Career Summary

Founder and Partner of Shanghaivest Ltd, a boutique investment banking firm that builds and executes cross-border investment, expansion, fundraising and exit strategies for its clients in China and overseas (China outbound and inbound).
Angel investor with AAMA Shanghai angels, investor in two startups in the internet and mobile spaces in China.
Founder of Shanghai Chapter of MobileMonday
Old-timer in China (almost 13 years), Bruno Bensaid is one of the few foreigners who successfully led a Chinese mobile value-added services provider (under a mobile gaming license from IN-FUSIO) from 2002 to 2005, growing it into a 35-people profitable operation and a VC round.
Graduate from French top aerospace engineering school (“Sup’Aero”) and currently following an EMBA program at INSEAD.

Work Experience

Founder/Partner

Shanghaivest Ltd ()

July 2008 - Present (2 years 8 months)

Founder and Partner of Shanghaivest Ltd, a boutique investment banking firm that builds and executes cross-border investment, expansion, fundraising and exit strategies for its clients in China and overseas (China outbound and inbound).

VP Business Development

Ventech (China) (1 ~ 49)

December 2007 - July 2008 (7 months)

partly in charge of establishing the fund reputation in china and help existing portfolio companies from Europe develop in China

Partner

China Expansion (1 ~ 49)

June 2006 - September 2007 (1 year 3 months)

China Expansion is an M&A advisory firm founded in 2006, supporting French and European VCs and their portfolio companies in the Telecom, Media and Technology sectors on their China investments. Led/leading the following projects:
- Advised French flower e-commerce site on a China acquisition;
- Successfully identified strategic partners for a French IPTV software company in China and Asia;
- Advised a Paris-listed online marketing agency on possible acquisition or strategic partnership;
- Advised a French leader in VoIP and online person-to-person services on acquisition options.

Education

INSEAD

finance, M&A MBA

2009 - 2010

华东师范大学 (East China Normal University)

Chinese Other

1997 - 1998

Supaero

aeronautics and telecommunications Master's

1992 - 1995

Other

• Skills : cross-border M&A, early-stage investment and business development, cleantech and TMT, doing business in china and with china, mobile and internet technology. fluent in French, English and Chinese.
• Interests :China+Europe, family, health & diet, information technology, macro-economy, mobile technology. e-commerce, cleantech
• Honors :awards while working at Cisco in 2000 and awarded INSEAD scholarship in 2009.
• Blog URL:www.shanghaivest.com
• Industry:Investment Banking

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