# Gary Benitt

> Gary Benitt is a seed investor at Social Leverage (San Francisco) backing Software and SaaS. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Social Leverage](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/social-leverage)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 42%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/garybenitt
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/garybenitt
- Website: https://x.com/garybenitt
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Garybenitt

Gary Benitt is a seed investor at Social Leverage in San Francisco focused on Software and SaaS. Gary Benitt is the Managing Partner at Social Leverage. He attended New York University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 42% |
| SaaS | 5 | 21% |
| CRM | 3 | 13% |
| FinTech | 2 | 8% |
| Big Data | 2 | 8% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 50% |
| Series A | 4 | 17% |
| Series B | 3 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |
| Series C | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Newcase.ai | Newcase.ai is a Software Development firm offering risk management solutions on liability cases. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Sep 11, 2025 |  |
| Birdwatch | Birdwatch helps busy homeowners save time, money and energy by taking care of the issues that arise in and around your home. From repairs and installations, to preventative maintenance and renovation advising, we bring the convenience of renting to owning. Our team of mission-driven entrepreneurs are passionate about helping you feel safe, cozyand cared for. Birdwatch is a public benefit corporation that promotes equal access to safe, dignified homeownership and the benefits of building intergenerational wealth. | $3.2M | Seed | Jan 24, 2024 |  |
| Pro Platforms | Our teams are developing tools for contractors, homeowners, banks, and other stakeholders in the residential and construction industries. We are a venture capital backed Company on a mission to digitize the $1.5 Trillion dollar US construction industry. | $4.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 10, 2023 |  |
| Logixboard | Logixboard is a white-labeled customer experience software that helps logistics service providers increase sales and retain customers. It connects directly to your internal software and can be launched in less than three weeks with very little effort from your team. | $32M | Series B | Jan 26, 2022 |  |
| Logixboard | Logixboard is a white-labeled customer experience software that helps logistics service providers increase sales and retain customers. It connects directly to your internal software and can be launched in less than three weeks with very little effort from your team. | $13M | Series A | Apr 28, 2021 |  |
| Nayya | At Nayya, we believe there’s a better way to choose and use benefits. A more transparent, less confusing way for employees to control their health and financial potential. Powered by billions of data points and machine learning, our benefits experience platform delivers personalized decision support and guidance during open enrollment, new employeeonboarding, qualifying life events, and in the moments that matter all year round. This is one of the most stressful and challenging situations consumers face – and we see that as an opportunity to build an innovative response that can help millions of Americans possess the control and understanding they deserve. Join the consumers and their employers that are now living with more peace and confidence at Nayya.com. | $11M | Series A | Jan 13, 2021 |  |
| Carpay | Carpay is a loan management software for BHPH dealers. It helps them manage their portfolio by giving their borrowers multiple options to pay, automating all reminders to their borrowers, and giving the dealers a suite of tools to keep their loans performing. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Venice, California. | $6.5M | Series A | Jan 07, 2021 |  |
| Nayya | At Nayya, we believe there’s a better way to choose and use benefits. A more transparent, less confusing way for employees to control their health and financial potential. Powered by billions of data points and machine learning, our benefits experience platform delivers personalized decision support and guidance during open enrollment, new employeeonboarding, qualifying life events, and in the moments that matter all year round. This is one of the most stressful and challenging situations consumers face – and we see that as an opportunity to build an innovative response that can help millions of Americans possess the control and understanding they deserve. Join the consumers and their employers that are now living with more peace and confidence at Nayya.com. | $2.7M | Seed | Jun 15, 2020 |  |
| Carpay | Carpay is a loan management software for BHPH dealers. It helps them manage their portfolio by giving their borrowers multiple options to pay, automating all reminders to their borrowers, and giving the dealers a suite of tools to keep their loans performing. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Venice, California. | $1.3M | Seed | Feb 10, 2020 |  |
| Logixboard | Logixboard is a white-labeled customer experience software that helps logistics service providers increase sales and retain customers. It connects directly to your internal software and can be launched in less than three weeks with very little effort from your team. | $5.4M | Seed | Oct 22, 2019 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Founders' Co-op](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-co-op) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [boldstart ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boldstart-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bragiel Brothers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bragiel-bros) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [F-Prime](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/f-prime-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Redpoint](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redpoint-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Social Leverage

VC Fund · Phoenix, United States

Social Leverage is a Venture Capital firm which specializes in early-stage and seed-stage investments in the Software, Consumer, and Fintech industries. Their investment selection process combines fundamental business evaluation, supported by two decades of domain experience building, valuing, and selling companies, with a strong deal flowpipeline consisting of top-ranked VC / PE funds, exceptional entrepreneurs and innovative management teams. Social Leverage uses these value drivers to invest in the best capital light companies with a viable product, serving a large addressable market, and solving a known pain point. Notable investments include Robinhood, Kustomer, Angellist, Wag, EToro, and Ticketfly.

4 contacts available at Social Leverage.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tom Peterson | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-peterson-5 |
| Gary Benitt | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-benitt |
| Howard Lindzon | Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howard-lindzon |
| Matt Ober | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-ober |

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## FAQ

### What does Gary Benitt invest in?

Gary Benitt invests primarily in Software, SaaS and CRM startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 24 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 Gary Benitt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gary Benitt closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 24 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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