# Eric Buatois

> Eric Buatois is a Series A investor at Benhamou Global Ventures backing Software and SaaS. See 30 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Benhamou Global Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benhamou-global-ventures)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 30
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 37%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericbuatois/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/buatois
- Website: https://x.com/buatois

Eric Buatois is a Series A investor at Benhamou Global Ventures in Palo Alto focused on Software and SaaS. Eric Buatois is based out of Palo Alto, California and is the General Partner of Benhamou Global Ventures. Eric previously worked at Sofinova Ventures as a Managing Director. Eric Buatois attended the Télécom ParisTech.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 17% |
| SaaS | 3 | 10% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 10% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 10% |
| B2B | 2 | 7% |

53 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 8 | 27% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 17% |
| Series B | 4 | 13% |
| Seed | 3 | 10% |
| Series C | 3 | 10% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 40% |
| France | 2 | 7% |
| Saint-Martin (France) | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Onymos | Onymos is an information technology company that offers a mobile foundation that bundles end-to-end functions and building blocks to create software applications. The company specializes in the fields of software development, mobile apps, and information technology. | $12M | Series A | Jun 14, 2022 |  |
| Zelros | Zelros is an end-to-end AI business platform that integrate standard scenarios for sales & claims. Zelros is a technology helping insurers to better serve their clients with the support of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Current functionalities of their platform are augmented sales and predictive claim management. | $11M | Series A | Feb 24, 2021 |  |
| MadKudu | MadKudu is a predictive lead-scoring solution built exclusively for high-volume B2B SaaS companies to help them accelerate growth using customer data. | $5.5M | Series A | Jul 13, 2020 |  |
| Scalefast | Scalefast is a digital commerce solution that simplifies and streamlines e-Commerce for inspirational brands. The company uses a powerful combination of Artificial Intelligence and e-Commerce expertise. It provides the infrastructure and full-service business operations necessary to scale quickly and increase revenue, with everything needed underone roof. Scalefast takes the complexity out of digital commerce for brands in the entertainment, consumer goods, and fashion industries. It is based in Los Angeles, with offices in Paris and Madrid, and was founded in 2014. | $22M | Series B | Jun 30, 2020 |  |
| Peritus.ai | Peritus.ai leverages machine learning to empower developers with a recommendation engine. It provides GPT-powered analysis and automation for cybersecurity. It also delivers AI-generated actionable insights for DevRel and communities. | $2M | Seed | May 15, 2020 |  |
| NGD Systems | NGD Systems manufactures the world’s most advanced computational storage drives (CSDs) that allow customers to compute anywhere the data resides. The company provides the industry’s highest capacity NVMe CSDs that are the most power-efficient while delivering the smallest form factors. NGD System’s technology is ideal for edge computing networks,data-intensive AI/ML applications, stringent SLA environments, content delivery networks (CDNs) and hyperscale environments. | $20M | Series C | Feb 05, 2020 |  |
| Onymos | Onymos is an information technology company that offers a mobile foundation that bundles end-to-end functions and building blocks to create software applications. The company specializes in the fields of software development, mobile apps, and information technology. | $2M | Seed | Jan 31, 2020 |  |
| Peritus.ai | Peritus.ai leverages machine learning to empower developers with a recommendation engine. It provides GPT-powered analysis and automation for cybersecurity. It also delivers AI-generated actionable insights for DevRel and communities. |  | Seed | Mar 15, 2019 |  |
| NGD Systems | NGD Systems manufactures the world’s most advanced computational storage drives (CSDs) that allow customers to compute anywhere the data resides. The company provides the industry’s highest capacity NVMe CSDs that are the most power-efficient while delivering the smallest form factors. NGD System’s technology is ideal for edge computing networks,data-intensive AI/ML applications, stringent SLA environments, content delivery networks (CDNs) and hyperscale environments. |  | Series B | Feb 13, 2018 |  |
| Scalefast | Scalefast is a digital commerce solution that simplifies and streamlines e-Commerce for inspirational brands. The company uses a powerful combination of Artificial Intelligence and e-Commerce expertise. It provides the infrastructure and full-service business operations necessary to scale quickly and increase revenue, with everything needed underone roof. Scalefast takes the complexity out of digital commerce for brands in the entertainment, consumer goods, and fashion industries. It is based in Los Angeles, with offices in Paris and Madrid, and was founded in 2014. | $8M | Series A | Dec 21, 2017 |  |

10 of 30 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ventech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ventech-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [NanoDimension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nanodimension) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [+ND Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nd-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sofinnova Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sofinnova-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Adara Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adara-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Benhamou Global Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Benhamou Global Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.The firm works with passion and commitment to building valuable companies. It places particular emphasis on cloud technologies; virtual and software-defined networking; productivity-based applications; cybersecurity, mobility, and the Internet of Things.In 2004, Eric Benhamoufounded the firm in Palo Alto, California.

5 contacts available at Benhamou Global Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anik Bose | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anik-bose |
| Barak Avinoam | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barak-ben-avinoam |
| Eric Benhamou | Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-a-benhamou |
| Eric Buatois | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-buatois |
| Peter Wang | Technology Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-wang |

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## FAQ

### What does Eric Buatois invest in?

Eric Buatois invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 30 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 Eric Buatois last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Eric Buatois closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 30 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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