Erik Benson

CEO

Seattle, Washington, United States40 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

General Partner at Voyager Capital since 1999.
Board member for multiple successful tech startups.
Expert in venture capital and strategic investments.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capital expert with a strong focus on Agritech and AI-driven startups.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalExecutive Management

Other Skills

Due DiligenceFinancial ModelingStrategic PlanningCorporate DevelopmentStart-upsEntrepreneurshipBusiness StrategyPrivate EquityMergersSocial MediaGo-to-market StrategyProduct ManagementFundraisingAngel InvestingGrowth Capital

Experience

4ag robotics

VC Investor

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada

Company advisor; autonomous harvesting robots for controlled environment agriculture

Overland ai

Seed Investor

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States

Autonomous land-based defense vehicles

Carbon robotics

VC Investor

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States

Board director; crop protection and autonomy for open field agriculture

Videon

VC Investor

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 2 mos · State College, Pennsylvania, United States

Board director; sports focused edge computing

Uplevel

VC Investor

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States

Board director; AI engineering optimization

Rebellion defense

Seed Investor

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 2 mos · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Software-defined defense

Sheerid

VC Investor

Jan 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 2 mos · Portland, Oregon, United States

Board director; identity verification

Zipwhip

VC Investor

Jan 2015 – Jan 2021 · 6 yrs · Acquired by Twilio

Skyward

Seed Investor

Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 · 3 yrs · Portland, Oregon, United States

Acquired by Verizon

Lighter capital

VC Investor

Jan 2010 – Present · 16 yrs 2 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Board director; alternative lender

Chargepoint

VC Investor

Jan 2010 – Jan 2018 · 8 yrs

IPO (NYSE: CHPT)

Aws elemental

VC Investor

Jan 2008 – Jan 2015 · 7 yrs

Acquired by Amazon

Voyager capital

General Partner

Jan 1999 – Present · 27 yrs 2 mos

Early stage investor and board member for Voyager’s best performing companies: aQuantive (Fund 1), Kryptiq (Fund 2), Elemental Technologies (Fund 3), SheerID (Fund 4), Carbon Robotics (Fund 5), 4AG Robotics (Fund 6)

Venture CapitalDue DiligenceExecutive ManagementFinancial ModelingStrategic Planning