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Gary Benitt(479)

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58 Investors

Connected to Josh Elman, Garry Tan (Y Combinator), David Samuel (Freestyle Capital), and 55 other investors on Signal.

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NYU Stern School of Business Network
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Current Investing Position
Social Leverage General Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $500K
Investments On Record
21
Current Fund Size
$43M

Gary Benitt is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Gary Benitt's Investments On Record (12)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Birdwatch
SeedJan 2024$3M
$3M
Logixboard
Series BJan 2022$32M
Series AApr 2021$13M
SeedOct 2019$5M
$50M
Co-investors: Annie Kadavy (Redpoint Ventures), Teddie Wardi (Insight Partners), Ben Gorman (F Prime Capital), Chris DeVore (Founders' Co-op)
Nayya
Series AJan 2021$11M
SeedJun 2020$3M
$69M
Co-investors: Barbry McGann (Workday Ventures), Sean Song (Viewpoint), Michael Dixon (Transformation Capital), Jeffrey Wald
Carpay
Series AJan 2021$7M
SeedFeb 2020$1M
$10M
Co-investors: Curtis Lee
Kustomer
Series CJan 2019$35M
Series BJun 2018$26M
SeedSep 2015$3M
$230M
Co-investors: Alex Bard (Redpoint Ventures), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Neeraj Agrawal (Battery Ventures), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), George Damouny (Plug & Play Ventures), Deepak Kamra (Canaan Partners), Ed Sim (Boldstart Ventures), Eliot Durbin (Boldstart Ventures), Tomasz Tunguz (Theory Ventures), Matt Carbonara (Citi Ventures), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group), Matt Carbonara, George Hu
FORWARD Platform
SeedSep 2016$3M
SeedApr 2015$1M
$14M
Co-investors: Puneet Agarwal (True Ventures), Stonly Baptiste Blue (Third Sphere), John Connors (Ignition Partners), Andy Sack (Founders Co-op)
Beyond
Series UnknownAug 2016$2M
SeedMar 2015$2M
$51M
Co-investors: Shawn Broderick (SOSV), Cyril Ebersweiler (SOSV), Eric Wiesen (Bullpen Capital), Isabel Fox (Outsized Ventures), Lomax Ward (Outsized Ventures)
Civic
SeedJan 2016$3M
$3M
Co-investors: David Frankel (Founder Collective), Chris Hitchen (Possible Ventures), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Guy Oseary (Sound Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Russell Cook

Gary Benitt's Experience

General Partner Social Leverage LLC2014 - Present
Managing Partner B Squared Ventures LLC2011 - Present
COO Desk2012 - 2014
VP Operations Salesforce.com2011 - 2014
Founder & COO Assistly, Inc.2009 - 2011
Sr. Tech Dir AOL LLC2008 - 2009
COO Goowy Media, Inc.2004 - 2008
VP, Professional Services and Support eAssist Global Solutions, Inc.1999 - 2004
Director of Technology eShare Communications1996 - 1999
PC Support Bloomberg, L.P.1993 - 1994

Gary Benitt's Education

NYU Stern School of Business BS Finance, Information Systems