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Eric Buatois

General Partner at BGV

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Eric Buatois is the General Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV) in San Francisco, California. With a background in telecommunications and venture capital, he has held executive roles at companies like Hewlett-Packard and Ericsson Hewlett Packard Telecommunications, and has served on the boards of multiple tech startups, showcasing expertise in wireless communication systems and strategic planning. Buatois has successfully navigated the tech industry, holding key positions such as Managing Director at Sofinnova Ventures and Vice President at Hewlett-Packard, while also contributing to the growth and development of emerging startups through his roles as a Board Member at French Tech San Francisco and Onymos Inc.

Work Experience 

  • Board Member

    2023 - Current

  • Managing General Partner

    2014

    BGV is a cross-border VC platform with deep roots in Silicon Valley and an exclusive focus on global Enterprise 5.0 technology innovation. As a pioneer in human-centric enterprise AI, BGV invests in startups that seamlessly combine human ingenuity with intelligent machines to drive efficiency, scalability, and productivity gains. The partnership sources companies from innovation hubs around the world and deploys financial and human capital from seed stage to IPO. With offices in Menlo Park, Tel Aviv, Paris, and Bangalore, BGV has championed a cross-border venture investing model with a portfolio representing businesses in the US, Israel, Europe, and India.

Benhamou Global Ventures is a venture capital firm sourcing startups to build them into the next-generation of B2B technology companies.

Raised $150,000,000.00 from Nate Rosenthal.

  • Board Member

    2020

    First full "touch to cloud" solution for enterprise mobile applications.

Onymos offers an app foundation that bundles end-to-end functions and building blocks to create software applications.

Raised $15,150,000.00 from Benhamou Global Ventures, Industry Ventures, Engineering Capital and GreatPoint Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Board Member

    2020

    Enterprise grade AI solutions for Digital Marketing Teams

MadKudu is a predictive lead-scoring solution built exclusively for high-volume B2B SaaS companies to help them accelerate growth.

Raised $27,121,950.00 from Techstars, Sahil Mansuri, Benhamou Global Ventures, Darius Contractor, Elena Verna, HarbourVest Partners, Alven, Felicis, Alven and Partech.

  • Board Member

    2020

    Platform.sh transforms DevOps to No Ops. PAAS solution allowing developers to deploy their applications on the cloud in minutes.

  • Managing Director

    2001 - 2015

    lead investor for early stage companies ( typically first round of VC financing ). Board member of semiconductor companies such as Hellosoft( sold to Imagination Technology) , UPEK( sold to Apple) , Crocus Technology, CrestaTech and Cortina Systems.(Inphi) Served as chairman of UPEK from 2005 to 2009 and chairman of Crocus technology since inception until January 2010 Strategic Advisor to Benhamou Global Ventures http://benhamouglobalventures.com/team/

Sofinnova Investments specializes in seed, startup, mid, early stage, series A, first venture round, and corporate spinouts.

  • Vice President, general manager telecom business unit

    1998 - 2001

    responsible for all the dedicated communications software products ( opencall, openview for service providers) responsible of the overall vertical communication industry

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an edge-to-cloud company that uses comprehensive solutions to accelerate business outcomes.

Raised $1,350,000,000.00.

  • Executive Vice president

    1994 - 1998

    Responsible for all the OSS product for Ericsson networks EHPT was a joint venture between Ericsson and Hewlett Packard

Ericsson Ventures is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in innovative companies.

  • Marketing manager, Telecommunications Business Unit

    1987 - 1994

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an edge-to-cloud company that uses comprehensive solutions to accelerate business outcomes.

Raised $1,350,000,000.00.

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