TripActions), Substack, Shef, Hipcamp, FlyHomes, Sleeper, Lunchclub, Incredible Health, Silo, Reface, and many more.
Andreessen Horowitz is a stage-agnostic venture capital firm with assets under management across multiple funds.
Business Development (acquired by King)
2016 - 2017
Acquired by King (the mobile gaming publisher behind Candy Crush). Backed by Jackson Square Ventures, Creandum, and Play Ventures.
Omniata enables the entire digital organization - Marketers, Product Managers and Data Scientists - to run their business based on data.
Raised $6,800,000.00 from Jackson Square Ventures and Creandum.
Business Development (acquired by LinkedIn)
2015 - 2015
Acquired by LinkedIn. Backed by Redpoint Ventures.
Heighten is a software as a service company that provides a platform for salespersons to operate faster.
Raised $7,360,556.00.
NUS Economic Sociology Master's Program
2014 - 2014
Focus of Study: Economic Development throughout ASEAN International Community
Fixed Income
2013 - 2013
Global Strategy, Municipal Debt, and MBS/ABS Desks
Finance and Macro Strategy
2012 - 2013
“Special Energy- and Finance-Related Projects”
Founder, CEO
2011 - 2012
Combating Alarming and Increasing Veteran Suicide Rates