Benhamou Global Ventures

Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV) is a Silicon Valley-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Éric Benhamou, former CEO of 3Com and Palm. The firm focuses on enterprise technology innovation — specifically what it calls Enterprise 5.0 — investing in startups driving large-scale productivity improvements by combining intelligent machines with human ingenuity. BGV's investment thesis is grounded in a responsible, human-centric vision of AI and enterprise automation, with a strong cross-border emphasis spanning North America and Europe. The firm is headquartered in San Jose, California. BGV leads rounds from seed through Series B, writing checks between $1 million and $10 million across AI and deep tech, SaaS, security, data analytics, and clean technology. Across 43 investments, the firm has backed three unicorns: SandboxAQ (quantum AI), Earnix (insurance analytics), and JumpCloud (directory-as-a-service). Other portfolio companies include Greenly (climate management platform, France), Kardinal (AI logistics, France), and The Forecasting Company. The firm holds a strategic partnership with Marubeni Corporation for Japan market access. BGV goes beyond financing, providing high-value human capital expertise drawn from Benhamou's decades of company-building experience across successive waves of enterprise technology disruption. The firm actively helps B2B technology founders navigate the full arc from early product to global scale, with particular depth in cross-border expansion strategies connecting European founders to US markets and vice versa. This operational heritage distinguishes BGV from financial-first investors in the enterprise software space.