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Michael Benezra

Managing Partner at Erez Capital

Boston, Massachusetts

Overview 

Michael Benezra is the Managing Partner and Founder of Erez Capital in Boston, Massachusetts, with a strong background in fund management and investments. He has extensive experience in board-level roles and has successfully invested in startups such as Clockout and Real Reports. Benezra's career highlights include founding Erez Capital and serving in board positions at Brex, along with holding key roles at IHQ Ventures and GK Fund.

Work Experience 

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Erez Capital

  • Managing Partner and Founder

    2022 - Current

    Michael Benezra, as the Founder and Managing Partner of Erez Capital, he sets the overall direction and identifies key sectors for investment, focusing on AI applications in medtech, proptech, and fintech. He leads the evaluation, due diligence, and selection of portfolio companies, negotiating investment terms to ensure favorable outcomes.

Erez Capital is a venture capital firm investing in cutting-edge AI technology across finance, healthcare, and real estate.

erezcapital.io
B

Brex

  • Board Member - Consumer Advisory Board

    2023

Brex Venture Debt is designed for early-stage, venture-backed technology companies.

brex.com
IV

IHQ Ventures

  • Venture Partner

    2022

We are Innovation HeadQuarters! An early-stage VC, building and investing in ventures through IHQ Studio & IHQ Capital.

ihqventures.com
GF

GK Fund

  • Co-Founder and Executive Director

    2020 - 2022

GK Fund is a nonprofit organization working to close the racial wealth gap by facilitating access to capital, technology.

thegkfund.org
Mo

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel

  • Director of Economic Affairs and Innovation

    2016 - 2020

Co

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

  • Policy Director

    2013 - 2017

Mass.Gov is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

mass.gov
HL

Harvard Law School

  • Harvard Law School Research Director

    2012 - 2013

EO

Executive Office of the President

  • White House Fellow: U.S. Department of Commerce

    2010 - 2011

    Working to coordinate the legislative outreach response during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Macondo, and prepare draft legislation to amend the Clean Water Act - expanding NOAA and EPA jurisdiction over drilling and oversight of drilling activities in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Additional work took place with the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) within the Office of the President of the United States. Activities were focused on the civilian applications and investments in GPS and NPT systems across multiple agencies within the federal government.

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State of Washington

  • Office of the Governor: Senior Policy Fellow

    2009 - 2010

Environmental & Land Use Hearings Office is a Washington State agency

eluho.wa.gov
UH

U.S. House of Representatives

  • Legislative Aide, Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations

    2009 - 2009

Education 

Investments 

Clockout

Pre-Seed

Total funding: $430K

Real Reports

Seed

Total funding: $20K

Curio

Pre Seed

Total funding: $13M

Curio Legacy Ventures

Pre-Seed

Total funding: $100K

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