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Eric Buatois

General Partner at BGV

San Francisco, California

Education

Work Experience

  • Board Member

    2023

  • Managing General Partner

    2014

    BGV is a cross-border VC platform with deep roots in Silicon Valley and an exclusive focus on global Enterprise 5.0 technology innovation. As a pioneer in human-centric enterprise AI, BGV invests in startups that seamlessly combine human ingenuity with intelligent machines to drive efficiency, scalability, and productivity gains. The partnership sources companies from innovation hubs around the world and deploys financial and human capital from seed stage to IPO. With offices in Menlo Park, Tel Aviv, Paris, and Bangalore, BGV has championed a cross-border venture investing model with a portfolio representing businesses in the US, Israel, Europe, and India.

2020

  • Board Member

    2020

    First full "touch to cloud" solution for enterprise mobile applications.

2021

  • Board Member

    2021

2020

  • Board Member

    2020

    Enterprise grade AI solutions for Digital Marketing Teams

  • Board Member

    2020

    Platform.sh transforms DevOps to No Ops. PAAS solution allowing developers to deploy their applications on the cloud in minutes.

2001 - 2015

  • Managing Director

    2001 - 2015

    lead investor for early stage companies ( typically first round of VC financing ). Board member of semiconductor companies such as Hellosoft( sold to Imagination Technology) , UPEK( sold to Apple) , Crocus Technology, CrestaTech and Cortina Systems.(Inphi) Served as chairman of UPEK from 2005 to 2009 and chairman of Crocus technology since inception until January 2010 Strategic Advisor to Benhamou Global Ventures http://benhamouglobalventures.com/team/

1998 - 2001

  • Vice President, general manager telecom business unit

    1998 - 2001

    responsible for all the dedicated communications software products ( opencall, openview for service providers) responsible of the overall vertical communication industry

  • Executive Vice president

    1994 - 1998

    Responsible for all the OSS product for Ericsson networks EHPT was a joint venture between Ericsson and Hewlett Packard

1987 - 1994

  • Marketing manager, Telecommunications Business Unit

    1987 - 1994