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Nathan Benaich

Founder of Spinout.fyi

London, England

Overview 

Nathan Benaich is a General Partner at Air Street Capital in London, with a background in entrepreneurship, research, and lifesciences. He co-authored the State of AI Report and has invested in companies like GOURMEY and Valence Discovery, focusing on sectors such as BioTech and AI. Benaich holds a PhD and MPhil from the University of Cambridge and has made significant investments in various stages and sectors, including Series A and Seed funding for companies like Profluent Bio and Contextual AI.

Work Experience 

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Air Street Capital

  • General Partner 👨‍💻

    2019 - Current

    Adept AI (acq. Amazon), Allcyte (acq. Exscientia), Anagenex, Athenian, CellVoyant, ClipDrop (acq. Stability.ai/Jasper), Enveda Biosciences, Exscientia (NASDAQ: EXAI), Gandeeva Therapeutics, Gourmey, Graphcore (acq. SoftBank), Hedera Dx, Intenseye, Interloom, LabGenius, Delian AI (fka. Lambda Automata), Mission Barns, Modern Intelligence, Odyssey, Patina Systems, Poolside.ai, Profluent, Recursion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: RXRX), Samaya.ai, Sereact, V7, Valence Discovery (acq. Recursion), ZOE, and several unannounced.

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State of AI Report

  • Co-author 🤓

    2018

    The definitive annual report on AI progress.

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Point Nine

  • Scientist in Residence 👨‍🔬

    2017

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Spinout.fyi

  • Founder

    2021

    Rewriting the university spinout playbook.

Other

  • Other things 👀

    2013

    > Author: State of AI Report, Guide to AI newsletter. > Founded: RAAIS, RAAIS Foundation, London.AI > Angel: Tractable, Niantic, LabGenius, Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX), Synthesia, Crusoe Energy, Optimal Labs, PolyAI, KyraTV, The Engineering Company, Secondmind, ONI.bio, Kepler Computing, 20bn (acq. Qualcomm), Motion, Muon Space, Detail, Incident.io, Quench, Wayve, Synq, Kanna Health, Objective.inc, Contextual.ai, and Chroma. > Previously: Playfair Capital

Education 

Investments 

Profluent Bio

Seed

Total funding: $44M

Interloom Technologies

Seed

Total funding: $3M

intenseye

Seed

Total funding: $93M

Lambda Automata

Seed

Total funding: $6M

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