Alain Benzaken

COO & CTO, Technology Startups

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2022
Operator-angel🌍 United States
5
Total investments
2
Early stage
3
Mid stage
0
Late stage
12y
Years active

Portfolio

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Advisor, Seed Investor
Jan 2022
Flippit eases the pain of airport security and keeps travelers connected with their belongings. Our patent pending smartphone-based system makes the process easy and quick.
Investor
Jan 2021
No Danger First Wager Up to $1000 & Easy-to-use Sportsbook. Licensed in Tennessee. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-889-9789. Must be 21+ and in TN to bet. ZenSports is available for download in the App Store (iOS) and the ZenSports website (Android or Web). ZenSports was acquired by KeyStar Corp in 2022: https://keystarcorp.com/
COO, Investor, Board Member
Jun 2017
Launched in 2018, SponsorUnited is the leading global sports and entertainment intelligence platform, delivering actionable data and insights to build stronger marketing partnerships. We provide unrivaled knowledge across the sponsorship and media landscape so our clients can make impactful decisions that drive business. With over 330,000 brands, 1.6 million deals, and 11.4 million data points across sports, entertainment, media, and talent, our SaaS database enables brands, rights holders, and agencies to partner more effectively. By delivering real-time trends, on-demand research, and the most comprehensive data available, we connect the entire sponsorship ecosystem and are rewriting the partnership playbook. SponsorUnited was ranked on the Inc. 5000—the most prestigious list of the fastest-growing private companies in America—in both 2022 and 2023. Visit https://sponsorunited.com/ to learn more and discover exclusive data and insights to make intelligent partnership decisions at speed and scale.
Advisor, Investor
Mar 2017
We’d like to say that we arrived here by design, but that wouldn’t be the truth. Before Uncubed Studios there was simply Uncubed, which hosted the most exhilarating job fairs in the country and was supported by a popular tech blog called Wakefield. Both offerings were dedicated to helping emerging technology companies spread the word about their business and career opportunities. But events, particularly mass job fairs, are tough, tiring and ephemeral. We knew that to be of greater service to our customers, we needed to help them showcase their value to candidates in a way that was far reaching and long-lasting. That’s when, back in 2016, Uncubed launched our in-house video department, whose purpose was to capture the true essence of what it meant to work at a company through video. Uncubed Studios was born and years later, is now a full-service creative agency offering video, editorial blog and career page website development with a client list representing not only the most influential employers on earth but young, exciting companies you’ve never heard of before. The collective team that brings the work of Uncubed Studios to life is made up of award-winning experts in videography, content production, website design, recruitment, employee communications, employer branding, and more.
Investor
Jan 2014
numberFire is the next generation sports analytics platform. We take the unstructured and misleading data that exists all around sports and mine it for unprecedented insight that allows us to predict player and team performance better than any competitor. The first step of our process involves digging into the box score. We know that it means a lot more to throw for 300 yards against the a good defense than a bad one, so why simply use yards as an indicator for how good a quarterback is? Using a series of mathematical models, we break down the action in order to have a better and more accurate understanding of what teams and players are performing well and which are paper champions. The next step of process involves using the power of predictive and regressive modeling to more accurately project future performance. Using our advanced metrics combined with state-of-the-art predictive algorithms, we leverage the power of science to come up with the most accurate, data-driven projections around. Since founding the company in 2010, weve grown the community to over 120,000 users, and forged major partnerships with ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Bleacher Report, SB Nation, and SLAM. numberFire was acquired by FanDuel in August 2015.
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Investments (5)
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Board (1)
2022
Advisor, Seed Investor
Jan 2022
Flippit eases the pain of airport security and keeps travelers connected with their belongings. Our patent pending smartphone-based system makes the process easy and quick.
2021
Investor
Jan 2021
No Danger First Wager Up to $1000 & Easy-to-use Sportsbook. Licensed in Tennessee. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-889-9789. Must be 21+ and in TN to bet. ZenSports is available for download in the App Store (iOS) and the ZenSports website (Android or Web). ZenSports was acquired by KeyStar Corp in 2022: https://keystarcorp.com/
2017
COO, Investor, Board Member
Jun 2017
Launched in 2018, SponsorUnited is the leading global sports and entertainment intelligence platform, delivering actionable data and insights to build stronger marketing partnerships. We provide unrivaled knowledge across the sponsorship and media landscape so our clients can make impactful decisions that drive business. With over 330,000 brands, 1.6 million deals, and 11.4 million data points across sports, entertainment, media, and talent, our SaaS database enables brands, rights holders, and agencies to partner more effectively. By delivering real-time trends, on-demand research, and the most comprehensive data available, we connect the entire sponsorship ecosystem and are rewriting the partnership playbook. SponsorUnited was ranked on the Inc. 5000—the most prestigious list of the fastest-growing private companies in America—in both 2022 and 2023. Visit https://sponsorunited.com/ to learn more and discover exclusive data and insights to make intelligent partnership decisions at speed and scale.
Advisor, Investor
Mar 2017
We’d like to say that we arrived here by design, but that wouldn’t be the truth. Before Uncubed Studios there was simply Uncubed, which hosted the most exhilarating job fairs in the country and was supported by a popular tech blog called Wakefield. Both offerings were dedicated to helping emerging technology companies spread the word about their business and career opportunities. But events, particularly mass job fairs, are tough, tiring and ephemeral. We knew that to be of greater service to our customers, we needed to help them showcase their value to candidates in a way that was far reaching and long-lasting. That’s when, back in 2016, Uncubed launched our in-house video department, whose purpose was to capture the true essence of what it meant to work at a company through video. Uncubed Studios was born and years later, is now a full-service creative agency offering video, editorial blog and career page website development with a client list representing not only the most influential employers on earth but young, exciting companies you’ve never heard of before. The collective team that brings the work of Uncubed Studios to life is made up of award-winning experts in videography, content production, website design, recruitment, employee communications, employer branding, and more.
2014
Investor
Jan 2014
numberFire is the next generation sports analytics platform. We take the unstructured and misleading data that exists all around sports and mine it for unprecedented insight that allows us to predict player and team performance better than any competitor. The first step of our process involves digging into the box score. We know that it means a lot more to throw for 300 yards against the a good defense than a bad one, so why simply use yards as an indicator for how good a quarterback is? Using a series of mathematical models, we break down the action in order to have a better and more accurate understanding of what teams and players are performing well and which are paper champions. The next step of process involves using the power of predictive and regressive modeling to more accurately project future performance. Using our advanced metrics combined with state-of-the-art predictive algorithms, we leverage the power of science to come up with the most accurate, data-driven projections around. Since founding the company in 2010, weve grown the community to over 120,000 users, and forged major partnerships with ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Bleacher Report, SB Nation, and SLAM. numberFire was acquired by FanDuel in August 2015.
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