BGV goes beyond the financing of portfolio companies to provide high value human capital

We are driven by our values

forged over decades of building successful technology companies.

Our Team

Meet the team who supports

Eric Benhamou

Founder & General Partner

Eric Buatois

General Partner

Anik Bose

General Partner

Yashwanth Hemaraj

General Partner

Sarah Benhamou

Partner, BGV Europe and Israel

Operating Partner

Operating Partner

Operating Partner

Venkat Raghavan

Operating Partner

Ekaterina Evchenko

Senior Associate

Sophia Lee

Controller

Executive Assistant

Jessica H

Executive Assistant / Investor Relations

Advisory Partners

Barak Ben-Avinoam

BGV Israel/ CEO NetZero Technology Ventures

Marina Levinson

Advisory Partner

Janice Roberts

Janice Roberts

Advisory Partner

Sudhakar Ramakrishna

Advisory Partner

Shuo Zhang

Shuo Zhang

China Advisory Partner

Sachio Semmoto

Sachio Semmoto

Advisory Board Member

Nami Hamada

Nami Hamada

Japan Advisory Board Member

Seiji Inagaki

Seiji Inagaki

Japan Advisory Board Member

Yoshinori Hara

Japan Advisory Board Member

Kenichi Funaki

Kenichi Funaki

Japan Advisory Board Member

Ikkei Matsuda

Japan Advisory Partner

Thibaut Bechetoille

Thibaut Bechetoille

French Advisory Board Member

Yoann Caujolle

Yoann Caujolle

French Advisory Board Member

Pierre Lahbabi

French Advisory Board Member

Bernard Barbier

French Advisory Board Member

We provide Human Capital

BGV brings deep operating experience, company-building passion and a team approach to its portfolio.  Our human capital philosophy rests on three pillars:

Accelerating Market Validation

De-Risking Execution

Achieving Capital Efficiency