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Brian Benedict

Investor

Advisor Partner at Asymmetric Capital Partners

Boston

About

Brian Benedict is an early-stage sales and growth operator focused on helping startups build and scale their sales organizations and revenue strategies. He previously served as Head of Global Sales at Tecton and Hugging Face, and co-founded the AI infrastructure company Arcee. He works with founders on areas such as defining ideal customer profiles, refining sales processes, and structuring sales teams.

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Invests in

AI & Machine Learning

Experience

  1. ElizaCo-Founder/Chief Commercial Officercurrent2025 — present
  2. Various StartupsSales Advisor / Investorcurrent2020 — present
  3. Arcee.aiCo-Founder2023 — 2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  4. Hugging FaceHead of Global Sales (First Sales Leader)2021 — 2023United States
  5. TectonHead of Global Sales (First Sales Leader) acquired by Databricks2019 — 2021
  6. Pentaho from Hitachi VantaraGlobal Sales Director - Financial Services (acquired by Hitachi)2016 — 2019Greater Boston Area
  7. QuantifindVice President - East2013 — 2016
  8. NetBase QuidVice President - East (merged with Quid)2010 — 2013
  9. inmoment (merged with Empathica)Senior Sales Director2008 — 2010
  10. ForresterSenior Account Executive2005 — 2008
  11. Provident Corporate FinanceAssociate2000 — 2005

Education

  1. Merrimack CollegeBachelor’s Degree, Finance and Accounting

Skills & more

Leadership12Team Management5Start-up Leadership11Fundraising9Online Marketing50Marketing Strategy63Sales Management35Salesforce.com19SaaS32Solution Selling99Consultative Selling10Complex Sales8
+12 moreBusiness StrategyBrand LoyaltySocial MediaRetailNew Business DevelopmentLead GenerationWeb 2.0Voice of the CustomerCustomer SatisfactionSocial Media MarketingDirect SalesMarket Research
  • AI Sales Practitioner — PartnerU

From Brian's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Merrimack College2

Alison DavisManaging Partner & Chairman at Blockchain CoinvestorsGregg MonastieroOperating Partner at Anza Partners

Shared employers

Also worked at Hugging Face8

Pat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalPaulina SzyzdekPrincipal at E12 Venture Capital, LlcSasha LuccioniInvestor at Blue Tulip VenturesDarshan GandhiInvestor at WAGMI VenturesCaryn MarooneyInvestor at Coatue Management

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Also worked at Pentaho from Hitachi Vantara6

Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkLarry AugustinInvestor at EPIC VENTURESRay ChengManaging Partner at Millennium New HorizonsJoe GarciaPrincipal at Rethink ImpactFaizan J. KhanFounder and CIO at Visary CapitalLars NordwallAdvisor at Creandum

Also worked at Quantifind5

John WaleckaCo-Founder at Redpoint VenturesSteve KrauszGeneral Partner at US Venture PartnersSimon WuPartner at Cathay InnovationPuja AgrawalInvestor at Centana Growth PartnersAmy BanseManaging Director at Comcast Ventures

Also worked at NetBase Quid12

Apoorva PandhiInvestor at Zetta Venture PartnersLauren IngramPrincipal at AIFMike IhbeHead of Product at Telescope PartnersDon ButlerManaging Director at Thomvest VenturesKip KnightOperating Partner at Thomvest VenturesTony AskewFounder Partner at REV Venture Partners

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Colleagues at Asymmetric Capital Partners

Akshay Nathan
Engineering Manager at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Alexander Blessing
Engineering Leader at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Andrew Furman
Software Developer at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Annie Dean
Chief Strategy Officer at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Aron Szanto
Head of Technology at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Ben Slater
Chief Marketing Officer at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Beth Clymer
President, Chief Operating Officer at Asymmetric Capital Partners
Brian Fishbein
Chief Investment Officer at Asymmetric Capital Partners