Erik Benson
Founder at Lighter Capital, Inc.
Profile
Erik D.
Benson is the founder of Lighter Capital, Inc. He currently holds multiple director positions at various companies including Covario, Inc., Shiftboard, Inc., SheerID, Inc., Lytics, Inc., Videon Central, Inc., Anova Data, Inc., Uplevel, Inc., Shiftboard, Inc. (Canada), and Voyager Capital LLC.
In the past, he has served as a director at Enli Health Intelligence Corp., Jyte, Inc., Trailfire, Inc., Elemental Technologies, Inc., Act-On Software, Inc., Capital Stream, Inc., Verari Systems, Inc., Attensa Corp., Zettics, Inc., Chirpify, Inc., Chemical Bank Corp., Revvity, Inc., WRF Capital, Washington Research Foundation, and MG Technologies, Inc. Benson completed his undergraduate degree at Pacific Lutheran University in 1990 and obtained an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1997.
Erik Benson active positions
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Voyager Capital LLC
 Voyager Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Voyager Capital LLC (Voyager Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Enrique Godreau, William H. McAleer and Tony Audino. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | Private Equity Investor | 1998-10-31 |
Covario, Inc.
 Covario, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Covario, Inc. provides interactive marketing analytics software solutions. The firm serves the technology, consumer electronics, financial services, retail, ecommerce, media, entertainment, publishing, and consumer packaged goods sectors. The company was founded by Russell Mann in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2010-05-13 |
Lytics, Inc.
 Lytics, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Lytics, Inc. engages in the provision of customer data platform. Its platform include core CPD, intelligence, automate, and security and data privacy. The firm solutions include acquire new customers, engage website visitors, upsell and cross-sell customers, winback lost customers, and renew and retain customers. The company was founded by James McDermott and Aaron Raddon in 2012 and is headquartered in Portland, OR. | Director/Board Member | 2013-06-30 |
Anova Data, Inc.
 Anova Data, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Anova Data, Inc. engages in the provision of data analytics solutions.t focuses on a portfolio of products which capture, orchestrate, and analyze data. It offers customer care, marketing, monetization, and network analytics; content aware edge, data aggregation function, and policy and personalization engine; and content aware probe. The company was founded by Chip Boyle and Surya Kumar Kovvali and is headquartered in Westford, MA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Shiftboard, Inc.
 Shiftboard, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Shiftboard, Inc. provides online employee scheduling software services. Its software platform manages diverse people, communications, and contracts across multiple locations, all within a chaotic, often critical healthcare staffing environment. The firm integrates social recruiting, targeted communications, document management, and mobility. The company was founded by Bryan Lhuillier in 2002 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Lighter Capital, Inc.
 Lighter Capital, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Lighter Capital, Inc. provides investment services. It specializes in business lending, revenue based financing, growth capital, startup funding and financing. The company was founded by Andy Sack in 2012 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Founder | - |
SheerID, Inc.
 SheerID, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SheerID, Inc. develops verification technology for retailers. The company was founded by Jake Weatherly, David Shear and Marci Hansen in 2011 and is headquartered in Eugene, OR. | Director/Board Member | 2015-08-31 |
Shiftboard, Inc. (Canada)
 Shiftboard, Inc. (Canada) Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of Shiftboard, Inc., Shiftboard, Inc. (Canada) develops employee scheduling software. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada. The Canadian company was founded by Bryan Lhuillier. The CEO is Sterling Wilson. | Director/Board Member | - |
Videon Central, Inc.
 Videon Central, Inc. Food: Meat/Fish/DairyConsumer Non-Durables Videon Central, Inc. provides digital video solutions. It offers encoders & decoders, ultra HD SoMs, engineering services and manufacturing & testing services. The company was founded by Todd Erdley in 1997 and is headquartered in State College, PA. | Director/Board Member | - |
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Training of Erik Benson
| Pacific Lutheran University | Undergraduate Degree |
| Harvard Business School | Masters Business Admin |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 1 |
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| REVVITY, INC. | Health Technology |
| Private companies | 24 |
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| Chemical Bank Corp. | Finance |
Enli Health Intelligence Corp.
 Enli Health Intelligence Corp. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Enli Health Intelligence Corp. provides software tools for care analytics and care coordination. Its solutions include payer gaps in care, COVID-19 patient monitoring, COVID-19 HCP exposure tracking, and COVID-19 health pass. The company was founded by Luis F. Machuca, Jeffrey B. Sponaugle, Kurt Koehler and Murali M. Karamchedu in 2002 and is headquartered in Beaverton, OR. | Technology Services |
Covario, Inc.
Covario, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Covario, Inc. provides interactive marketing analytics software solutions. The firm serves the technology, consumer electronics, financial services, retail, ecommerce, media, entertainment, publishing, and consumer packaged goods sectors. The company was founded by Russell Mann in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Technology Services |
Jyte, Inc.
 Jyte, Inc. Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services Jyte, Inc. owns and operates a website which allows people to make claims and vote on other people's claims. The firm provides Aboutus.com. The company was founded by Raymond King, Paul A. Stahura, and Jay Westerdal in 2005 and is headquartered in Wilsonville, OR. | Commercial Services |
Trailfire, Inc.
 Trailfire, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Trailfire, Inc. provides software solutions. The company was founded by Patrick Ferrel and John O'Halloran in February 2005 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Technology Services |
Elemental Technologies, Inc.
 Elemental Technologies, Inc. Electronics/AppliancesConsumer Durables Elemental Technologies, Inc. supplies software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery. It develops technologies for video encoding, transcoding, compression, and streaming to provide instantaneous, ubiquitous video content on televisions, personal computers, tablets, and mobile devices. The firm has offices in Brazil, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Russia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. The company was founded by Samuel S. Blackman, Brian G. Lewis, Jesse Rosenzweig and Michael G. West in August 2006 and is headquartered in Portland, OR. | Consumer Durables |
Act-On Software, Inc.
