About
Born July 12, 1968 · Male
Erik Benson is a General Partner with Voyager Capital, a seed and early-stage venture capital firm. Prior to Voyager, Erik was an EIR for Seattle-based WRF Capital after leadership roles at Mimix Inc., a pioneer in the area of motion capture and animation software for the gaming industry. Erik started his career in New York City for a predecessor bank to JPMorgan Chase called Chemical Bank, advising and financing private equity clients.
Experience
Lighter Capital
View →Seed Investor, Co-Founder, Board Member · 2010 – present
Series AFinancial Services · FinTech
Lighter Capital
View →Board Member
Series AFinancial Services · FinTech
- Board Member · Carbon Robotics2023 – present
- Seed Investor, CEO Advisor · Imperative2020 – present
- Seed Investor, CEO Advisor · Rebellion Defense2019 – present
- Seed Investor, Board Member · Uplevel2018 – present
- Seed Investor, Board Member · Shiftboard2016 – present
- Series A Investor, Board Member · SheerID2015 – present
- Director · Anova Data2015 – present
- Director · Skyward2014 – present
- Board Observer · Ubix Labs2014 – present
- Seed Investor, Board Member · Lytics2013 – present
- Director · Chirpify2012 – present
- Director · Act-On Software2010 – present
- Director · AWS Elemental2008 – present
- Director · CapitalStream2006 – present
- Managing Director & General Partner · Voyager Capital1998 – present
- Board Member · Enli Health Intelligence Corp.
- Board of directors · Make.TV
- Board Member · Rio SEO
- Board Member · Zettics
Education
- Harvard University · MBA, Business1995 – 1997
- Pacific Lutheran University · BA, Economics1986 – 1990
Lighter Capital Portfolio (1)
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