Eric Buatois
InvestorGeneral Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures · Board director at Scalefast
Bay Area
Writes $200K – $5M checks
About
French-born, cross-cultural investor with two decades in infrastructure and enterprise across Silicon Valley, Europe, Israel and Asia; creator of the Cross Border Playbook and a connector to leaders like AMD.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechRoboticsSaaS
Board director at Scalefast
Intro paths
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In turn, Eric can intro founders to Scalefast's investors below.
Scalefast's investors · 4
Co-founders at Scalefast
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Nicolas StehleExecutive Officer, Director
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Olivier SchottDirector
Experience
- Benhamou Global VenturesManaging General Partnercurrent2014 — presentPalo Alto
- EverestLabs.AIBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentFremont, California, United States
- DatawizzBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- firmly.aiAdvisor - investorcurrent2024 — presentSeattle, WA
- Onymos IncBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentpalo alto
- Upsun (formerly Platform.sh)Board Membercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- French Tech San FranciscoBoard Member2023 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- MadKuduBoard Member2019 — 2025Mountain View, CA
- ZelrosBoard Member2021 — 2025
- Sofinnova VenturesManaging Director2001 — 2015menlo park
- Hewlett-PackardVice President, general manager telecom business unit1998 — 2001
- Ericsson Hewlett Packard Telecommunications (EHPT)Executive Vice president1994 — 1998
- Hewlett-PackardMarketing manager, Telecommunications Business Unit1987 — 1994
- Texas InstrumentsProduct marketing manager1982 — 1987
Skills & more
Wireless22Semiconductors15Communication Systems8Venture Capital99Start-ups99Entrepreneur7Mergers12Mobile5Business Strategy76Telecommunications88Product Management44Strategic Planning24
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Team BuildingEmerging MarketsStrategy DevelopmentInvestmentsPrivate EquityBusiness PlanningDue DiligenceProduct StrategyContract NegotiationEntrepreneurshipEmbedded SystemsNew Business DevelopmentLanguages French · German · Spanish
From Eric's professional profile.
Investments
Board seats
Datawizz.aiIdentity Mind GloballntellivisionMadkuduOnymosPlatform.shProfitectScalefastUpekZelros
Investor
Firmly.aiGerman Bionic SystemsMindsDB
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Benhamou Global Ventures
Anik Bose
General Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures
Barak Ben-Avinoam
Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures
Bernard Barbier
French Advisory Board Member at Benhamou Global Ventures
Eitan Efron
Venture Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures
Ekaterina Evchenko
Principal at Benhamou Global Ventures
Emmanuel Benhamou
Head of Platform at Benhamou Global Ventures
Eric Benhamou
Venture Advisor at Think+ Ventures Management, Llc
Etienne Arsac
Associate at Benhamou Global Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Eric Buatois?
- French-born, cross-cultural investor with two decades in infrastructure and enterprise across Silicon Valley, Europe, Israel and Asia; creator of the Cross Border Playbook and a connector to leaders like AMD.
- Where does Eric Buatois work?
- Eric Buatois is General Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures and Board director at Scalefast.
- What does Eric Buatois invest in?
- Eric Buatois invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, InsurTech, Robotics, SaaS.
- What check size does Eric Buatois write?
- Eric Buatois typically writes checks of $200K – $5M.
- What boards does Eric Buatois sit on?
- Eric Buatois holds tracked board seats at Datawizz.ai, Identity Mind Global, lntellivision, Madkudu, Onymos, Platform.sh, Profitect, Scalefast, Upek, Zelros.
- What companies has Eric Buatois invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Firmly.ai, German Bionic Systems, MindsDB.
- Where did Eric Buatois go to school?
- Eric Buatois studied at Télécom Paris (masters, Digital signal processing, semi conductors).
Same school
Also attended Télécom Paris49
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Shared employers
Also worked at Upsun (formerly Platform.sh)3
Also worked at Zelros4
Also worked at Sofinnova Ventures9
Jonathan BurbaumEntrepreneur-In-Residence at The Innovation SpaceLars EkmanExecutive Partner, Private Equity at Sofinnova VenturesPerry NisenExecutive Advisor, Private Equity at Sofinnova VenturesJonathan LeffExecutive Partner, Private Equity at Sofinnova VenturesSrini AkkarajuFounder and Managing Partner at Samsara BioCapitalBrian WilcoveManaging Partner at America's Frontier Fund
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Also worked at Hewlett-Packard277
Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzBill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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