 Act-On Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Act-On Software, Inc. provides marketing software solutions. It offers customized training, consulting and production, email and reputation guidance, design gallery, lead management, trigger programs, analytics, customer relationship management (CRM) integration, and cloud-based integrated marketing automation software that allows companies to manage online marketing efforts, email, mobile, Web, and social networking from a single dashboard. The company was founded by Raghunath Raghavan and is headquartered in Portland, OR. | Technology Services |
Shiftboard, Inc.
Shiftboard, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Shiftboard, Inc. provides online employee scheduling software services. Its software platform manages diverse people, communications, and contracts across multiple locations, all within a chaotic, often critical healthcare staffing environment. The firm integrates social recruiting, targeted communications, document management, and mobility. The company was founded by Bryan Lhuillier in 2002 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Technology Services |
SheerID, Inc.
SheerID, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SheerID, Inc. develops verification technology for retailers. The company was founded by Jake Weatherly, David Shear and Marci Hansen in 2011 and is headquartered in Eugene, OR. | Technology Services |
Lytics, Inc.
Lytics, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Lytics, Inc. engages in the provision of customer data platform. Its platform include core CPD, intelligence, automate, and security and data privacy. The firm solutions include acquire new customers, engage website visitors, upsell and cross-sell customers, winback lost customers, and renew and retain customers. The company was founded by James McDermott and Aaron Raddon in 2012 and is headquartered in Portland, OR. | Technology Services |
Voyager Capital LLC
Voyager Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Voyager Capital LLC (Voyager Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Enrique Godreau, William H. McAleer and Tony Audino. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | Finance |
Capital Stream, Inc.
 Capital Stream, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Capital Stream, Inc. provides software and consulting services that enable commercial banks and finance companies to transform paper-based operations into integrated financial supply chains. It also provides data gathering, deal structuring, credit analysis, document generation, booking, account monitoring and ongoing risk management solutions. The company was founded by Clifford J. Monlux and Stan Monlux in 1995 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Technology Services |
WRF Capital
 WRF Capital Investment ManagersFinance WRF Capital (WRF Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994 by Ronald Howell. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | Finance |
Verari Systems, Inc.
 Verari Systems, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Verari Systems, Inc. develops and provides computing solutions. Its customers include the enterprises such as Akamai, ConocoPhillips, Lockheed Martin, Lucasfilm Ltd., Northrup Grumman, Qualcomm, Sony Imageworks, Veritas DGC & Walt Disney Feature Animation, as well as top universities, and research institutions worldwide. The company was founded in 1996 by David Driggers, John Smith, Gene Kim, and Victor Hester. Verari Systems is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Technology Services |
Videon Central, Inc.
Videon Central, Inc. Food: Meat/Fish/DairyConsumer Non-Durables Videon Central, Inc. provides digital video solutions. It offers encoders & decoders, ultra HD SoMs, engineering services and manufacturing & testing services. The company was founded by Todd Erdley in 1997 and is headquartered in State College, PA. | Consumer Non-Durables |
Attensa Corp.
 Attensa Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Attensa Corp. provides knowledge management solutions. The company was founded on September 16, 2014 and is headquartered in Portland, OR. | Technology Services |
Washington Research Foundation
 Washington Research Foundation Financial ConglomeratesFinance Founded in 1981, the Washington Research Foundation (WRF) is an independent private foundation located in Seattle, Washington. WRF assists universities and other nonprofit research institutions in the state of Washington with the commercialization of their technologies and provides support, through gifts and grants, for scholarship and research. | Finance |
Lighter Capital, Inc.
Lighter Capital, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Lighter Capital, Inc. provides investment services. It specializes in business lending, revenue based financing, growth capital, startup funding and financing. The company was founded by Andy Sack in 2012 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Finance |
MG Technologies, Inc.
 MG Technologies, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services MG Technologies, Inc. provides research and development services. | Commercial Services |
Zettics, Inc.
 Zettics, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Zettics, Inc. provides big data analytics solutions. The company was founded on September 7, 2011 and is headquartered in Westford, MA. | Technology Services |
Chirpify, Inc.
 Chirpify, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Chirpify, Inc. provides online marketing and advertising services. It is a platform that converts social and mobile actions into loyalty and rewards. The firm allows businesses, marketers and customers to sign up for its services and buy and sell items through their social streams on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The company was founded by Christopher Teso in 2011 and is headquartered in Portland, OR. | Commercial Services |
Anova Data, Inc.
Anova Data, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Anova Data, Inc. engages in the provision of data analytics solutions.t focuses on a portfolio of products which capture, orchestrate, and analyze data. It offers customer care, marketing, monetization, and network analytics; content aware edge, data aggregation function, and policy and personalization engine; and content aware probe. The company was founded by Chip Boyle and Surya Kumar Kovvali and is headquartered in Westford, MA. | Technology Services |
Uplevel, Inc.
 Uplevel, Inc. Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services Uplevel, Inc. provides platform that leverages machine learning and organizational science to champion behavior change. The company was founded by Joe Levy, David Youssefnia, Ravs Kaur and Dave Matthews in 2018 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Industrial Services |
Shiftboard, Inc. (Canada)
Shiftboard, Inc. (Canada) Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of Shiftboard, Inc., Shiftboard, Inc. (Canada) develops employee scheduling software. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada. The Canadian company was founded by Bryan Lhuillier. The CEO is Sterling Wilson. | Technology Services |
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