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Benjamin Levy

Investor

Co-Founder and General Partner at BootstrapLabs

San Francisco, California

Writes $250K – $3M checks · typically $500K

About

Benjamin Levy, a repeat AI founder (Praedea Solutions) and ex‑investment banker behind $5B+ deals, mixes ML founder experience with Wall Street know‑how and advocates distributed R&D plus Silicon Valley scaling.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHealthtechLogistics & Supply Chain

Experience

  1. Ares Management CorporationPartner, Co-Head of Venture Capital and AI & Innovation Groupscurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Looq AIInvestor and Board Membercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Hayden AIInvestorcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  4. PryonInvestorcurrent2017 — presentNew York, United States
  5. GetAcceptInvestor and Board Observercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  6. unitQInvestorcurrent2017 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  7. VoiceBrainInvestorcurrent2018 — present
  8. KLEAR Inc.Investorcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  9. BootstrapLabs, an Ares companyPartnercurrent2012 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  10. NodleInvestorcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  11. AEye, Inc.Investorcurrent2016 — presentPleasanton, California, United States
  12. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)Membercurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  13. French Tech San FranciscoAmbassadorcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  14. SiblyInvestor2016 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  15. iUNU, Inc.Investor and Board of Director2018 — 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
  16. Myia HealthInvestor and Board Observer2018 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
  17. NavTracInvestor and Board Observer2018 — 2023Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
  18. RogerInvestor (Acquired by Fleetcor)2016 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  19. Vidora (acquired by mParticle, acquired by Rokt)Investor and Board Observer2017 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  20. INDUS.AI (Acquired by Procore Technologies)Investor and Board Member2017 — 2021

Education

  1. Université Paris NanterreMasters, Corporate Finance1997 — 1998
  2. Université Paris Dauphine - PSLBS, Finance1996 — 1997

Skills & more

Venture Capital99Start-ups99Innovation Development24Entrepreneurship99Mergers & Acquisitions99Strategy93Private Equity74Business Strategy39Business Development40Corporate Development33Financial Analysis31Valuation23
+12 moreGo-to-market StrategyPortfolio ManagementProduct DevelopmentFinanceAcquisition IntegrationEnterprise ValuationInvestment BankingEmerging MarketsSaaSEnterprise SoftwareManagementCorporate Finance

Languages English · French · Spanish

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