# Benoit Wirz

> Benoit Wirz is a seed investor at Brighteye Ventures (Paris) backing EdTech and Education. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Brighteye Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brighteye-ventures)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/benoitwirz
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/bthewirz
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/benoit.wirz

Benoit Wirz is a founding partner at Brighteye working with startups that leverage technology to help people learn, create and participate in the knowledge economy. Brighteye Ventures is the first edtech focused venture capital fund based in Europe, investing in early stage companies in Europe, Israel and the US.Previously, Ben started and ranthe Knight Enterprise Fund, a US seed stage venture fund as part of the $2.5B Knight Foundation focused on edtech, media and govtech companies, investing in over 40 startups including Nearpod, Newsela and Tapad (acquired by Telnor). Prior to Knight, Ben was a partner with US Global, where he developed and invested in startups in energy, manufacturing and tech. Ben received his BA and MA at Stanford University, his MBA at INSEAD and is a Kauffman Fellow.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 3 | 25% |
| Education | 3 | 25% |
| E-Learning | 3 | 25% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 25% |
| SaaS | 2 | 17% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 50% |
| Series A | 4 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 25% |
| Spain | 1 | 8% |
| Portugal | 1 | 8% |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NEX Health Intelligence | NEX Health Intelligence develops AI-powered healthcare analytics solutions focused on infection prevention, surveillance, and clinical intelligence. Its platform integrates healthcare data to identify risks, monitor infection trends, and generate actionable insights for healthcare organizations. The company helps hospitals and care providersstrengthen patient safety, support evidence-based decision-making, and optimize infection control programs. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | May 19, 2026 |  |
| Adam | Adam is based in Prague (Czech Republic) and develops a fast growing platform connecting homeowners and businesses with verified local professionals in more than 10 countries in Europe. With Adam you get the price for your job upfront and instantly online. It only takes few seconds and tomorrow you can have a professional at your doorstep for thebest price in the city. | $3.3M | Seed | Jul 16, 2024 |  |
| UpHill | The pathway to the best care | $7.6M | Series A | Mar 18, 2024 |  |
| Oneday | Oneday’s mission is to create the next 1 Billion entrepreneurs in the world.As technology drives down the cost of starting a business, more people are launching a business than ever before. But 85% of these businesses are failing, and existing products are failing to help.We solve this issue by creating technology that automates large parts ofthe business launch process, and merging it with university integrations that allow our members to earn university credits as they build their businesses. | $6.2M | Series A | May 16, 2023 |  |
| Simbel | Learning platform for SMEs | $4.2M | Seed | Nov 24, 2022 |  |
| Zen Educate | Founded in 2017, Zen Educate is an online platform to connect supply teachers with openings in schools. | $22.5M | Series A | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Twenix | Twenix is an e-learning SaaS that helps teams in business with their English knowledge acquisition.We offer online English conversation sessions of 26’ every day with teachers from around the world. We are changing the world of language education for companies by using a 100% HR approach with education predictions that will help teams to achieveand enhance their language knowledge, in the least amount of time possible and of course, in the best way. | $3.5M | Series A | Jul 14, 2022 |  |
| Oneday | Oneday’s mission is to create the next 1 Billion entrepreneurs in the world.As technology drives down the cost of starting a business, more people are launching a business than ever before. But 85% of these businesses are failing, and existing products are failing to help.We solve this issue by creating technology that automates large parts ofthe business launch process, and merging it with university integrations that allow our members to earn university credits as they build their businesses. | $3.1M | Seed | Apr 27, 2022 |  |
| Skiller Whale | Skiller Whale changes what organisations are capable of through live team coaching. This means coaching that is targeted to individual skill gaps for a strategic outcome. Small group sessions are led by an expert engineer who gives individual feedback. No time is spent on skills that people already have, or don’t need for their work - every hour isuseful. | $3M | Seed | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| Zen Educate | Founded in 2017, Zen Educate is an online platform to connect supply teachers with openings in schools. | $8.9M | Seed | Sep 24, 2019 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Adjuvo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adjuvo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Flint Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flint-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Outward VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/outward-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Adeline Arts & Science](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adeline-arts-science) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AFI Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afi-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Brighteye Ventures

VC Fund · Paris, France

We invest in startups that help people to learn, work and thrive. We believe technology that broadens access to knowledge, employment and productivity can create exponential returns for customers, entrepreneurs and investors alike. To that end, we back ambitious founders at Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A stages across Europe.

3 contacts available at Brighteye Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Spiro | Founding Partner Brighteye Advisors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-spiro |
| Benoit Wirz | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benoit-wirz |
| David Guérin | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-gu%C3%A9rin |

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## FAQ

### What does Benoit Wirz invest in?

Benoit Wirz invests primarily in EdTech, Education and E-Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 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 Benoit Wirz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Benoit Wirz closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 12 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?

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