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Benjamin Zeitoun

Investor at Starburst

New York, New York

Overview 

Benjamin Zeitoun is an Investor at Starburst Ventures in New York, specializing in investing in Series A and Seed stages, particularly in the Space and Los Angeles/Southern California sectors. With a background in project management and business analysis, he has held key roles such as Acceleration Program Director at Starburst Aerospace and has experience in consulting with CGI Business Consulting. Highlights of Benjamin's career include leading acceleration programs at Starburst Aerospace and investing in innovative companies like Picogrid and AeroCloud, showcasing his expertise in project management and business analysis.

Work Experience 

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Picogrid

  • Investor

    2022 - Current

Picogrid builds a unified platform for autonomous systems.

Raised $13,100,000.00 from US Department of Energy.

picogrid.com
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AeroCloud

  • Investor

    2022

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Outpost Space

  • Investor

    2022

Outpost is a space company that provides earth return satellites and orbital payload missions.

Raised $7,100,000.00 from Draper Associates, AIR Capital, Moonshots Capital, Starburst Ventures, FJ Labs, KittyHawk, Starlight Ventures, Shasta Ventures and KittyHawk.

outpost.space
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Starburst Ventures

  • Investing Partner

    2022

    Investing in pre-seed and seed stage deeptech startups, with a specialization in aerospace & defense

Starburst Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in investments within the aviation, space, and defense industries.

starburst.vc
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Starburst Aerospace

  • Acceleration Program Director

    2019 - 2023

    Built a $15m portfolio of equity participations in 101 companies from 11 countries (North America 59%, Europe 35%, Israel & Asia 6%): • Top quartile gross TVPI • $1Bn raised by top 10 startups • 9 companies reached >$100m EV, 2 companies $1Bn EV • 54 venture rounds raised in total • Tasks include deal sourcing, negotiation and closing, as well as financial reporting, company valuation, investor presentation

  • Acceleration Program Director

    2018 - 2019

    • Built the first accelerator program for aerospace and defense companies with Starburst founders, inspired by YC, 500 Startups and Techstars • Created from scratch a deal flow pipeline, coordinating the program team to scout 1500 companies per year, to contact 10% and select <1% for investment

  • Business Developer & Analyst

    2015 - 2018

    Consulting & Account management with blue-chip aerospace companies and startups

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CGI Business Consulting

  • Consultant

    2014 - 2014

    CIO Advisory practice • Performed a worldwide IT customer support consolidation for a major CAC40 player, leading customer workshops and meetings • Participated in the creation of a consulting offer on Datacenter strategy (method to analyze a company’s need for computing, mapping the French market, and sizing the investment scale)

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Lagardère Services - Relay

  • Information System Security Auditor

    2013 - 2013

    • Formulated an audit of Relay information systems according to the Group’s security policy • Issued strategic recommendations on Relay France’s IS security weaknesses to the CIO

Paris city council - Centre de Compétences Sequana

  • PMO Assistant

    2012 - 2012

    Recast of a reporting platform used by Paris operationnal civil servants • Organized design workshops and steering committees • Managed the project planning and validated the specifications documents

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