# Benjamin Joffe

> Benjamin Joffe is a seed investor at SOSV HAX (Paris) backing Software and B2B. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SOSV HAX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hax-accelerator)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 2
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminjoffe
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/benjaminjoffe
- Website: https://x.com/benjaminjoffe
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/benjaminjoffe

Benjamin Joffe is a seed investor at SOSV HAX in Paris focused on Software and B2B. Benjamin is General Partner at HAX, the #1 acceleration engine for hardware startups. His experience spans 16 years in Asia (China, Japan, Korea) in various high­tech industries: telecom, Internet, mobile, gaming and hardware.Prior to HAX, he was the founder of +8*, a strategy consultancy researching Asia­based digital innovations supportingclients such as Microsoft, Citi and Harvard Business School. He also founded Mobile Monday Beijing, a community of thousands of mobile industry professionals in China, running over 40 events.He has lectured, judged or joined panels at the world’s leading technology events and universities in over 20 countries, including TechCrunch Disrupt, LeWeb, Pioneers, Slush, SXSW, TEDx, Stanford, Berkeley and more. Benjamin is a regular guest writer on TechCrunch, also quoted by Forbes, Bloomberg TV, CNN, WSJ, The Economist, WIRED, Quartz and more.Benjamin’s online presentations recorded over a million viewers, covering topics from innovation ecosystems to “Lean Hardware” methodology.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 100% |
| B2B | 1 | 50% |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Music | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PayrollHero | PayrollHero is a Consumer-friendly Time, Attendance, Scheduling and Payroll app that is in the cloud built for web and mobile PayrollHero.com - Optimizing Work Productivity with Happiness.Consumer friendly Time, Attendance, Scheduling and Payroll in the cloud for web and mobile.We use your employees face as our primary biometric to avoidbuddy punching and ghost employees. These clock-in pics are further given a mood rating to establish an array of business intelligence to your companies corollaries between productivity and mood. | $1M | Seed | Feb 19, 2013 |  |
| Twitmusic | Twitmusic is the leading Twitter marketing platform for the music industry.SaaS solution enables music artists & labels to launch campaigns to help them grow their followers, go Trending and reach new audiences on Twitter. In addition, they provide labels with actionable insights & analytics to determine the effectiveness of theirmarketing campaigns.- Registered musicians: 44,000 (with 500,000,000+ followers). - Artist sign up up 200% annually- Registered Artists: Lil Wayne, Jason Mraz, Bryan Adams, Duran Duran, Carly Rae Jepsen, Sean Kingston, Steve Aoki, The Lumineers, Cody Simpson, Cher Lloyd, MC Hammer, Brandy, Muse, Jon Secada, Amanda Palmer, Asher Roth, Miguel & many more.- Partners: Sony, Warner Music, Universal, EMI, Def Jam, Epic Records, RCA, Columbia Records, Tool Room Records, RED Music, Scooter Braun Projects, CAA, Atom Factory, Stricly Rythme, Bill Silva, Hashtag Mgmt, Stampede Mgmt & many more. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2013 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fresco Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fresco-capital-advisors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Jungle Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jungle-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SOSV HAX

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

HAX is a venture capital-based program dedicated to accelerating startups with a hardware element. Their program operates across two locations, San Francisco and Shenzhen, giving founders the resources necessary to move with lightning speed.Teams accepted into the program will focus on rapid iteration of prototyping in many forms. This includesphysical models, technology iterations, user interaction studies, volumetric studies, marketing messaging, business plans and launch strategies. With the help of HAX’s full-time staff, mentors, partners, and startup community, they’ll also work with you on developing a scalable business plan.As teams are ready to take their product to market, they’ll head to San Francisco to work with HAX on business development, fundraising, and growth. This stage emphasizes introductions to corporates, investors, partners and press. It also focuses on helping teams secure their first round of funding, as well as gain first-revenue and partnership traction.HAX is an SOSV program. SOSV is a global venture capital firm that operates startup venture programs around the world. SOSV had more than 1,000 portfolio companies and $950 million in assets under management.

5 contacts available at SOSV HAX.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Joffe | Partner | — |
| Noel Joyce | Chief Product Designer | — |
| Tom Chi | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-chi |
| Artemys Kendoskany | Graphic and Web Designer | — |
| Carmen Huang | Office Manager | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Benjamin Joffe invest in?

Benjamin Joffe invests primarily in Software, B2B and Apps startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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