# Benedict Rocchio

> Benedict Rocchio is a Series C investor at Baird Capital (Chicago) backing SaaS and Software. See 42 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Baird Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baird-capital)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 42
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 55%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedict-rocchio-6a29921

Benedict Rocchio is a Series C investor at Baird Capital in Chicago focused on SaaS and Software. Benedict joined Baird Private Equity in 2000 and concentrates on investments in the business services sector, with an emphasis on financial technology services and information services. Benedict is a current member of the board of directors at ALI Solutions, Arroweye Solutions, Coalfire Systems, Fellon McCord, Sittercity.com and Snagajob. Hehas also worked directly with 14 other investments of Baird Private Equity, including Axcelerant, HireRight, High Street Partners, NimbleGen Systems and PayChoice. Prior to BVP, Benedict worked for KPMG LLP in the information, communications and entertainment group within the assurance practice of the Chicago office, where he focused on the software and telecommunications sectors. He received his Bachelors of Business Administration, with a major in accountancy, from the University of Notre Dame.Benedict is a member of the Illinois Venture Capital Association, Irish Angels and Chicago Children's Museum Auxiliary Board.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 8 | 19% |
| Software | 7 | 17% |
| Enterprise Software | 6 | 14% |
| Marketing | 5 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 10% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 14 | 33% |
| Series B | 11 | 26% |
| Series A | 4 | 10% |
| Series D | 2 | 5% |
| Series E | 2 | 5% |

9 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zylo | As the leader in SaaS Management, Zylo empowers companies to discover, optimize and govern their SaaS applications while elevating the employee experience. Organizations large and small trust Zylo’s enterprise-proven technology and unparalleled SaaS Management expertise to optimize more than 30 million SaaS licenses and $7 billion in SaaS spend.Zylo’s patent-pending, AI-powered Discovery Engine provides continual, frictionless monitoring of SaaS spend, licenses, and usage to create the industry’s most trusted SaaS system of record. Fueled by more data than any other provider, Zylo delivers actionable insights that allow you to take action quickly to optimize growing SaaS portfolios. For more information, visit zylo.com. | $31.5M | Series C | Nov 29, 2022 |  |
| High Street Partners | HSP simplifies the management and control of international operations and empowers customers to capitalize on their growth opportunities overseas. There unique approach has helped over 300 organizations in over 80 countries. | $14M | Series B | Nov 28, 2022 |  |
| Autobooks | Autobooks is a comprehensive accounting and bookkeeping solution designed for small businesses. It enables users to accept online payments, create digital invoices, and automate tasks. The company integrates with financial institutions to provide tailored banking solutions for small businesses, simplifying payment processing and accounting directlythrough online banking channels. It helps businesses manage cash flow effectively by automating invoices and payments without lock-up periods or third-party processes. | $50M | Series C | Jun 21, 2022 |  |
| Quiq | At Quiq, we are reimagining how brands engage with their customers. As leaders in enterprise agentic AI for customer experience (CX), we empower businesses to deliver personalized, proactive support across every touchpoint along the customer journey—at scale. Brands benefit from our AI Agents, a cutting-edge AI Contact Center, and advancedAI-powered business process automation capabilities to create multimodal, omnichannel experiences and seamless handoffs from AI to human agents. From voice and email to digital messaging, including web chat, SMS, Apple Messages for Business, WhatsApp, and more, Quiq makes it easy for brands to give their customers exceptional, yet cost-effective, service on their preferred channels.Created by CX and AI experts, Quiq’s AI Studio is a purpose-built, model-agnostic platform that simplifies and accelerates the AI development life cycle. It comes with a complete ecosystem of tools and integrations, as well as AI guardrails and real-time observability – everything you need to design, build, test, deploy, manage, and scale custom AI solutions. Whether you leverage AI Studio to rapidly build agentic AI solutions in-house, have the Quiq experts do it before handing you the reigns, or a combination of the two, you'll soon understand why our customers have described Quiq as "white glove service in a clear box." There's no "black box AI" here.Trusted by global leaders like Volvo, Brinks Home, and IHG Hotels & Resorts, Quiq helps brands bring their AI strategies to life with confidence. With unrivaled expertise and a relentless focus on CX, we’re here to help your business achieve the seamless journeys you've always dreamed about. | $25M | Series C | Apr 12, 2022 |  |
| Crayon | Crayon is the competitive intelligence backbone that enables mid-market and enterprise businesses to see and seize opportunities and create sustainable advantages in their markets. Hundreds of organizations use Crayon to capture sharp insights that can be easily accessed and acted on to drive broad, measurable and meaningful impact.Crayon wasfounded in 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $22M | Series B | May 04, 2021 |  |
| High Street Partners | HSP simplifies the management and control of international operations and empowers customers to capitalize on their growth opportunities overseas. There unique approach has helped over 300 organizations in over 80 countries. |  |  | Dec 03, 2020 |  |
| HSP Group | HSP Group is a consulting company that provides HQ-based finance, tax, legal and HR personnel services. | $2M | Seed | Nov 18, 2020 |  |
| Autobooks | Autobooks is a comprehensive accounting and bookkeeping solution designed for small businesses. It enables users to accept online payments, create digital invoices, and automate tasks. The company integrates with financial institutions to provide tailored banking solutions for small businesses, simplifying payment processing and accounting directlythrough online banking channels. It helps businesses manage cash flow effectively by automating invoices and payments without lock-up periods or third-party processes. | $5.3M | Series A | Jul 08, 2020 |  |
| Autobooks | Autobooks is a comprehensive accounting and bookkeeping solution designed for small businesses. It enables users to accept online payments, create digital invoices, and automate tasks. The company integrates with financial institutions to provide tailored banking solutions for small businesses, simplifying payment processing and accounting directlythrough online banking channels. It helps businesses manage cash flow effectively by automating invoices and payments without lock-up periods or third-party processes. | $10M | Series A | Feb 07, 2018 |  |
| Housecall Pro | Housecall Pro is a developer of a mobile software platform used to connect back-end business operations and homeowners. It is a full-service tool that enables service professionals to run their entire business on their smartphone and complimentary web portal. The tool is offered at a competitive low cost and supports service professionals with allaspects of their workflow, including job scheduling, customer database, invoicing and payment processing, and technician dispatch.Housecall Pro was established in 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. | $11M | Series B | Aug 21, 2017 |  |

10 of 42 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Adams Street Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adams-street-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Foundry Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundryvc) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Pritzker Group Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pritzker-group-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Apex Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apex-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Blue Note Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-note-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Draper Triangle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-triangle-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Baird Capital

VC Fund · Milwaukee, United States

Baird Capital makes venture capital, growth equity, and private equity investments in strategically-targeted sectors around the world.The company values its creators who identify exceptional opportunities and partners with senior industry executives to build world-class companies. Its in-depth sector knowledge, deep relationships withentrepreneurial management teams, and global network of 60 investment and operating professionals in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Asia help ensure that the company consistently drives value in its portfolio companies.Baird Capital was founded on January 1, 1919 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

5 contacts available at Baird Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Ferguson | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-ferguson-3 |
| Andy Tse | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-tse |
| Benedict Rocchio | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benedict-rocchio |
| Daina Spedding | Director in the Global Private Equity | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daina-spedding |
| David Barrass | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-barrass |

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## FAQ

### What does Benedict Rocchio invest in?

Benedict Rocchio invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Series C and Series B stage. Most of the 42 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Benedict Rocchio last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Benedict Rocchio closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 42 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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