
Investments
128Portfolio Exits
24Funds
7About Benhamou Global Ventures
Benhamou Global Ventures was founded in 2003 by Eric Benhamou to assist other entrepreneurs in building or running a new generation of high technology companies. Benhamou Global Ventures invests and plays an active role in innovative high tech firms throughout the world.

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Latest Benhamou Global Ventures News
May 15, 2023
Essenvia – a pioneer in regulatory submission management for the MedTech industry – announced it closed $4M in Pre Series A financing led by Benhamou Global Ventures and Wavemaker360 with participation from existing investors First Rays, Rebright partners, as well as Pasadena Angels. And the company announced the appointment of Wavemaker360 partner Kwame Ulmer and BGV Partner Yashwanth Hemaraj to Essenvia’s board of directors. According to the FDA, 71% of regulatory submissions are rejected, costing manufacturers an estimated $1.8 million in lost revenue for every 6-8 weeks in delay: the statistic holds true even for MedTech companies with less than 50 employees. And this burden puts regulatory affairs teams squarely in a position to either accelerate or stifle the market potential of new devices. Essenvia’s fundamentally different approach to regulatory submission management is being rapidly adopted by MedTech organizations worldwide. And unlike conventional Regulatory Information Management (RIM) tools, documents, or spreadsheets, Essenvia has zero technical implementation time and works seamlessly with a regulatory team’s existing process. This platform empowers teams to natively collaborate on 510(k), MDR and IVDR submissions directly inside of a submission, error check them, dynamically publish and re-publish them with one click, and instantly submit using the latest agency-specific technical requirements. And this saves regulatory professionals dozens of tedious hours wasted on researching information, eliminates submission errors, and radically shortens submission time to market. Essenvia has a 100% acceptance rate across hundreds of different types of complex global submissions including 510(k)s, MDR and IVDR tech files. Essenvia is pioneering the regulatory submission management process with: — Market-leading submission editing and collaboration — One-click preview and publishing
Benhamou Global Ventures Investments
128 Investments
Benhamou Global Ventures has made 128 investments. Their latest investment was in Dualyx as part of their Series A on May 5, 2023.

Benhamou Global Ventures Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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5/15/2023 | Series A | Dualyx | $44M | No | 9 | |
4/24/2023 | Seed VC - II | Stack Identity | $4M | Yes | Benhamou Global Ventures, Plug and Play Accelerator, Undisclosed Investors, and WestWave Capital | 4 |
3/7/2023 | Seed VC | Essenvia | $5.48M | Yes | 2 | |
11/15/2022 | Series A | |||||
10/25/2022 | Series A |
Date | 5/15/2023 | 4/24/2023 | 3/7/2023 | 11/15/2022 | 10/25/2022 |
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Round | Series A | Seed VC - II | Seed VC | Series A | Series A |
Company | Dualyx | Stack Identity | Essenvia | ||
Amount | $44M | $4M | $5.48M | ||
New? | No | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Benhamou Global Ventures, Plug and Play Accelerator, Undisclosed Investors, and WestWave Capital | ||||
Sources | 9 | 4 | 2 |
Benhamou Global Ventures Portfolio Exits
24 Portfolio Exits
Benhamou Global Ventures has 24 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was EcoPlant on June 13, 2023.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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6/13/2023 | Acquired | 1 | |||
9/7/2022 | Acquired | 19 | |||
5/9/2022 | Acquired | 19 | |||
Date | 6/13/2023 | 9/7/2022 | 5/9/2022 | ||
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Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 1 | 19 | 19 |
Benhamou Global Ventures Fund History
7 Fund Histories
Benhamou Global Ventures has 7 funds, including BGV V.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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7/13/2023 | BGV V | $163.77M | 1 | ||
9/30/2021 | BGV IV | ||||
7/25/2019 | BGV Opportunity Fund | ||||
6/28/2017 | BGV III | ||||
6/29/2015 | BGV II |
Closing Date | 7/13/2023 | 9/30/2021 | 7/25/2019 | 6/28/2017 | 6/29/2015 |
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Fund | BGV V | BGV IV | BGV Opportunity Fund | BGV III | BGV II |
Fund Type | |||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $163.77M | ||||
Sources | 1 |
Benhamou Global Ventures Team
4 Team Members
Benhamou Global Ventures has 4 team members, including current Founder, General Partner, Eric A. Benhamou.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Eric A. Benhamou | Founder, General Partner | Current | |
Name | Eric A. Benhamou | |||
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Work History | ||||
Title | Founder, General Partner | |||
Status | Current |
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