Our Team

Gary Benerofe | General Partner

“Venture is the best excuse I know to meet brilliant weirdos and help them build something awesome. And having these powerful advisors by my side gives the Mu-niverse the superpowers we need to win.”

Investment Acumen

  • Investment Banker at Lehman Brothers - tech, ecom, venture
  • 20+ years of investing, having deployed across stage and asset class
  • Investor and operator at Benerofe Properties and Corner Light Capital (founder)
  • Yale BA, economics / UCLA MBA, finance and digital

Commerce Expertise

  • Led commerce strategy for leading brands, including DKNY, Makerbot, Nespresso, Nine West, Motorola, and Bodyarmor
  • 150+ digital transformation projects
  • CEO, mediaspa - Led ecommerce agency through turn around, scale and acquisition
  • MD, overdose - Led the Americas for global ecommerce agency post-acquisition

Mµ’s Anchor LPs

  • Jeff Weiser

    Jeff<br>Weiser

    • MP of L Catterton 
    • Ex-Shopify CMO
    • Ex-Shutterstock CMO

  • Tod Sacerdoti of Flex Capital

    Tod<br>Sacerdoti

    • GP of Flex Capital

    • CEO of Pipedream

    • Founder BrightRoll, sold to Yahoo! for $640M

  • Babak Hamadani of Primeset

    Babak<br>Hamadani

    • GP of Primeset

    • Early Facebook Engineer

    • Early Twitter Engineer

  • Ken Pasternak of KABR Group

    Ken<br>Pasternak

    • CEO KABR Group

    • Founded Knight Capital Group - $5B Market Cap

    • Former Chairman of NASDAQ

“Nothing is more important than the team. Before idea, strategy, technology, or market - it's the people. That’s true for our investments and it’s true for our team. We’re lucky to have this proven crew of experts advising mµ ventures.”

— Gary Benerofe - General Partner

Mµ’s Advisors

  • Sharon Gee of BigCommerce

    Sharon <br>Gee

    VP: BigCommerce
    Omnichannel

  • Kelly Goetsch of Commerce Tech

    Kelly <br>Goetsch

    Chief Strategy Officer: Commercetools
    Commerce Tech

  • Siggi Hilmarsson of Siggi's Yogurt

    Siggi <br>Hilmarsson

    Founder: siggi's
    Retail

  • Eli <br>Finkelshteyn

    Founder + CEO: Constructor.io
    AI/ML, Search

  • Maia Benson Ex-Global Head of Shipping and Fulfillment at Shopify

    Maia <br>Benson

    CBO: FlavorCloud
    Fulfillment: Shopify
    Shipping + Fulfillment

  • Lee Bissonette of Nine West and Easy Spirit

    Lee <br>Bissonette

    SVP Ecom: Marc Fisher Footwear
    Ecom Tech, Marketing

  • Victor Castro of Bonafide Health

    Victor <br>Castro

    GM: ByHeart
    Digital Marketing

  • Elizabeth Pilkington of  J.McLaughlin

    Elizabeth <br>Pilkington

    VP Ecommerce: J.McLaughlin
    Merchandising, Digital Customer Strategy

  • Sean Corson of Daasity

    Sean <br>Corson

    Co-Founder + CFO: Daasity
    Analytics

  • Zixiao Pan, PH.D. of PCH International

    Zixiao <br>Pan, Ph.D.

    President: Butlr
    Supply Chain

  • Matthew Holmes of Pomelo + Co

    Matthew <br>Holmes

    Co-Founder + CEO: Celebrate
    Strategy, Ops

  • Mark Friedman of Details Interactive

    Mark <br>Friedman

    President: Details Interactive
    Ecom Ops.

  • Kevin Cochrane

    Kevin <br>Cochrane

    CMO: Vultr
    Digital Experience Platforms

  • Sean Ackerman of Toonut

    Sean <br>Ackerman

    COO: Toolnut
    Ecom Ops

  • Tracey Strauss of L Catterton

    Tracey <br>Strauss

    Operating Partner: L Catterton
    Ecom Ops

  • Dan Goodfriend of YPS Digital

    Dan <br>Goodfriend

    Executive Director: Hearst
    Technical Ecom

  • David Bercovich of Oomnitz

    David <br>Bercovich

    CEO: Insight M
    Growth, Ops

  • Mehdi Nayebi

    Mehdi <br>Nayebi

    Co-Founder + CEO: Flashbox
    Supply Chain

  • Jed <br>Berger

    President: Kenneth Cole
    Marketing, Strategy, Ops

  • Chris <br>Clark

    Co-founder + CTO: Grove Collaborative
    Product, Engineering, Supply Chain

  • Stephanie <br>Lynn

    CEO: SelectBlinds
    Marketing, Strategy, Ops

  • Joseph <br>Gullo

    VP, Supply Chain + Logistics: Thursday Boot Company
    Supply Chain

  • Karan Gandhi headshot

    Karan <br>Gandhi

    Head of Product Development: Essor
    Supply chain, Product, CPG

  • Chaz Flexman

    Chaz <br>Flexman

    Founder + CEO: Starday Foods
    Supply chain, CPG

  • Yan Sim

    Yan <br>Sim

    Founder + CEO: Operating Crew
    Supply Chain

  • Jonathan Tam

    Jonathan <br>Tam

    COO: Figs
    Supply Chain

  • Austin Ritter AI for VCs

    Austin <br>Ritter

    Associate: General Innovation Capital Partners
    AI-driven Automation

  • Harsit Patel executive

    Harsit <br>Patel

    Ex: Walmart, Uber, Ebay
    GTM, Ops

  • Sharad Aggarwal

    Sharad <br>Aggarwal

    Head of Strategy and AI: Google
    AI, Enterprise, Cloud

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